Police Scotland have confirmed the discovery of a man's body near Forteviot, Perthshire this morning.

The family of missing 29-year-old James Richardson have been informed.

Mr Richardson, a dad-of-three, hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon after getting off a bus returning from the T in The Park music festival at Auchterarder around 2.30pm.

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His family in Wishaw expected him home later that day.

When he failed to return home his wife Samantha Richardson, 28, took to Facebook to upload his photograph and appeal to friends for help to trace him.

Glasgow Times:

She wrote: “Has anyone seen Jim Richardson since leaving T in the park?”

“I’m hoping someone has picked him up or he’s got a lift but no idea where he’s gone.”

Enquiries into the full circumstances are continuing but the death is being treated as unexplained at this time.

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Officers are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen a man wearing a grey waterproof Regatta jacket, red shorts and black work boots in the area of the A9 near Forteviot, Perthshire or the surrounding areas between 2.15pm on Monday afternoon and 9.15 on Tuesday morning to contact Police Scotland on 101.

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This brings the total number of deaths at this year's festival at Strathallan Castle, Auchterarder to three.

The bodies of teenagers Peter MacCallum and Megan Bell were found in the campsite area of Strathallan Castle in the early hours of Friday morning before Scotland's biggest music event got under way.