THE death of a man whose body was found on a path in the early hours of this morning has been described by police as "unexplained"

A passer-by made the discovery on a walkway at Grosmont Place in the residential Whale Hill area of Eston, near Middlesbrough, at about 1.30am.

A spokesman for Cleveland Police said a postmortem on the victim, who has not yet been named, would be carried out later today.

Anyone who was in the area between 11pm last night and 2am this morning or who has information is asked to contact Acting Detective Sergeant Mike Williams on 01642-302626.