THE body of an elderly man has been found in the River Tees.
Emergency services were called to the Millennium Bridge in Stockton around 8.30am on Friday.
The ambulance service contacted the police to report a man going into the water.
The victim, aged between 70 and 80, was pulled from the water but pronounced dead.
His identity has not yet been released and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
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