Police are yet to confirm the identities of two people found dead in a town centre house yesterday.

In a new statement officers confirmed the deaths, at a house in Vulcans Lane, Workington, are not being treated as suspicious.

They said formal identification has yet to take place however the next of kin have been informed.

Police are now preparing a file for the coroner.

Detective Inspector Matt Scott said: “These deaths are not being treated as suspicious.

“Investigations on behalf of the coroner are continuing.

“Residents will have been aware of a large police presence around this area of the town and we thank people for their patience.”

Police yesterday forced their way into the property, just after 9.45am.

Inside, they discovered the bodies of two people, a man, believed to be in his fifties, and a woman, thought to be in her eighties.