A man has died after getting into trouble in a lake.

Police and paramedics were called to Yarrow Valley Country Park in Chorley at around 2.10pm on Monday (August 1) to reports that a man was having difficulties in the water.

When they arrived a search was initiated with the body of a 26-year-old man recovered from the water.

A police spokesman said: “His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with his family.

“There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

“We are appealing for witnesses or anyone who was in the area and might have information.”