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The body of a 63-year-old man was found hanging from a bridge in East Kilbride on Friday morning.

The grim discovery was made by a horrified dog walker at an old railway bridge in Highfield Place, East Mains, at 6.50am.

Police have confirmed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

The man did not live locally, he was from the Blantyre area.

Police cordoned off the area for some time while investigations were carried out.

A post-mortem was carried out and a report sent to the procurator fiscal.

A shocked local dog walker told the EK News: "There were police everywhere. It's just tragic.

"You wish you could help if you knew they were in so much distress. It's really sad.

"Poor soul, I feel sorry for the family and for the person who found him."