A motorist has been charged with causing the death of two people after a crash in London on Saturday.

Ben Ord, 41, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, after the crash between a rental van and a Citroen C3 on Footscray Road in Eltham.

A man and a woman in their 70s died at the scene, on a 30mph road, shortly after midnight.

Ord, of Eltham, was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, and was remanded in custody to appear by video link at Bromley magistrates court on Monday.

Ord was arrested on suspicion of driving while over the alcohol limit and driving while unfit through drugs, but a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said she was unable to provide any further details about this aspect of the case.