Tyne Tees Arson

Richard Brown, Stockton district manager for Cleveland Fire Brigade, said the cost of deliberate fires had “practically doubled” this year from over £500,000.

George Collinson, from Sunderland, has tended to the pigeons for 60 years but has been left devastated by the fire.

Abbie Jackson and Thomas Marshall caused a huge fire in Queen Street, Redcar, which almost caused the building to explode.