POLICE officers called to woodland off Pole Lane in Darwen found the body of a man.

The circumstances surrounding the man's death are not being treated as suspicious, a spokesman for Lancashire Police said.

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Formal identification has yet to be carried out, but police believe the body to be that of a 62-year-old reported missing at around lunchtime. 

Officers closed a section of the road off yesterday afternoon following the find, at around 3pm.