M Jagadheesh, (34), and his younger brother M Manikandan, (26), of Ramachipuram near Ammapet in Erode were arrested for torching the thatched house of Hari Gopalakrishnan (32), the police said.

It opened in October 2024 and runs free weekend courses, funded by the Irish government. There are about 2,000 old thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland, according to Irish government figures ...

Sixteen fire crews have been sent to a blaze affecting four adjoined houses with thatched roofs. Emergency workers were first called to Low Street in Bardwell, Suffolk, at 16:43 BST. Crews have ...

The race is on to save the remaining thatched cottages in Ireland and train the next generation to restore them to their ...

Sixteen fire crews have been sent to a blaze affecting four adjoined houses with thatched roofs. Emergency workers were first called to Low Street in Bardwell, Suffolk, at 16:43 BST. Crews have been ...

Sixteen crews were sent to battle a thatched roof fire affecting a row of adjoined homes in a Suffolk village. Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service were called at around 4.45pm on Saturday to a fire in ...

Several people have been left temporarily homeless after a fire ripped through their thatched cottages ... said she could not "even see outside the house" at the time of the blaze and that ...

Neighbours have spoken of their shock after fire swept through a historic coastal thatched cottage leaving ... part of the 17th century Old Manor House on Beach Road at Walcott.

There are about 2,000 old thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland, according to Irish government figures from 2022. Across the border in Northern Ireland, a 2023 Department for Communities ...

Five properties in Low Street, Bardwell were affected by the blaze, which started in a thatched roof before spreading to the neighbouring homes and resulted in the evacuation of ten or 11 people.