A MAN’S body was found close to Tinker Brook in Oswaldtwistle yesterday morning.

Paramedics and police officers were called to the scene, close to the former National Working Men’s Club in Mill Hill, at around 7.20am.

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The death of the man, who was in his early 50s and from the local area, is not being treated as suspicious, a police spokesman said.

His family have been informed, and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

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