THE body of a woman has been discovered in a river after a car ended up in the water.

At around 1pm yesterday, police found the woman's body inside the vehicle in the river near to the B4251 in Wyllie, Blackwood.

A Gwent Police spokesperson said: “Following investigations by officers, the body of a deceased woman was sadly discovered inside the vehicle.

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“Formal identification has yet to take place and officers are not treating the death as suspicious at this time.”