An investigation into the death of a British couple in France is continuing, after their bodies were discovered by a neighbour on Thursday. The pair, named on Friday as Andrew and Dawn Searle, moved to south west France from Scotland about a decade ago.

French news sites have named the British couple as Dawn and Andrew Searle, although the identities of the victims have not been officially released. Ahead of postmortems expected on Monday, media outlets in France have reported details of the investigation so far.

Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a retired British couple were found dead in grisly circumstances at their luxury gîte in south-west France.

A British couple have been found dead in their home in south west France. Andrew and Dawn Searle, who moved to France from Scotland about 10 years ago, were discovered by their neighbour on Thursday.

A British couple in their sixties were found dead in their home in southwestern France, with prosecutors saying on Friday they died a "violent death". The bodies of the couple, who had lived in France for years,