10 h. ago Tragedy as 'truly beautiful soul and free spirit’ dies at house party

Tributes have been paid to the 29-year-old

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12 h. ago Young woman with 'beautiful soul' died at house party after 'deliberate act'

Polly Zajdler was in a happy relationship and was planning to move in with her boyfriend, Scott, before her sudden death following a house party in Huddersfield

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6 d. ago Mum appears in court charged with murdering ‘beautiful’ four

A MUM has appeared in court charged with murdering her "beautiful" four-year-old daughter in a house fire. Lesma-Rose Wibier tragically died following the blaze at the family home in Manchester in March last year. Her mum Carrin Wibier has been charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life. The 45-year-old appeared at Manchester...

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7 d. ago Manchester horror house fire update as mum charged with murder after girl, 4, dies

A woman has been charged in relation to the death of four-year-old Lesma-Rose Wibier, who tragically died following a a fire at a house on Gateshead Close in Manchester

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7 d. ago Woman charged with murder after girl, 4, dies in Manchester house fire

Carrin Wibier, 45, has been charged with murder following the death of four-year-old Lesma-Rose Wibier in a house fire in Rusholme, Manchester, on March 2

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7 d. ago Woman dies in house fire neighbours said was 'like an inferno'

Forensics teams have been inspecting the property today

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7 d. ago Elderly woman dies in house fire horror as police launch urgent probe

Police have confirmed the body of the woman was found inside a house in the Sandwood Park area of Guisborough, Teesside as officers carry out enquiries into the tragedy

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8 d. ago Man dies after collapsing while being detained by police outside house

The man was taken to hospital, however he was pronounced dead an hour later

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1 week ago Father's 'anguish and trauma' after wife and children die in Boxing Day fire

Tom Shearman, a Gloucestershire Police officer, has paid a heartbreaking tribute to his wife and two young children who died in a house fire

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1 week ago Policeman dad heartbroken after wife and kids, 4 & 7, die in house fire

Policeman Tom Shearman has paid tribute to his wife and two children after they died in a house fire on Boxing Day. Mr Shearman urged people to hug their loved ones

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1 week ago Richard Smallwood dead: Gospel icon behind song covered by Whitney Houston dies

Grammy-nominated gospel icon Richard Smallwood has died at the age of 77 from complications related to kidney failure, it has been announced

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1 week ago Two cubicles, 73 women, one long queue: Japan’s female MPs fight for more loos

PM Sanae Takaichi joins petition asking for better facilities for women to match improved representationNearly 60 female lawmakers in Japan, including the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building for women to match their improved representation.Japanese politics remains hugely male-dominated, although the number of women in the parliament rose at the last election – and Takaichi became the first female prime minister in October. This is reflected by there being only one lavatory containing two cubicles for the lower house’s 73 women to use near the Diet’s main plenary session hall in central Tokyo. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago House blaze in which girl died not being treated as suspicious – fire service

Kent Fire and Rescue Service said ‘an intense fire’ had spread throughout the semi-detached property in Hamstreet, Kent, by 12.10pm on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Heartbreaking tribute to mother killed in Stroud house fire alongside her two children

Tom Shearman attempted to rescue his family but was unable to enter his home in Brimscombe, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, as it was engulfed in flames.

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2 w. ago Wellwishers raise £125,000 for police officer father after his wife and two children died in Boxing Day house fire

Tom Shearman attempted to rescue his family but was unable to enter his home in Brimscombe, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, as it was engulfed in flames.

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2 w. ago Father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin dies after house fire, mother critically injured

Officials say the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin died and his mother was critically injured after a weekend fire heavily damaged the North Carolina home where they lived

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2 w. ago Woman dies in tragic house fire as investigation launched into blaze

A woman died at the scene after firefighters were called to a bungalow in Sheffield at around 10.45pm on Saturday, December 27.

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2 w. ago First pictures of children and mum who died in Boxing Day house fire

Fionnghuala Shearman and her children Eve and Ohner died in the fire while husband Tom remains in hospital

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2 w. ago Fashion designer and two children die in Boxing Day house fire

Fionnghuala Shearman, known as Nu, died alongside her children, Eve, aged seven, and four-year-old son Ohner.

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2 w. ago Mum and children killed in Boxing Day blaze pictured after dad tried to save them

Fionnghuala Shearman, seven-year-old Eve and four-year-old, Ohner died in a house fire at their home in Stroud in the early hours of Boxing Day despite the efforts of her husband to save his family

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