Police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man.

Officers were called to a property in Little Gipping Street, close to Portman Road, in Ipswich, around 9.20pm yesterday.

A spokesman for Suffolk Constabulary said friends of the occupant raised concerns for his welfare.

Officers and paramedics attended the address and pronounced the man dead inside the property shortly before 9.40pm.

The area has been cordoned off while an initial investigation gets underway.

Police are investigating the cause of death which is being treated as unexplained.

The man will not be identified until next of kin have been contacted.

Anyone with information should call Suffolk police on 101.