A 59 year old man has been arrested in Somerset on suspicion of murder after a body of a 54 year old woman was discovered in Tewkesbury today.

Gloucester police were called at around 4.45am to an address in Kingston Road, Tewkesbury, where the body was found.

The death is being treated as suspicious and a man was arrested later in Burnham.

 A section of Kingston Road has been closed off while investigations continue.