An inquest will be opened tomorrow morning in Burnley into the death of a man found hanging in woodland on the Nelson-Brierfield boundary on Tuesday afternoon.
The body of the man, said to be Eastern European origin and in his early 20s, was found in the wood, which is on the area known as the Hard Platts, by a man walking his dog.
Police said the man, who has not named at this stage, lived in the Rupert Street area of Nelson.