A 66-year-old woman has been found hanged at her home.

The body of Angela Holt was discovered in an upstairs room of her house in Regent Street, Bacup, by a concerned relative on Thursday morning.

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The man alerted emergency services and Ms Holt was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

A detective from Burnley CID attended the scene and was satisfied that their was no third party involvement in the death.

Inspector Paul Leigh, of Rossendale Police, said the matter had now been passed over to the coroner.