A WOMAN has died after emergency services were called to a house in Tottington.

Police officers and paramedics attended an address in Laurel Street at around 1.20pm on Sunday after a report was received concerning a 46-year-old woman.

The woman, who has not yet been formally named, was taken to Fairfield Hospital where she died a short time later.

Initial inquiries by detectives from Bury have established there are no suspicious circumstances and the file has been passed to the coroner.

An inquest is due to be opened shortly.