Investigation launched as Houghton festival “deeply saddened” by death of woman on-site

Police are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead in her tent at Houghton festival over the weekend.

The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was found unconscious in a tent on a campsite on the last day of the festival at Houghton Hall in north Norfolk. She was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday (August 9), despite efforts by on-site personnel to save her.

Police are now treating her death as unexplained while they await the resu...