Detectives investigating the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are searching a bungalow, four miles from the spot where the 10-year-olds' bodies were found.

The property, in Lakenheath, Suffolk, is thought to belong to Lily Gollings, the paternal grandmother of caretaker Ian Huntley - the man charged with killing the girls.

Mr Huntley, 28, is being held under the Mental Health Act 1983 at Rampton secure hospital.

His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, has been remanded in custody, accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

On Friday an official inquest into the deaths of the two girls is due to be opened in Cambridgeshire.

Later the same day a minute's silence will be held at the Premiership match between the girls' favourite football team, Manchester United, and Chelsea.

All games at the weekend will follow suit, the Football Association announced, in an unusual move that reflects the depth of national feeling over the tragedy.

The FA's director of marketing and communications Paul Barber said: "The girls' love of football is well known and everyone connected with the game is keen to pay their respects."

The search of the bungalow at Lakenheath came after officers sealed off the entrances to Quayside Court.

	:	Holly and Jessica
Maps showing focus of the investigation

White-suited scenes of crime officers then began work inside one property.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said it was a "low key" search and a routine part of the investigation.

Earlier on Thursday police confirmed that Holly and Jessica's parents, from Soham in Cambridgeshire, had visited the beauty spot where their daughters were discovered.

Kevin and Nicola Wells and Sharon and Leslie Chapman made separate trips from their homes in Soham to the isolated wooded area close to Lakenheath air base.

'Low key'

On Wednesday officers completed a three-day search at Mr Huntley's father's home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire.

About 50 items were removed for forensic testing, although the house is expected to remain cordoned off for at least a week.

At the same time police confirmed the identity of the bodies, four days after they were discovered near the RAF base near Mildenhall.

Flowers left near the girls' final resting place

Both bodies were decomposed, police said, but any other details were important for legal evidence and could not be revealed.

Post mortem tests on the remains earlier in the week failed to pinpoint the exact cause of death and further tests are still being carried out which means they cannot yet be released to the families for burial.

Prison

Also on Wednesday there were angry scenes at Peterborough Magistrates' Court, when former classroom assistant Ms Carr appeared.

Ms Carr, 25, was remanded in custody to Holloway women's prison in north London and will next appear at Peterborough Crown Court on 29 August.

Mr Huntley, who had also been expected at the court, will not now appear until doctors decide he is well enough.

Meanwhile, thousands of moving tributes have been paid to the murdered girls.

St Andrews Church in the girls' home town of Soham, Cambridgeshire, is awash with at least 10,000 floral bouquets.

More than 90,000 people have also signed an online condolence book.