MOUNTAIN rescue teams have found a man's body after a major search for a missing person in the Yorkshire Dales.

Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to the Masham area at 6pm last night by North Yorkshire Police.

This morning members of Teesdale Mountain Rescue and Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association have joined in the search.

At one point there were 45 people and five search and rescue dogs looking for the missing person near Leighton Reservoir.

A man's body was found shortly after 12pm.