Pair arrested in relation to deaths of two children were known to both boys

A man and a woman who were arrested after the discovery of two young boys’ bodies were known to both children, Met Police have said (Andrew Matthews/PA)

A man and a woman who were arrested after the discovery of two young boys’ bodies in England were known to both children, the Metropolitan Police said.

Emergency services were called to an address in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham, east London, at 2pm on Friday, where they found the bodies of the boys aged two and five.