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Tributes have poured in after a six-year-old girl was killed in a catastrophic house fire.

A 47-year-old man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder

Structural engineer David Miller told the officers the 211g of cannabis - with a street value of up to £1,600 - was all for his own consumption. He said he bought in bulk because he didn't like to go out regularly to buy from dealers

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a 'loud' house explosion in Leicester left another man seriously injured and caused nearby flats to be evacuated

Diogo Moreira, who is an Amazon delivery driver, reacted swiftly after the large explosion had rocked the flat in the Beaumont Leys suburb of Leicester this afternoon

The explosion in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, which happened this afternoon, has left one man with serious injuries, Leicestershire Police said as it investigates the blast

Reports of more than 400 people waiting in A&E at Leicester Royal Infirmary this morning and a further 50 people waiting in the backs of ambulances for care

A girl and her mother were attacked by what is believed to be a pitbull dog, with police now appealing for further information following the terrifying incident

Ian Curson says he didn't know his girlfriend Caragh Eaton had fallen to the ground and fatally fractured her skull as he drove away, after an altercation in which she tried to stop him leaving

People living in Leicester, Northampton and Oxford reported hearing a loud noise this morning which sounded like an explosion. Some suggested it may have been a sonic boom