Police on the resort island of Koh Tao in southern Thailand stepped up their hunt for the killer of two British tourists whose bodies were found on a beach.

Police in Thailand are continuing to search for a backpacker linked to the brutal murders of a British man and a woman on one its idyllic islands, according to reports.

Two British tourists in their 20s have been murdered in a bloody attack on a beautiful Thai beach.

Two British tourists have been found dead on a beach in southern Thailand following a “gruesome” attack.