Couple and young son found dead in house fire

The bodies of a couple and their young son have been found together in a bedroom after a house fire in Surrey.

Police officers found the bodies of a man, a woman and a child together in a double bed, in the ruins of the remote farm cottage in Reigate, Surrey.

They were discovered when a man who lived at the house did not turn up for work and worried colleagues went to check on him yesterday morning.

They discovered the farm cottage lying in ruins after apparently burning all night.>Witness Mark Wigmore drove past the fire and said the cottage was heavily damaged.

Police, fire crews and paramedics were called to a farm cottage in Trumpet Hill Road and are still at the scene looking for evidence.