Police investigate unexplained deaths

Thames Valley Police officers were called to a house in Heather Gardens, Newbury, at shortly after half past midnight today, after two elderly people were discovered apparently deceased at their home.
Paramedics attended, however, the man, who was 82-years-old, was pronounced dead, and the woman, who was 85-years-old, died shortly afterwards.
At the moment the circumstances and the cause of death are unknown.
Det Chief Insp Gill Wootton, who is leading the investigation said: “at the moment the circumstances surrounding this incident remain unclear, although it appears some sort of drug may have been involved. At this stage we are treating the deaths as unexplained.”