A MAN'S body has been found in a canal in Blackburn.

Police officers were called to the scene near Highfield Road at midnight last night.

MORE TOP STORIES:

A police spokesman said: "We were called shortly after midnight to reports a body had been found in the canal off Highfield Road at Blackburn.

"We attended with paramedics and the body of a male was pulled from the water. Attempts were made to resuscitate him but he was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.

"Although formal identification has yet to take place, the body is believed to be that of a 46-year-old man from Blackburn.

"His death is currently being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing."