Two people were found dead inside a house, following reports of an injured person.

Police were called to a house on The Drive in Ilford at 12:57pm on Thursday (August 29), following a report of an injured person.

Once Metropolitan Police officers, London Ambulance Service and the Air Ambulance Service attended the scene, they found a man and a woman who were both declared dead at the scene.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson confirmed: "Work is underway to establish their identities."

A London Ambulance Service Spokesperson said that after reports of an incident, they sent: two ambulance crews, three medics in cars, a medic on a motorbike and an incident resonse officer to the scene alonside London's Air Ambulance.

A crime scene is now in place. There are currently no arrests.

Police enquiries about the deaths continue.