Man, 23, appears in court charged with murder after Teesside house fire

Seven-year-old girl and aunt, 34, died and four others were injured in blaze near Middlesbrough last week

A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a seven-year-old girl and her aunt who died in a house fire.

Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster died and four other people were injured in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in the early hours of 26 August.