DENTAL records are being checked to establish if the body of a man found on a beach in west Cumbria is missing Millom angler Paul Sheldon.

The 52-year-old was reported missing on June 28 after failing to return home from a fishing trip in Eskmeals.

The body was found by a man fishing near Drigg Point on Saturday morning.

Mr Sheldon was last seen on the evening of June 27 before heading out on the fishing trip.