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Pictures have emerged of a police and ambulance presence at Hayes End Recreation Ground near Uxbridge Road on Friday morning (March 24).

The emergency services have been on the scene since around 8.30am with reports that a body has been discovered.

A picture from the scene posted on Twitter shows multiple police cars and ambulances which appear to be parked at the entrance to the Kingsley Court Care Home in West Drayton Road.

We will bring you more information as we get it.

Getwestlondon has approached the Metropolitan Police for more information.

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Time to close down the blog

This brings to a close our rolling coverage of the death at a park in Hayes.

Emergency services were called to Hayes End Recreation Ground just before 8am.

They discovered a man who was unresponsive who was then declared dead at the scene.

For the full story so far you can follow the link below:

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VIDEO: Everything we know so far

This video shows everything we know so far about the death in Hayes this morning.

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Police confirm a man has died

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that a man was found unresponsive in the park just before 8am this morning.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Hayes End Recreational Ground

Hayes End Recreational Ground has recently been renamed as a community park.

There’s football pitches, a playground, a ball court at the site and is also home to a community centre.

In March, parks to the gate are opened at 9am and are closed again at 5pm by the council to “reduce antisocial behaviour.”

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Met and ambulance service have been contacted

Getwestlondon has approach both the Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service to confirm details of these police incident this morning.

We are still awaiting their response and will give you the latest as soon as we have information.

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Witness said police arrived at around 8.40am

One witness, commenting on Facebook, said she was at the West Drayton Road lights as the police arrived at around 8.40am.

Another said there were around five police cars and an ambulance on the scene.

A third passerby said they saw a private ambulance arriving at lunchtime.

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Emergency services now cleared from the scene

The emergency services have now left the scene, getwestlondon understands.

A passerby said the police and ambulance crews had the left the scene by around 1pm.

We are still waiting on the Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service to confirm details of the incident.

Stay with us and we will bring you more info as soon as we get it.

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A woman was found dead in the park earlier this year

This is not the first time this year Hayes Recreation Ground has been at the centre of a police investigation.

A woman was found dead in the park on New Year’s Day.

The woman in her 20s was found hanging and was declared dead at the scene.

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'Private ambulance turned up to collect a body'

We’re getting numerous reports that a body has been discovered but the Metropolitan Police have yet to confirm this information.

One passerby told getwestlondon at around 12.30pm: “Police and ambulance are there and now a private ambulance has turned up to collect a body.”

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Aerial shot of the scene

Map of the scene where emergency services were spotted
Map of the scene where emergency services were spotted (Image: Google Maps )

They are believed to have been on the scene since around 8.30am and were still there at around 12.30pm.

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Witness describes police cordoning off park

One witness told getwestlondon: “I drove past the park and the front was taped off next to the elderly home. There were blue and red sort of towels on the fence and all inside the park was taped off - it looked quite sad.”

He added: “There was also a camera on a tripod next to York Avenue.”

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Picture from the scene

Emergency services near Hayes Recreation Ground in West Drayton Road
Emergency services near Hayes Recreation Ground in West Drayton Road (Image: Picture from Adam Gribben)

This picture was posted on Twitter of the emergency services parked in the car park of the Kingsley Court Care Home at around 9am this morning.

We are waiting for the Metropolitan Police to come back to us with more information about the incident and we will bringing confirmed information as soon as we have it.

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