Police were called to a house in Ashford today after a man in his 30s died suddenly.

Officers arrived in Hythe Road, Willesborough at about 8am after receiving reports of the sudden death.

They were called there by the ambulance crews, who had been called to the house at 7.30am to help a man who wasn't breathing.

Crews attended but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives and a forensic team remained at the house to carry out inquiries, but left at around midday.

Police have confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious, and officers are no longer investigating.

A spokesman said: "Kent Police was called by SECAmb just before 7.50am to an address in Hythe Road, Willesborough to reports of a sudden death of a man aged in his 30s."

He added that a report will now be prepared for coroner.

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