Body found in search for Kirsty

A body was found yesterday by police searching for missing vet Kirsty Miller.

Police searching for missing Newtown St Boswells woman Kirsty Miller found a body in the Melrose area yesterday at 11.30am.

While formal identification of the body is yet to take place, police have informed the family of the 29-year-old, who was reported missing at the weekend.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “At around 11.30am on Monday, November 21, police discovered the body of a woman in the Melrose area.

“Formal identification has still to take place.

"However, it's believed to be 29-year-old Kirsty Miller, missing from Newtown St Boswells since November 19.

“Her family has been informed.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious.”

Ms Miller, a local vet, was last seen in Newtown St Boswells on Saturday.