Several people have come forward with “extremely useful” information about an arson attack that killed six children, as police were given extra time to question their parents.
Parents arrested on suspicion of murder after Derby house fire that killed six of their children
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Mr Philpott was earlier praised by police for his 'valiant' attempts to rescuehis sleeping children
What the Butler Saw, Vaudeville Theatre, London
The Sunshine Boys, Savoy Theatre, London
Detroit, NT Cottesloe, London
Sunday 20 May 2012
Joe Orton's famous sex farce is the latest addition to theatreland's retro craze. Despite being funny and well acted, it's jokes are showing their age
Police confirm Derby house fire was caused by someone pouring 'substantial' amount of petrol through letter box
Wednesday 16 May 2012
A fatal fire that killed six children from the same family was deliberately started by someone pouring a "substantial" amount of petrol through the letter box and lighting it, police said today.
Two arrested on suspicion of murder after fire kills five children
Saturday 12 May 2012
Father of 17 had allegedly received death threats and had been vilified by tabloids for his lifestyle
The 10 Best running events
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Not quite up to this month’s London Marathon? Try one of the shorter – or sillier – races in our selection
Real Estate, Sebright Arms, London
Monday 27 February 2012
Tonight; a low-ceilinged, Lilliputian basement in a pub off Hackney Road. Tomorrow night; a high-ceilinged, velvet-clad hyper-venue in Mornington Crescent with a capacity nearing 2,500.
In Basildon, Royal Court, London
Thursday 23 February 2012
David Eldridge's In Basildon is a gloriously rich, humorous, agonising and politically provocative play, but it has been staged by the Royal Court's artistic director, Dominic Cooke, in a bafflingly peculiar, not to say, counterproductive way.
Canary Wharf spreads its wings to grow by a third
Thursday 19 January 2012
The landlord of Canary Wharf ushered in a new phase in the evolution of its sprawling estate today with a land deal which could eventually bring another 20,000 workers to London's Docklands.
Gun laws in spotlight as man kills family with licensed arms
Tuesday 03 January 2012
A taxi driver who murdered his partner, her sister and her sister's daughter before shooting himself in a New Year's Day killing spree at the family home held licences for six weapons and had been known to police for three years after he threatened to harm himself.
Peterlee gunman held firearms licence
Monday 02 January 2012
A man who shot himself after killing three women on New Year's Day was a licensed holder of firearms, it has emerged.
St Paul's camp decision reserved
Friday 23 December 2011
The High Court has reserved its decision on the City of London Corporation's bid to evict anti-capitalist protesters from outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Sacked policeman kills his wife and daughter
Saturday 10 December 2011
A sacked police inspector killed his wife and six-year-old daughter and seriously injured his two other children in a frenzied knife attack before killing himself.
For sale: futurologist JG Ballard's old home. In need of modernisation
Monday 11 July 2011
JG Ballard's rather drab semi-detached home in Shepperton is inextricably linked with the life of one of post-war fiction's greatest talents. Many of the country's best writers, often Ballard's disciples, visited the author during the 49 years that he lived in this sleepy suburb, where he crafted the dystopian thrillers Crash and Cocaine Nights.
Man quizzed after teen girl stabbed at school gates
Friday 01 April 2011
A man was being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder tonight after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed near the gates of her school in an attack witnessed by other pupils.








