POLICE have confirmed a body found at the weekend is that of missing Durham School deputy headteacher Mark Bushnell.

Mr Bushnell, a 50-year-old married, father-of-three, was reported missing from his Durham City home on Sunday, March 9.

His body was discovered on the beach at Blackhall, east Durham, on Saturday, March 22.

Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and their thoughts are with Mr Bushnell’s family.