A murder investigation is underway in southwest France after the dead bodies of a British couple were found at their isolated countryside home.
Friends of the pair – who have not been named – visited the home in Boudrac, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, south of Toulouse, after not hearing from them for at least three days.
When they arrived at their home – which was due to be turned into a bed and breakfast – on Sunday afternoon, they found the lifeless body of their friend, a 65-year-old woman.