An investigation is under way after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered when police forced their way into a home in a Norfolk town.

Emergency services were called to a house in Oxford Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, shortly after 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 21.

Norfolk police were responding to a report of concern for the safety of a person inside the property.

Officers forced their way into the home and two bodies were discovered in the same room of the house.

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Both the man and the woman were pronounced dead at the scene.

Their deaths are currently being treated as unexplained and officers are investigating the circumstances.

A police cordon remains in place around the house while the investigation is carried out.