Police say human ashes found at Hull funeral home cannot be identified

Police launched a criminal investigation into the discovery at the funeral home in Hull last month. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Human ashes found in a Hull funeral home cannot be identified, in what police said would be “devastating news for families and loved ones”.

Humberside police said they were still working with the coroner to formally identify the 35 bodies found at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road, four weeks after the launch of a criminal investigation.