A body has been found at the bottom of a ravine in the search for missing Brit Greg Monks in Portugal, police have confirmed.

The body was discovered in the Cerro da Aguia area west of the resort of Albufeira, near where he was last seen, and is being removed by firefighters.

Portugal's Policia Judiciaria police force said in a statement today: 'The PJ has located the body of the missing Scottish tourist in Albufeira.'

It added: 'PJ police, through the Southern Directorate and with the collaboration of the Albufeira GNR police force, today located the body of a man who had been missing since May 28 in the Cerro de Aguia area of Albufeira.

'The disappearance of the 38-year-old UK citizen was reported to the Albufeira GNR at 8pm on May 28 by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in the area.