The father, who was on the overloaded boat, collapsed in tears after he was rescued from the sea and brought back to shore by the French Coast Guard this morning.
Detectives believe the blaze at the end of terraced home in Walthamstow, thought to have been occupied by squatters, was started deliberately.
Homes were smashed to pieces in Missouri after a tornado swept through Clay County and more twisters and 15 more were reported in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas .
Ringleader Mahmood Hussain, 56, a respected member of the community in Burnley, Lancashire, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for assisting unlawful immigration.