A member of the public has discovered human skeletal remains in woodland near a retail park in Stoke-on-Trent, police have said. Officers were called to reports of the discovery on land near to Festival Park, Etruria, at around 3.40pm on Sunday afternoon.

Skeletal remains have been found by a member of the public in Stoke-on-Trent. Police were called to land near Festival Park, Etruria, on Sunday afternoon. Staffordshire Police said: "At this time the remains have not been identified. "A scene is in place while investigators examine the scene.

Staffordshire Police have now launched an investigation and have cordoned off a footpath linking Morrisons and another area of Festival Park. Detectives confirmed the remains are human but have not yet identify them.

The discovery of skeletal remains in Stoke-on-Trent has prompted a police investigation. Officers were called to land near Festival Park in the Etruria area of the city at 15:40 GMT on Sunday after the remains were found by a member of the public.

Skeletal remains have been found by a passerby near a park in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire police said. The bones were discovered near Festival Park, Etruria, at around 3.40pm on Sunday. They have not been identified.