The former mistress of a man accused of the manslaughter of his six children in the UK has denied threatening to kill him.

The former mistress of “benefits scrounger” Mick Philpott, who is accused of killing his six children, told a court how she ended their relationship after enduring years of abusive and domineering behaviour.

A father was the “prime mover and dominant player” in scheme to start a blaze which killed his six children as part of a plan to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court heard today.

Mourners turned out today to say farewell to six children who died in a house fire in Britain.

The funerals of six siblings who perished when fire ripped through their home as they slept in their beds will take place in Britain today.

The parents of six children killed in a house fire appeared in court today charged with their murders.

The parents of six children killed in an arson attack on their home have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A house fire in which six siblings died as they slept in their beds is believed to have been deliberately started, police in Britain have said.

Police in Britain have revealed that five of the six children who died in a house fire were killed by smoke inhalation.

A 13-year-old boy has died in hospital after a house fire that claimed the lives of five of his brothers and sisters.

A man and a woman who were arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths of five children in a house fire in England have been released without charge, police said.

Two people are being questioned on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths of five children in a house fire, English police said.

Two people were last night being questioned on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths of five siblings in a house fire in Britain.

A woman has been arrested after five children died in a housefire in England.

Five children have died in a house fire while a sixth child has been taken to hospital for specialist treatment, police said.

A man was in a serious condition in hospital tonight after a shooting in south Dublin.

A 13-year-old girl was found hanging by ribbon from a banister at her home in England after a game went tragically wrong, her mother said.

Two men were being questioned by gardai today after drugs with an estimated street value of €400,000 were seized in west Dublin.