POLICE have launched an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found near the banks of the River Tyne this morning.
The alarm was raised after a member of the public found the body at Clive Street in North Shields.
A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said the inquiry was in its early stages but confirmed the death was being treated as suspicious.
Police have placed a cordon around the scene, near to Valve Engineering.
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