THE death of a man at an address in Gateshead is being treated as "unexplained", police said tonight.
Paramedics were called to reports of concern for a man at East Lea in Blaydon, and alerted police at 1.54pm today.
Officers attended the scene and found the body of a man.
A post mortem investigation will be carried out tomorrow to establish his cause of death.
A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said officers are treating the death as unexplained.
No further details will be released until tomorrow.
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