REMAINS found in undergrowth at Leverhulme Park are those of a human, police have confirmed.
Officers were called to Leverhulme Park at 11.15 am yesterday after a body was found by volunteers from conservation group Bolton North East Wildlife Trail.
A cordon remains in place around the area the body was found and forensic officers were this morning continuing to work at the scene.
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A post-mortem examination is being carried out but police are not treating the death as suspicious, they said.
A file will be passed to the coroner.
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