Mother of children who died in house blaze loses appeal

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a Derby house fire has lost the first round of a bid to challenge the length of her sentence.

Mairead Philpott, 32, was jailed alongside her husband Mick at Nottingham Crown in April after being found guilty of the manslaughter of Jade Philpott and her brothers John, Jack, Jesse, Jayden and Duwayne.