Body of man found on former water treatment works near Dewsbury

Police and West Yorkshire Fire Service personnel were called to Whitley, near Dewsbury to reports of a concern for safety.

Emergency services attended Scopsley Lane, near the former water treatment works, at just after 5pm on Tuesday.

In a statement a spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “Upon arrival the body of a 30-year-old man was found deceased.

“The death is being treated as not suspicious and a file has been passed to the coroner.”