THE body of a woman has been found in Brookmans Park. A male cyclist, from South Mimms, discovered a female body lying in the grass in Bradmore Lane, on Monday. Police raced to the scene at around 1.30pm and cordoned off the walkway.

THE body of a woman has been found in Brookmans Park.

A male cyclist, from South Mimms, discovered a female body lying in the grass in Bradmore Lane, on Monday.

Police raced to the scene at around 1.30pm and cordoned off the walkway.

Police think the body may be Janet Read, from Walsingham Close, Hatfield.

She has been missing for a month.

A formal identification of the body has not yet taken place.

* More later and in today's Welwyn & Hatfield Times.