The body of a man has been found in a river in Renfrewshire.

Police were alerted to the discovery in a stretch of water near the A761 in Linwood on Thursday at 9.10pm.

Officers cordoned off the area, named locally as the Riverside Path, while investigations were carried out.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police received a report at about 9.10pm on Thursday night of an unidentified male who had been found in water close to an area known locally as the Riverside Path.

"Enquiries are under way to establish the male's identity whose death is being treated as unexplained.

"A post-mortem will be carried out to establish the cause of death."