Legacy Independent Funeral Directors: Watch as police provide update on 'truly horrific' investigation into Yorkshire funeral parlour

Police are investigating Hull-based Legacy Independent Funeral Directors after reports of “concern for care of the deceased”.

Specialist officers have removed the bodies of 35 people and the suspected ashes of a number of others.

A 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the investigation and released on bail.

Deputy Chief Constable David Marshall pledged to put the “heartbroken families” of those affected at the core of its investigation into the “truly horrific incident”.

He told a press conference in North Ferriby on Tuesday: “We are continuing to support the families involved through this extremely difficult and distressing time. This has been a truly horrific incident and they are understandably distraught and have many questions, and we are doing everything we can to give them the answers they desperately need.

"This is an extremely complex and sensitive investigation, with heartbroken and devastated families at the core of it, and we are determined to make sure that we keep the families involved at the heart of everything we are doing.”