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Seven-year-old Valentina Foster and her aunt Natalie McDonald, 34, died in a house fire in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday morning. Two men, aged 23 and 31, are being held by police following their arrest on suspicion of murder. Cleveland Police are not ruling out a link between the blaze, wider organised crime, and a recent A66 crash.
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