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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Melissa Major & Chris Slater

Tragedy as walkers discover man's body in woodland at popular beauty spot

An investigation is underway after the body of a man was discovered by a member of the public in woodland on a hillside in Lancashire.

Emergency services were scrambled to Longridge Fell, England's most southerly fell, shortly after 2:30pm yesterday (Easter Sunday) following the grim discovery.

And following a complex operation the body was recovered with the help of mountain rescue. Police say they are treating the death as unexplained.

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