A WOMAN who went missing from an Abergavenny nursing home on Friday morning was found dead on Saturday.

Gwent Police recovered the body from a river at Swan Meadows, Abergavenny, when a member of the public called police at 8.40am.

Doctors and police officers attended the scene and she was pronounced dead.

Officers said the body was identified as Ella Wood, 88, who was last seen at Belmont Nursing Home at 7.30am on Friday.

Inspector Simon Jeffries, of Gwent Police, said Mrs Wood's family had been informed.

He said: "Gwent Police offer their condolences to the family at this time."