A joint funeral service will be held for a Seaton couple who died following a suspected carbon monoxide incident.

William Nixon Reid, 67, of High Seaton, was pronounced dead on October 22 after emergency services were called to the couple's home.

His partner Kathryn Rhona Workman, 70, was taken to West Cumberland Hospital in a critical condition but died two days later.

A joint funeral service will be held at Distington Hall Crematorium on Tuesday at 1.30pm.

Their relatives have asked for family flowers only but donations can be made to Hospice at Home or the Alzheimer's Society c/o R N Chicken Funeral Directors, 39 Kirkgate, Cockermouth.