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Demi Pearson, 14, Brandon, eight and Lacie, seven, and three-year-old Lia died following the suspected arson attack at their home in Walkden, Salford.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been issued a list of words which its employees will not be able to use in any documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Prime Minister previously committed to leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019 but a delay would appease MPs.

Alex Floyd happened to be right next to the crash when it took place and was able to save the injured man's life.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed at an address in Braintree, Essex.

Police in Walthamstow have issued e-fit images after two homophobic attacks in the area including violent assaults.

Jordan Clarke, 20, and Eddie Mobele, 24, found guilty of attacks on three men using a 12-inch Zombie Killer knife at the 2016 Notting Hill Carnival.

A survey by police found 88% of respondents have been a victim of sexual assault in a bar in Bristol.

The map's individual 60 pages have been restored and digitally stitched together to reveal a glimpse of the world as understood at the time.

British Transport Police are appealing for information after a man had his ear bitten on a train to Peckham Rye, south London.

Divorcee Alun Jones, 51, from Newport, South Wales, bled to death on his bedroom floor after committing hara-kiri when he returned from a trip to Japan.

John Walshaw, 56, from Grimsby, was branded a 'paedo' after being spotted with a half-dressed 15-year-old girl and a bottle of wine down an alley.

Eniola Balogun pleaded guilty to four counts of rape and possession of indecent images of a child at Wood Green Crown Court.

A Norfolk man who owned a "paedophile manual" containing instructions on how to sexually abuse children has been handed a suspended sentence.

Man has acid hurled in his face in shocking doorstep attack in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Police recently revealed that UK has one of highest rates of acid attacks in the world.

Hundreds of rats have taken over a vacant house in a picturesque Lincolnshire village of Metheringham, now shocking pictures reveal them licking the windows in broad daylight.

Foreign secretary makes diplomatic gesture in move filmed by his Japanese counterpart during UK visit.

Police unable to give reasons as to how John Nolan managed to catch alight in north London before dying from injuries.

EU leaders have agreed to move onto post-Brexit trade talks following months of negotiations in Brussels.

Those getting into the Christmas spirit this winter have been warned by Network Rail to take care while travelling by train, following a spate of drunken incidents.

The Oxford English Dictionary made an unusual choice for its 2017 word of the year - and Twitter is confused.

Trial of Liam Allen dramatically collapses after evidence proving his innocence finally disclosed by police.

London's Metropolitan Police are urging the drivers of a lorry and a car to come forward after a Polish woman died in a Tulse Hill hit-and-run accident.

Britain has never separated faith and state, and the result is a terrible muddle in the education system.

Police are searching for a man who bit a fellow train passenger's ear during a mobile phone row in October.

The head of the UK's Armed Forces has warned that Russia's Navy threatens underwater communication cables. Sir Stuart Peach issued the warning in a speech to the RUSI think tank.

Hakeem Hussain died from cardiac arrest when he was left outside a house in Birmingham. His mother, 35, and great-uncle, 56, were arrested for neglect.

High-flying City lawyer, Tim Varchmin, accused of keeping a stash of child porn, said a "devastating" HIV diagnosis led him into host drug-fuelled sex parties at his luxury flat.

"It's a terrible situation, and it just tears me apart I'm not able to give him what he needs," mum Kerry Linnell explains.