French police are investigating the unexplained deaths of a retired British couple in southwest France - as vital clues begin to emerge. Andrew Searle, 62 and his 56-year-old wife, Dawn, were found on Thursday. They were discovered at around 12:20pm at their home in the quiet southern French hamlet of Les Pesquiès, south of Villefrance-de-Rouergue.

Prosecutors investigating the violent deaths of a retired British couple in south-west France are treating the case as a possible murder-suicide.

The pair, named on Friday as Andrew and Dawn Searle, moved to south west France from Scotland about a decade ago. The local mayor, Jean-Sébastien Orcibal, told French television that the deaths were "clearly a homicide".

A British couple in their 60s have been found dead at their home in south-western France, with investigators now exploring potential links to UK organised crime. The bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle were discovered on Thursday afternoon in Les Pesquiès,