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Man dies after falling from cliffs in Orkney
A man has died after falling from cliffs in Orkney.
Emergency services - including a Coastguard helicopter, the Stromness lifeboat and police - were called out at about 23:00 on Sunday after reports of a missing person in Birsay.
Police said a body was recovered from the water at about 01:50 on Monday.
Formal identification is yet to take place. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
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