98 m. ago Father and daughter killed in house blaze named as sister remains in hospital

Initital investigations suggest the blaze started in the kitchen area

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3 h. ago Girl, nine and her father, 38, who died in house fire are named by police

Mother Asifa was not at the family home in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, when the blaze took hold as she was on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.

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22 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tumble dryer may have caused blaze that killed girl and her dad

Councillor Darren O'Donovan said the house fire that killed a girl aged nine and her father in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday could have been started by a tumble dryer. Another girl, 11, is said to be in a critical condition

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24 h. ago Blaze that killed 'lovely little girl', nine, and her father while mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' could have been started by tumble dryer, fire chairman says

The inferno engulfed the family's red-brick semi-detached home in West Yorkshire, at around 5am yesterday, while the mother was in Saudi Arabia for Hajj during Eid celebrations.

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26 h. ago UK teenager who killed herself was ‘highly affected’ by terrorism arrest, inquest finds

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28 h. ago House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

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29 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tributes to girl, 9, and dad killed as child, 11, in critical condition

Locals have paid tribute to a nine-year-old girl and her dad who tragically died in a house fire in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. An investigation is ongoing to establish the cause of the fire

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30 h. ago Mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' when blaze tore through house killing her daughter, nine, and husband

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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31 h. ago Mother of tragic girl, nine, who died with her father in house blaze was away on Eid pilgrimage when disaster unfolded

A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

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32 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Girl, 9, among two killed in West Yorkshire blaze as 11

Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day

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32 h. ago Firefighters probe burnt out washing machine after house blaze that killed father and daughter, nine, and left her sister, 11, fighting for her life

A nine-year-old girl and her father have been killed in a house fire in West Yorkshire, while an eleven-year-old girl remains in a critical condition.

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33 h. ago Girl, 12, dies after doctors mistook her fatal brain tumour for a 'tummy bug'

Jackie Dunlop has urged parents to "trust their gut" after losing her daughter Ava Nelson from a condition which GPs initially dismissed as something minor

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34 h. ago Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while sister, 11, fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

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34 h. ago House fire kills father and daughter as another girl fights for her life

Firefighters battled the blaze at a Russell Close property which has resulted in the deaths of a dad and his daughter.

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34 h. ago Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while another child fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

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34 h. ago Girl, nine, and her father are killed in West Yorkshire house fire as her sister, 11, fights for her life

A nine-year-old girl and her father have been killed in a house fire in West Yorkshire, while an eleven-year-old girl remains in a critical condition.

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49 h. ago Tragic mother's attacker is given a taste of freedom after just one year in prison

A 'violent monster' who was jailed for abusing his partner before her death has been offered a taste of freedom - after serving just one year behind bars.

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3 d. ago Murderer who killed his own stepmother and raped and fathered child with 14

Mohammed Fethaullah, 64, previously of Wandsworth, London, died at HMP High Down on May 13 this year. He was previously jailed for the murder of his stepmother and raping a 14-year-old.

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4 d. ago The hospital that sent Lila Marsland, 5, home with fatal meningitis PRAISED by inspectors a year on from tragic death

An inspection by the health watchdog, 13 months after Lila’s death, found praised the hospital that sent the five-year-old girl with tonsillitis medication just hours before she died from meningitis

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4 d. ago EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: What made Jane Seymour perfect for her 'virginal' James Bond role? And what did King Charles ask royal finance chief to investigate about Andrew?

Reflecting on landing her breakthrough role over 50 years ago as Bond girl Solitaire in Live and Let Die, Jane Seymour makes a cheeky point...

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