POLICE looking for a missing man from Loughton have confirmed a body has been found.The body was discovered in Epping Forest yesterday and a post mortem is currently being carried out.

POLICE looking for a missing man from Loughton have confirmed a body has been found.

The body was discovered in Epping Forest yesterday and a post mortem is currently being carried out.

Although formal identification has not been carried out yet, it is thought to be that of 78-year-old Edward Lewis, who recently went missing from his home in Loughton.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.