A MAN has been found dead at his home in Darwen.

Police were called to a house in Mersey Avenue at 5pm on Sunday for a welfare check after the man's family were unable to contact him.

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Officers had to force their way in to the house and once inside they discovered the man had died.

A police spokesman said the death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been passed to the Coroner.