AN inquest into the death of former Love Island contestant Sophie Gradon has been postponed to allow her family to consider new information.

The 32-year-old reality TV personality was found dead at her home in Ponteland, Northumberland, in June last year.

Her boyfriend Aaron Armstrong was found dead just 20 days later.

An inquest into her death was due to be held on Thursday but the hearing was postponed by the South Northumberland Coroner.

In a statement the coroner's office said: "Sophie's parents have requested further time to consider a report which was only recently received."

Last month, Ms Gradon's mother Deborah tweeted police could not open her daughter's iPhone to extract data, eight months after the death.

Ms Gradon, a former Miss Great Britain, was a contestant in the second series of ITV'sLove Island in 2016 and had 462,000 Instagram followers.

An inquest into Mr Armstrong's death, which happened in Blyth, Northumberland, with be held on Tuesday in North Shields, North Tyneside.

The news comes after Love Island's Mike Thalassitis was found hanged in a park in Edmonton on Saturday.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to a park near Latymer Way, N9 at 0928hrs on Saturday, March 16 to reports of a man found hanged.

"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found a man, aged in his 20s, deceased.

"At this early stage, the death is not being treated as suspicious.

"Police are in the process of informing the man's next of kin. A file will be prepared for the coroner."