Southend Echo

Andrew Edhouse, 64 and his partner, Carol Streatham, 66, were hit with an eviction notice from their static home on Canvey’s Thorney Bay Village and were ordered to leave by October 22.

The couple, after failing to move into a flat in Basildon, were place in the Campanile Hotel with no kitchen, fridge or microwave by Castle Point Council – something they appealed against as they feared being forced to pay themselves for their stay.

A 34-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fire in south London.