A woman who escaped a fire at a block of flats in east London, and who is being housed in a hotel, has said she fears becoming homeless next week.

Forty-five engines and around 225 firefighters are responding to the blaze that has engulfed the whole mixed-use commercial and residential building

The brigade said parts of the scaffolding surrounding the building, as well as the ground floor and the roof, were alight

A man and a woman who were arrested after the discovery of two young boys’ bodies in England were known to both children, the Metropolitan Police said.

Mobile UK says 20 suspected arson attacks took place over the weekend, including one in Huddersfield involving a mast used by emergency services.