POLICE have confirmed that they are not treating the death of a man whose body was found outside a gym as suspicious.

The body was discovered outside Apex Gym on Lowe Mill Lane, Hindley on Sunday morning (July 7).

Police attended the scene and launched an investigation into the circumstances.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed the incident is being treated as a "non-suspicious death".

A Greater Manchester Police statement on Sunday said: "Police were called at around 7.10am on Sunday 7 July 2019, to reports that the body of a man had been found outside a gym on Lowe Mill Lane, Hindley."