2 hours ago Newcastle explosion: Claim homeowner complained about leaking gas boiler but was 'put off' by council

Newcastle City Council responded to a claim from an anonymous neighbour that a homeowner whose home was destroyed in an explosion had been 'put off' by the local authority, after complaining about a leaking boiler

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4 hours ago Boy killed in Newcastle house explosion named in reports as second body found

Six people, five adults and a child, were taken to hospital following the incident and a man in his 30s remains in a critical but stable condition.

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4 hours ago Boy killed in Newcastle house explosion ‘named’ after second body found

Six people, five adults and a child, were taken to hospital following the incident and a man in his 30s remains in a critical but stable condition.

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5 hours ago Child, 7, killed in Newcastle house explosion was a ‘beautiful, funny and caring little boy’

Family of Archie York say they are ‘truly devastated and heartbroken beyond words’ by his death

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7 hours ago 'Lovely lad', 7, killed in Newcastle house explosion as second body tragically found under rubble

Archie York has been named locally as the seven-year-old boy killed in an explosion in Newcastle

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7 hours ago Newcastle house explosion: Man killed alongside boy, 7, named as 'best big brother'

Jason Laws, known as Jay, has been named locally as the man in his 30s who was found dead at the scene of the horrific house explosion on Violet Close in Newcastle's Benwell and Elswick neighbourhood

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9 hours ago Second body found after house explosion in Newcastle that killed seven

Northumbria Police say body believed to be that of man in his 30s as investigation into incident continues

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9 hours ago Body of man in his 30s is found following Newcastle explosion after boy, seven, was killed while another man in his 30s fights for his life in hospital

An explosion in the Benwell area of the city took place at around 12.45am yesterday, with several flats reduced to rubble and a huge emergency response in the area.

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9 hours ago Second body found in horror house explosion debris as 'lovely lad', 7, is named

Archie York, seven, was killed in a house explosion in Newcastle in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his aunt wrote on Facebook his name deserves to be shouted from the rooftops!

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