A man has been found dead in a Shoebury home.

The air ambulance, police, and fire service were called to Dalwood, in Shoebury, at 10am today.

A private ambulance also attended as fire crews cordoned off the cul-de-sac for a short period of time.

An Essex Police spokesman said: Police were called to an address at Dalwood in Shoeburyness shortly after 9.30am today  following concerns for the welfare of a man.

"Officers entered the property and found a man in his 40s with serious injuries.

"The man was declared deceased at 10.40am. Emergency services are at the scene, police are not treating the death as suspicious and the Coroner has been informed."