Milton Keynes fatal fire: Man held on suspicion of murder released
Thames Valley Police is continuing its enquiries at the scene of a fatal fire in Milton Keynes on Sunday evening
A 58-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead, has been released on bail, police say.
The body of a woman was found by emergency services inside a property in St Leger Court, Great Linford, following a fire.
Thames Valley Police said the death of the woman, whose identity has not been released, “remains unexplained”.
It said post-mortem examination results had been “inconclusive”.
Further tests will now be carried out.
Newark house blast: Second body found
A second body has been found in the rubble of a terraced house which was destroyed by a suspected gas blast in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Police said continuing searches in the rubble had “revealed” the body of a woman, which would be recovered later.
A man’s body was removed from the house in Wright Street in the early hours. Four people, including two children, were treated in hospital.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue service said a woman, a seven-year-old and a four-month-old baby were from the neighbouring property. They have since been discharged.
Police also confirmed today that a “controlled demolition” was set to be carried out as the property was not considered safe.
Man dies after flat fire in Belfast
Emergency services were called to the top floor flat as a blaze took hold at a property in the University Street area on Sunday night.
A 63-year-old man was carried from the blaze by firefighters, but was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
University Street was closed between Botanic Avenue and Malone Road for a number of hours.
Police are now appealing for anyone who witnessed the blaze or who has any information to contact them.
St Brigid’s Church in Newmains, Lanarkshire, damaged in fire
A Lanarkshire church, built in 1933, has been badly damaged after a fire broke out in its roof.
Firefighters found St Brigid’s Parish Church in Newmains’ Westwood Road well alight.
Three appliances attended the incident and by 14:00 the fire was under control.
St Brigid’s Roman Catholic Parish is part of the Diocese of Motherwell and serves about 1,600 people.
Penygroes fire: Woman, 74, found dead in kitchen
A woman’s body was discovered in a kitchen of a property in Ffordd Llanllyfni, Penygroes, Gwynedd on Tuesday afternoon at around 15:00 BST.
The fire service said a neighbour in her mid 40s who raised the alarm was treated in hospital for smoke inhalation but has now been sent home.
North Wales Police and fire officers are investigating the blaze. Firefighters from Caernarfon were called to the incident at the terraced property.
Gwynedd council said the A487 between Llanllyfni and Penygroes was closed for a number of hours following the fire.
A house fire in which a 74-year-old woman died was not suspicious, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service says.