Residents have spoken of their shock after a man's "unexplained" death in a quiet area of Newcastle.
Emergency services were called to a field off Highbury in Jesmond in the early hours of this morning after "concern" for a man's welfare shortly before midnight. Northumbria Police and the North East Ambulance Service attended, but the man's death was confirmed at the scene.
Dog walkers, residents and those cycling through the usually quiet area were shocked and saddened to find a death had occurred on their doorstep. A large police cordon had been set up around a tent, with the entrance to the field also cordoned off as late as lunchtime on Wednesday morning.
