4 hours ago Pictured: 'Best dad in the world' killed in Newcastle explosion that also claimed boy, seven

Friends turned up at the cordon close to the scene of the tragedy to lay flowers and cards for the victim aged in his 30s, named locally as Jason Laws, who was also known as Jay.

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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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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 ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We’re breaking the neck of inflation’ after cutting interest rates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Inflation across the eurozone fell by more than initially thought last month, which may cement the chances of interest rate cuts today.Consumer prices across the euro area rose by 1.7% in the year to September, statistics body Eurostat reports, down from 2.2% in August.The lowest annual rates were registered in Ireland (0.0%), Lithuania (0.4%), Slovenia and Italy (both 0.7%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.8%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.2%).Compared with August 2024, annual inflation fell in twenty Member States, remained stable in two and rose in five.“We have always said we won’t be taking plans for HS2 phase 2 back off the shelf after the Conservatives took a wrecking ball to the project and...

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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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8 hours ago ECB holds press conference after cutting eurozone interest rates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNewsflash: Inflation across the eurozone fell by more than initially thought last month, which may cement the chances of interest rate cuts today.Consumer prices across the euro area rose by 1.7% in the year to September, statistics body Eurostat reports, down from 2.2% in August.The lowest annual rates were registered in Ireland (0.0%), Lithuania (0.4%), Slovenia and Italy (both 0.7%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.8%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.2%).Compared with August 2024, annual inflation fell in twenty Member States, remained stable in two and rose in five.“We have always said we won’t be taking plans for HS2 phase 2 back off the shelf after the Conservatives took a wrecking ball to the project and...

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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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9 hours ago Newcastle house explosion major update as police announce second person has died

A second person has been killed after a horrific house explosion on Violet Close in Newcastle that decimated two terraced homes, killing a young boy at the scene as others were rushed to hospital

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