A triple murder investigation is underway after three young siblings were found dead in Shropshire.

The bodies of Sam Fuller, 12, and sisters Becka, 10 and six-year-old Charlotte were discovered in woodland in Pontesbury Hill, near Shrewsbury.

The children are all believed to have been stabbed.

Police had launched a missing persons appeal after the youngsters went missing with their father, Ceri Fuller, last Thursday.

Mr Fuller, 35, is also believed to have died after falling from a cliff at a quarry in the area, according to the Birmingham Mail.

Gloucestershire Police had been hunting for the family after they disappeared from their home in Milkwall, Forest of Dean, last week.

They were thought to have been travelling in a red Landrover Freelander, with registration number CK51 YUV.

The vehicle was later spotted in the Shrewsbury/Welshpool area.

Mr Fuller was described as white, around 5ft 11ins, of stout build with strawberry blonde hair and a Celtic design tattoo on his upper arm.