Police searching for a missing man in Marsden have confirmed that a body found yesterday afternoon is Jason Webb.

They were called to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Tunnel End after a man walking by the waterway spotted something in the water .

Det Insp Andy Leonard of Kirklees CID said: “We can confirm that the body found yesterday is that of missing person Jason Webb .

“His family and the coroner have been informed.

“There are no suspicious circumstances.”

Underwater search teams who had earlier been searching the canal and Sparth reservoir in Marsden on Wednesday morning.

Mr Webb, a married 40-year-old, went missing on Saturday afternoon.