A man appears in court over the deaths of two people in a blast in Newcastle.

Work to demolish homes destroyed in the blast, which killed a man and seven-year-old boy, is under way.

An explosion in Benwell, Newcastle, killed a seven-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man.

A council says it would be 'insensitive' for a planned controlled explosion to take place that day.

Police arrest three men on suspicion of manslaughter and the production of a Class B drug.

A group helping victims of the Newcastle house explosion says it is "overwhelmed" with items.

A fire service chief says the blast was the "most challenging" incident in recent years.

Archie York, 7, died in a house explosion in Newcastle, along with a man in his 30s.