A body has been found in woods during the search for a missing man.

The discovery was made at Cartland Craigs Woodland in Lanark at 5.45pm on Tuesday.

Formal identification is yet to take place but police believe it to be missing man William Higgins.

The 49-year-old went was last seen in Auctioneers Way, Lanark, last month.

His family have been informed of the discovery.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "A post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course and the death is not being treated as suspicious.

"A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."