A couple have been charged over the death of a two-year-old boy in a gas explosion. Sharon Greenham, 51, and Darren Greenham, 44, are accused of the manslaughter of George Arthur Hinds. Emergency services were called to the scene in Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, Lancashire in the early hours of May 16. They found two houses had collapsed with a third seriously damaged. George died as a result of the blast at his home, while his parents, Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds, were also injured and late

Icy patches are expected to appear from 3pm this afternoon, continuing through to 10am Monday.... It warned the adverse weather would affect" many parts of the UK". The Met Office said this morning:" Rain, sleet and snow clearing the south, then ice developing on some surfaces". The yellow ice warning covers from Portsmouth up through Birmingham and Newcastle to Edinburgh. Hull and Norfolk are also expected to be affected.In Birmingham, tonight and tomorrow morning it will feel like-5c.... In

Moments away is Esthwaite Water which is also much quieter than nearby Windermere. READ MORE: Horror in beautiful UK seaside village as sheep found dead in the seaIt is frequently called one of the most beautiful places to visit in the Lake District.... Reviewers on Tripadvisor called it “ quaint and traditional, like stepping back in time ”.... She created many of her characters in the village and once called it “ as near perfect a little place as I ever lived in ”....

Windermere could be given bathing water status after widespread anger about sewage pollution that is causing dangerous algal blooms. The lake in Cumbria is the largest in England but campaigners say sewage has flowed into it and septic tanks have also discharged waste nearby.... We are proud of Windermere, it’s a wonderful lake, it’s not in a disgusting awful state.“ Some areas are rated as excellent-the problems with the lakes are not insurmountable, it's not an open sewer, it's not in a terri

A water company has pumped untreated sewage into England’s largest lake for eight consecutive days. Storm overflows at two water treatment plants have continuously discharged into sites that flow into Windermere, in the Lake District, since Aug 22. United Utilities, which operates the plants, said “ heavy rainfall ” in the area had prompted the discharges. Water companies are allowed to release untreated sewage into rivers and seas when it rains heavily to prevent homes being flooded. But clean

THE chances of a white Christmas are becoming increasingly more likely as the UK plummets into an" Arctic shot".A recent bout of snow, ice and freezing temperatures could last for weeks.... Scotland and the north bore the brunt of the chilly snap yesterday, but across the South East frost is forecast throughout tonight and early this morning.... Over the weekend in Brizlee Wood, Northumberland, windspeeds hit a whopping 98mph-closely followed by Berry Head, Devon, where 92mph gusts were record