THE body of a pensioner who went missing from near Lowestoft last night has been found after a major overnight search by the emergency services.

THE body of a pensioner who went missing from near Lowestoft last night has been found after a major overnight search by the emergency services.

The body of a 67-year-old woman was found at 10am this morning in an alleyway in Carlton Colville by a member of the public.

Coastguard teams and the Lowestoft and Gorleston lifeboats had been called to help with the search for the missing woman in the early hours.

A police spokesman said that the woman had been reported missing at just after 7.40pm last night. She said that there were no suspicious circumstances.

She said the woman, who has not been named, was from Lowestoft, but had been residing in Carlton Colville.