The body of a 37-year-old woman was found beneath a block of flats in Netherthorpe yesterday.

South Yorkshire Police are not treating the death as suspicious and the woman is believed to have fallen to her death.

Emergency services were called to the flat block on Brightmore Drive at 7.32am on Thursday.

In a statement, South Yorkshire Police said: “Sadly, upon our arrival the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family has been informed and is being supported.

“The woman’s injuries are consistent with a fall from height.”

The woman’s identity has not been released.