AN ELDERLY man has died in Rhyl this morning.

Ambulance and police were called to a "medical emergency" this morning on Handsworth Crescent, sometime after 6am. The area was cordoned off while an investigation took place.

A spokesperson for North Wales Police said the death was not believed to be suspicious.

A spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We were called at shortly before 6.10am this morning to reports of a medical emergency on Handsworth Crescent, Rhyl.

"We sent a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and a crew in an emergency ambulance to the scene."