Body recovered from Scarborough beach

Police attended South Bay this morning

Police use vans as a makeshift cordon around what's believed to be a body
Author: Richard MuriePublished 1st Apr 2023
Last updated 1st Apr 2023

A body's believed to have been recovered from the beach at Scarborough by North Yorkshire Police this morning (Saturday 1st April).

Officers were seen using their vans as a makeshift cordon at first light on the sands next to the RNLI lifeboat station at South Bay.

Forensic teams also attended later and were there for about an hour, with a private ambulance also on site a little later.

The area had returned to normal and North Yorkshire Police are yet to confirm any details of exactly what's happened.

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