A BODY has been found in a pond in Cheltenham after Gloucestershire Police received reports of a missing 63-year-old man in the town.

Police were alerted to the missing man, who has yet to be identified, just before 10am.

After looking for the man they announced that a body had been found in a lake at Pitville Park.

The man's death is being treated as unexplained.

Although formal identification of body hasn’t happened yet the family and the coroner have been informed.