The body of a woman has been discovered in a canal this morning.

The find was made at Loxwood in the Wey and Arun canal, near Horsham, in the lock behind the Onslow Arms pub.

The body was discovered in the lock behind the Onslow Arms pub.

A spokesman from Sussex Police said: "At 9.30am today the body of a woman was discovered in the Wey and Arun Canal near Loxwood.

"The victim is believed to be a woman in her 60s from the Loxwood area.

"At this stage the death is not being treated as suspicious."