BREAKING: 'Homeless' man found dead in Manchester city centre doorway as temperatures plummet

A man believed to be homeless was tragically found dead in a shop doorway in Manchester city centre early today, the M.E.N. can reveal.

Police and emergency services were called to Bloom Street in Manchester's Gay Village at 10.20am on Sunday. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said the man was sadly 'declared deceased' at the scene.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and the force said a cause of death has not yet been determined. Investigations, said by police to be in their 'early stages', were continuing today.

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The tragedy came as the first flurries of winter snow were reported in Greater Manchester late on Saturday night and temperatures hovered around freezing overnight, with a Met Office weather warning issued for snow and ice.

GMP said the man, who hasn't been named, was found 'on the street', but witnesses at the scene said he was discovered lying on steps in a doorway.

A police forensic tent was put up on Bloom Street, straddling the road and the pavement, in the aftermath, with two police officers pictured standing guard at the scene.

A cordon was established by police, with police tape stretching out across the road to the car park opposite.

The M.E.N. understands the man was found slumped on steps in a doorway between the Village Chippy and Roadie's fast-food takeaway, near to the taxi rank.

One man, who walked past the scene at around 9am, said he saw the man, who is known in the area, in