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Arrests over house fire
TWO people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after a house fire led to the deaths of four children.
Riley Holt, eight, Keegan Unitt, six, Olly Unitt, three, and Tilly Rose Unitt, four, died after the blaze in Sycamore Lane, Highfields, Stafford, on Tuesday.
A fifth child, named locally as two-year-old Jack, was taken to hospital. Staffordshire Police said a 24-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were arrested at around 1.30pm yesterday.
Cadet dies in ‘suicide’
A FEMALE officer cadet has died in an apparent suicide at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy following a party.
The 21-year-old was discovered in her room at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on Wednesday afternoon. It is understood she was spoken to after failing to return to her barracks after a party on the base over the weekend. Aside from the minor disciplinary, there is no suggestion of further wrongdoing.
Royal visit to Morocco
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to make a three-day trip to Morocco later this month, Kensington Palace has announced.
Harry and Meghan will travel to the North African country on February 23 and are expected to carry out official engagements over the following two days.
Details of the visit have not been released yet, but the trip is likely to see Meghan and Harry meet the king, the country’s prime minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani, and visit major tourist attractions.
New post for Davies
PROFESSOR Dame Sally Davies is to leave her post as England’s chief medical officer, it has been announced.
Dame Sally, who has held the position for nine years, has been appointed by the Queen as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. She will take up her role in October.
Exercise ‘boosts bones’
JUST six minutes of exercise per week – such as jumping – could help prevent bone thinning in women, a study suggests.
Simple exercises performed for two minutes, three times a week, could cut the risk of osteoporosis caused by the menopause, it found.
Osteoporosis is thought to affect around three million people in the UK, most of whom are women.
The disease leads to thinner bones, making them more liable to fracture.