EMERGENCY services were called to a property in St Helens town centre following reports of a sudden death on Monday evening (July 8).

Police and ambulance attended an address on Hardshaw Street, St Helens just before 5pm following reports a 53-year-old man was unresponsive.

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Police said he was sadly found dead at the scene.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the coroner.

Officers have been in the process of informing the man’s next of kin.