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.
Thatcham woodland fires suspected arson
Newbury firefighters tackled a suspected arson in woodland on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Richard Young, the watch manager of Green Watch at Newbury Fire Station, one pump from Newbury was called at 5pm to woodland next to Foxglove Way and Cowslip Crescent, where three separate piles of newspapers were on fire.
Firefighters used buckets of water to extinguish the fires, which were being treated as suspicious.
Firefighters left the scene after about half an hour.
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.