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| Two dead at Manchester's Britannia Hotel | Two dead at Manchester's Britannia Hotel |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| Two men have been found dead at a hotel in the centre of Manchester. | Two men have been found dead at a hotel in the centre of Manchester. |
| One of the men, aged in his 20s, was reported to have fallen from the Britannia Hotel in Portland Street at 05:30 BST. He died at the scene. | One of the men, aged in his 20s, was reported to have fallen from the Britannia Hotel in Portland Street at 05:30 BST. He died at the scene. |
| Greater Manchester Police officers then found the body of the second man in a bedroom. | Greater Manchester Police officers then found the body of the second man in a bedroom. |
| Silver Street, which runs behind the hotel, remains closed while officers investigate the cause of their deaths. | Silver Street, which runs behind the hotel, remains closed while officers investigate the cause of their deaths. |
| Det Ch Insp Amber Waywell: "We are currently working to establish exactly what has happened to lead to the death of both these men. | Det Ch Insp Amber Waywell: "We are currently working to establish exactly what has happened to lead to the death of both these men. |
| She asked anyone with information about the deaths, "no matter how small or insignificant it might seem", to contact police. | She asked anyone with information about the deaths, "no matter how small or insignificant it might seem", to contact police. |
| At the scene | |
| Inzy Rashid, BBC Radio Manchester | |
| Six police vehicles - three from the crime scene unit - and a number of police officers are in Silver Street at the rear of the Britannia Hotel, trying to unravel the mystery behind the two deaths. | |
| Around a police forensic tent there are shards of glass while directly above a white netted curtain is blowing from an open top floor window. | |
| Forensic officers are coming and going past the cordon, taking photographs and videos of the scene. | |
| Meanwhile, traffic is still running as normal in Portland Street at the front of the hotel which is in the heart of Manchester's city centre. |