Body of young woman found in Chorley woods

The body of a young woman was found in a wooded area in Chorley yesterday morning.

The body was discovered at around 10.15am in a wooded area close to St Michael's High School in Astley Road.

Police have confirmed that the body was not in the school grounds.

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The death is not being treated as suspicious and the body, believed to be a young woman, has yet to be formally identified.

A police spokesman said: "We were called at around 10.15am yesterday (Wednesday, November 21) after a body was found in a wooded area close to Astley Road in Chorley.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious".

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