TWO FOUND DEAD IN CROMPTON ROAD HOME

Two women have been found dead in the home they shared, triggering a major police investigation.

The women, named locally as Rachel Clayton, 34, and her girlfriend Emma Speed, 30, were discovered at their terraced house in Crompton Road, Macclesfield on Sunday night.

The deaths are being treated as `unexplained`, but Cheshire Police have confirmed that nobody else is wanted in connection with the incident.

Post mortem examinations were due to take place this morning.

Neighbours said emergency services and gas engineers from National Grid were called to the property in Crompton Road at around 8.45pm on Sunday night but the engineers found no gas escaping from the property.