Newcastle City Council has refused to speculate on the cause of a deadly house explosion in Newcastle, after a claim emerged that the homeowner had complained about their leaking gas boiler - but had been "put off" by the local authority. A seven-year-old boy and a man in his 30s tragically died following the blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in the early hours of Wednesday. Emergency services, including eight fire appliances and specialist search teams, were called to Violet Close shortly before