Police have issued a major update after a man's body was found in a lake at a UK park over the weekend. Emergency services were called to Watermead Country Park in Leicester at around 2.28pm on Saturday (July 4) after the man was spotted in the water.

Officers from Leicestershire Police, alongside East Midlands Ambulance Service, attended the scene, where part of the park near the lake was cordoned off while enquiries were carried out. The man's body was recovered from the water a short time later and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was initially being treated as "unexplained". Leicestershire Police cordoned off a part of the park near the lake and an investigation was carried out at the scene.

However, in an update issued at around 8.30pm on Sunday (July 5), Leicestershire Police confirmed the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious.

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