The woman's body was found in Over Beck, west of Yewbarrow

The body of a walker was discovered by rescuers looking for a woman who had gone missing while with a group in the Lake District.

Wasdale and Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Teams were called out on Friday afternoon to search for the woman in the Wast Water area.

The walkers were on the fell by the Over Beck gorge, in the shadow of Yewbarrow.

A Wasdale MRT spokesperson said: “Sadly she was found in a pool below the main waterfall and had not survived.”

A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Ayrshire, which was training in the area, helped team members fly the woman’s body to the road in Wasdale.

The incident lasted about five hours.