A second body has been found after a house explosion in Newcastle that killed a seven-year-old boy. Northumbria Police said that the body, believed to be that of a man in his 30s, was discovered on Wednesday. A seven-year-old boy was also killed after the incident in Violet Close, Benwell, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Two people who died in a house explosion in Newcastle have been named as Jason Laws, who was in his 30s, and seven-year-old Archie York.

A seven-year-old boy who died in a house explosion in Newcastle has been named as Archie York. The child died along with a man in his 30s, following the blast in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of Wednesday. The man's body was found in the debris by emergency crews.