The Scotland Yard inquiry into Harvey Weinstein intensified on Sunday with detectives now investigating a further four allegations of rape and sexual assault against the disgraced Hollywood producer.

The latest investigations relate to allegations of assault in London in 1992, 2010, 2011 and 2015.

The announcement came after two more women accused Weinstein of raping them.

Lysette Anthony, the British actress, said he had attacked her in her London home in the late Eighties. A second, unidentified woman said she was raped in 1992.

Weinstein, 65, has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.

More than two dozen women, including Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have come forward with allegations of unwanted advances, lewd behaviour or sexual assault.

The scandal has exposed an industry in which young women, starting out in their careers, have had little choice but to keep quiet about harassment.

On Saturday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists said its board had voted “well in excess of the required two thirds majority” to expel Weinstein.