East End Park: Live updates from Leeds park as woman's body found near Richmond Hill playground

There is a large police cordon in a Leeds park after a woman's body was found.

Police were called at 5.16am today to Richmond Hill playground, near Walter Crescent in the East End Park area of the city, after a woman was found dead.

A cordon remains in place preventing people from entering the park and a tent has been erected on the path that links Walter Crescent to Pontefract Street.

Scroll down for live updates on this breaking incident.

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