POLICE are trying to solve a three-month-old mystery by turning to the public for help.

In September, the body of a woman was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales, but despite intensive efforts, detectives have been unable to identify her.

They are hoping a new impression of the woman will refresh someone's memory and allow them to put a name to her face.

She was found by walkers on September 20 on the popular Pennine Way near Pen-y-ghent.

The image has been prepared by an expert from the National Missing Persons Helpline, and clearly shows a distinctive feature that may strike a chord with someone who knows the woman.

She had excellent teeth with no fillings, but had a gap at the front that would be obvious when she smiled.

Police have also been intervewing walkers in the area in the hope they may have information about her.

She may be from China, Korea or the Philippines, and detectives are working with the embassies of these and other countries.

Detective Inspector Pete Martin said: "We have to cast our net over a huge area. She may be British born and bred, but from anywhere in Britain, or she may be a foreign national visiting this country.

"Whatever the circumstances of her being in the UK, what is important is that someone must know her and be able to help us identify her.

"We are working our way through a large number of possibilities, and unless we get that breakthrough phone call from someone who knows this poor woman, it is going to be a long, painstaking job."

Anyone who can help is asked to call police on 0845 606 0247.