After pleading guilty to 18 offences relating to two houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), Lettings of London Ltd has been ordered to pay over £50,000.

The Regulator of Social Housing has found that statutory requirements across a range of areas including fire safety, asbestos and electrical safety have not been met by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (Gateshead MBC).

A former publican pleaded guilty at Court in London to violating Article 8 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

The medieval cathedral in Paris, Notre-Dame, was overtaken by a major fire at 16:30(GMT) on the 15th April, which has caused the spire and roof to collapse.

A fire is being tackled by firefighters in Blackburn at the former Church of St John the Evangelist, which opened in 1789.