Police cordon off beach after body was found on the shore: Officers and Coastguard remain at scene following morning discovery

Police have cordoned off a Portsmouth beach after a body was found on the shore in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Officers were called to the seafront at Eastern Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth, at 6.39am following the discovery.

Police and members of the Coastguard remain at the scene, with dog walkers being diverted around tape cordoning off the closed section.

Police officers and members of the coastguard remain at the scene

Police examine the scene where a body was found on the beach in the early hours of Tuesday morning

A Hampshire Police spokeswoman said: ‘We were called at 6.39am today (Tuesday 31 October) to a report that a body had been located on the beach on Eastern Parade in Portsmouth.

‘Officers have attended the scene and remain there at the current time.’

Pictures show the stony beach cordoned off with police tape as various officers examine the scene. 

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