A woman in her 40s was found dead in St Albans yesterday, and police are not treating the death as suspicious.

Police were called by a member of the public at around 9am yesterday (Wednesday, January 15), to reports that the body of a woman had been found in Cottonmill Lane.

The woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Her death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious, and will be referred to the coroner.