A murder investigation has been launched in Trafford.

Police were called to Atkinson Road in Urmston, shortly after 12.30pm on Monday lunchtime after receiving reports of a woman having received a head injury.

Officers then found the body of a man in a property on the street.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody for questioning.

A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said paramedics were called to Higher Road Garage and a patient was taken to Salford Royal Hospital with a neck injury.

Witnesses said they saw a large police presence on Higher Road, near a parade of shops.

One witness told the M.E.N: “There are lots and lots of police and the ambulance services.

“There are police and forensics, the entire road is cordoned off.”