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Man dies near Bishopbriggs golf club after being pulled from canal

A man has died after 'getting into difficulty' in water in East Dunbartonshire.

Emergency crews were called to Cadder Road in Bishopbriggs at around 6.30pm on Saturday. The alarm was raised after members of the public reported a 'man in the Forth and Clyde Canal, near Cawder Gold Club.

The man, aged 39, was pronounced dead not long after ambulance crews arrived at the scene. Police are not treating the death as suspicious, reports the Daily Record.

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Enquiries are ongoing.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “At around 6.30pm on Saturday, August 13, officers attended Cadder Road, Bishopbriggs following reports of a man in difficulty in the water. The 39-year-old was recovered by members of the public and emergency services attended, but was pronounced dead at the scene at short time later.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious, and enquiries are ongoing.”

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