Police treat death of man found in Yorkshire watercourse as 'unexplained'

Officers were called on Friday morning to Oxfolds Beck, a limestone stream around a mile and a half from the town, known for its trout fishery.

In a statement North Yorkshire Police said: “On the morning of Friday June 19, officers were called to the sudden death of a man in his 50s whose body was recovered from a beck to the north west of Pickering.

“His death is being treated as unexplained at this time, pending the results of a post-mortem.”