A man has been charged after a series of arson attacks on businesses in Oxford. The 43-year-old, of no fixed address, will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court later to face a charge of arson with intent to endanger life and six further charges of arson.

A man has been arrested and bailed after two alleged arson attacks in a County Durham town. On Monday, March 3, Durham Constabulary were called to a fire at a bungalow in Beechfield, Newton Aycliffe. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, which also destroyed two cars.

A man has been arrested after a 'series of arson attacks' in the city centre. Five separate fires were 'deliberately started' using rubbish put out by businesses on New Inn Hall Street, Queen Street and Cornmarket Street today (March 13),

A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson and criminal damage in Oxford city centre.Thames Valley Police said that five separate fires had been deliberately started using rubbish put out by businesses on New Inn Hall Street,