Mick and Mairead Philpott are facing jail today for killing their six children in a house fire.

The sentencing of Mick and Mairead Philpott, who killed six children in the UK, has been delayed until tomorrow.

A couple who killed their six children in a house fire in Britain will today be jailed.

The parents of six children who died in a house fire in England were today found guilty of their manslaughter.

A man who is alleged to have killed his six children in a house fire was accused today of treating his wife like a slave.

A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a court has heard.

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 a man accused of killing his children in a house fire has told a court how she and his wife used to alternate the nights they would sleep with him.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a “plan” to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court has heard.

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 were remanded into custody at Crown Court today charged with their murder.

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

Several people have come forward with “extremely useful” information about an arson attack that killed six children in the UK, as police were given extra time to question their parents.

A mother and father are continuing to be held in England on suspicion of murder following an arson attack at their home which left six of their children dead.

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.

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 teenage boy critically ill in hospital after a house fire which killed five of his siblings is “unlikely to survive”, UK police said.

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.

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