THE body of a man who went missing last year has been found.

Paul Smith, 49, from Cleveland was last seen at his parents’ Portland home on November 7 when he said he was going to find somewhere to live in Bournemouth.

Police put out an appeal for information as to his whereabouts after he disappeared.

Sadly, his body was discovered in Oxfordshire yesterday.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: “Paul’s death is not being treated as suspicious.

“The coroner has been notified as have his next of kin.”