Police probe launched after woman found dead at popular seaside resort

Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found at a popular seaside resort in North Wales on Sunday.

Emergency services including the police, HM coastguard, rhyl lifeboats, and the Welsh Ambulance Service were called to the seafront at Rhyl at around 11:15am following reports a woman’s body had been discovered.

Police said the death is being treated as “unexpected”. The woman’s family and coroner have been informed.

The woman has not been publicly identified.

“Police attended the beach front at Rhyl shortly after 11.15am yesterday, 25 October, following a report of a woman’s body sadly being discovered,” North Wales Police said in a statement.

“The death is being treated as unexpected and the woman’s family and coroner have been informed.”

A HM coastguard spokesperson said: “At 11.23am on Sunday 25 October, Coastguard Rescue Teams from Rhyl and Flint attended an incident at Rhyl.

“An HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Helicopter, Rhyl lifeboats, North Wales Police and Welsh Ambulance Service also attended.”

Rhyl is a seaside town in Denbighshire on Wales’ north coast.