The body of a man has been recovered from the Thames near Kingston Bridge.

Kingston Police were alerted at 6.43am, and pulled the man's body from the river with the assistance of Teddington Lifeboat RNLI.

Paramedics from London Ambulance Service took the man, who was in his 30s, to hospital but he could not be saved.

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The man's body was pulled from the river near Kingston Bridge

A Kingston Police spokesman said the man's death was being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and is being investigated by officers.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 and quote reference number CAD: 1112/10JAN17.