A large area of woodland was cordoned off after a body was found in Salford earlier today.

Police were called to Great Clowes Street, a residential street in Higher Broughton, to reports a body had been found in the River Irwell.

Residents living nearby said they saw a police helicopter circling the area above The Cliff at around 1pm, and several officers carrying boats from their trucks into the woods.

Others say they saw around 30 police officers arrive at the scene in three vans.

GMP have since confirmed that they are not treating the death as suspicious, and said the incident is connected to a search for a missing person.