Police investigate discovery of body in recycling bin at Scalby Village Hall

Police are investigating after a body was found in a bin at a village hall.

Officers from North Yorkshire Police were called to Scalby Village Hall, Scarborough, at around 6am on Friday after a member of the public found the body.

Around a dozen officers, including specialist investigative teams and detectives, were making enquiries at the scene.

A cordon was put in place from Station Road along Scalby Road and around the village hall car park.

It has not been confirmed whether the body is that of a man, woman or child.