AN INVESTIGATION is being conducted by Kent Police after the body of a man was discovered in a flat.

Officers were called to an address in Chatham Street, in the centre of Ramsgate, at about 9.40am on Wednesday.

A police spokeswoman said: "It is believed the body had been there for some time and until all relevant enquiries have been carried out, police will be treating the death as unexplained."

She added: "The body is believed to be that of a local man in his 40s."