Two dead in a Teesside fire as murder charges loom. Cleveland Fire Brigade protects Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees, a service rooted in the former county, now facing a grave incident on their patch.
Two women have died in a blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough. A man, 23, has appeared in court charged with two counts of murder as investigations continue and coroner openings confirm the cause of death as fire.