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Body found at bottom of cliffs at Dover

00:00, 05 January 2015

updated: 08:42, 05 January 2015

The body of a 21 year-old man has been found at the bottom of cliffs in Dover.

The discovery was made yesterday morning after Kent Police was called to South Foreland Lighthouse on the cliffs at 10.41am.

The alarm was raised after an abandoned car and other personal belongings were found nearby.

The White Cliffs of Dover
The White Cliffs of Dover

The coastguard carried out a search of the cliffs and found the body of a 21-year-old man, from Essex.

A Kent Police spokesman said: "Officers attended but the death is not being treated as suspicious."

The next of kin has been informed.


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