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A soldier who courageously confronted a gun-wielding robber holding up a betting shop has been awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Iraq veteran Corporal Jason Robinson, 27, foiled the raider and then chased him a mile down the road.
During the dramatic incident at a Ladbrokes in Acocks Green, Birmingham, the robber pointed the gun at the soldier and pulled the trigger, but fortunately the weapon did not fire.
Cpl Robinson, a driver with the Queen's Royal Hussars, was in the bookmakers as a customer on August 9 last year when Shazad Mahmood entered and threatened staff with a handgun.
The soldier ordered the robber to stop before running towards him. It was at this point that Mahmood turned the weapon on him and apparently tried to fire it. The raider fled empty-handed, pursued by Cpl Robinson, who gave up only when the getaway car was driven at him.
But the soldier had the presence of mind to record the vehicle's registration number, and on the basis of his evidence the robber pleaded guilty in court.
Mahmood, of Tenby Road, Moseley, Birmingham, who had armed himself with a large machete to steal £1,390 from the same betting shop six days earlier, was jailed for nine years in January.
Cpl Robinson, originally from Peterlee, County Durham, but now living in Solihull, is about to deploy to Afghanistan. His medal citation said he acted with "total disregard for his own safety", adding: "Robinson's individual actions were of the most conspicuous bravery."
Speaking to the media shortly after the incident, he said: "I just did what anybody else would have done. I guess I'm used to seeing guns and weapons, so I was able to realise the gun wasn't loaded."
A total of 140 servicemen and women, most of whom served with 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan between October last year and April, were named in the latest military honours list. They will be presented with their awards at a later date.
Britons are being advised to stay away from Kenyan coastal areas within around 90 miles of the Somali border after a second armed gang attack in a month.
The Foreign Office issued its warning after a French woman was kidnapped early on Saturday from a beach resort in the Lamu archipelago, northern Kenya, by 10 heavily armed Somali militants.
Security forces have tracked down and surrounded the pirate boat believed to be carrying the French hostage, identified as Marie Dedieu by the Kenyan government.
On September 11, Briton David Tebbutt, 58, was killed and his wife Judith, 56, was abducted by armed gunmen from a resort near the popular tourist town of Lamu.
In a statement, the FCO said: "We advise against all but essential travel to coastal areas within 150km of the Somali border, following two attacks by armed gangs in small boats against beach resorts in the Lamu area on 11 September and 1 October 2011.
"This advice will be kept under review. Both attacks were on beach-front properties, with two Westerners kidnapped and one murdered.
"Beach-front accommodation in that area and boats off the coast are vulnerable."
The Tebbutts, from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, were the only guests at the Kiwayu Safari Village, 25 miles from the Kenya-Somalia border.
The FCO said its travel advice is "under constant review in the light of the situation on the ground".
"Travel advice is based on objective assessments of the risk to British nationals, whose safety is our main concern," said the statement.
Independence for Scotland will put the rest of the UK "at risk", according to the Scottish Conservative leader.
Annabel Goldie MSP will raise her concern at the UK party's conference in Manchester.
She will be joined in a special session featuring senior Tories from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Describing Britishness as a "state of mind", she will implore all delegates to "rally to the cause".
Her comments come against the backdrop of a majority victory at Holyrood for First Minister Alex Salmond's SNP. Mr Salmond is committed to a referendum on independence towards the end of this five-year parliamentary session.
In her speech, Ms Goldie will say: "None of us can sit passively by. Believe me, this matters to us all.
"Because if one bit of our United Kingdom house gets demolished, instability sets in, the rest is at risk. And we are all better off together. Scotland in Britain is good for Britain.
"Being part of a union is about sharing of responsibility, risks and rewards.
"Put at its simplest, being Scottish and British - or English or Welsh or Northern Irish and British - is a state of mind. It's the way we feel, it is the way we are. Proud of our distinctive cultures and traditions, proud of our partnership together. It just is."
Ms Goldie, who announced after the Scottish election that she will step down, is expected to tell Mr Salmond to spell out the terms of the referendum. She will say: "If only he would get on with his separation referendum so that Scotland can speak. And vote to stick with England, Wales and Northern Ireland."
Home Secretary Theresa May has risked angering Liberal Democrat Cabinet colleagues by throwing her weight behind calls for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, she said she would "personally" like to see it go because of the problems it has presented the Home Office.
Her comments, on the eve of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, will endear her to many Tories infuriated by its use by foreign criminals to avoid deportation.
But senior Lib Dems, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, have pledged that the Act will stay.
Ms May said: "I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it."
She added: "I see it here in the Home Office, particularly, the sort of problems we have in being unable to deport people who perhaps are terrorist suspects. Obviously we've seen it with some foreign criminals who are in the UK."
Mr Clegg promised Lib Dem delegates at his party's conference last month that the Human Rights Act, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights in UK law, was "here to stay".
Mr Huhne suggested the issue, if forced, could topple the coalition. "If Conservative backbenchers persist in wanting to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights, then I can foresee a time when this party would be extremely uncomfortable in coalition," he said.
Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights organisation Liberty, said: "Modern Conservatives should think again about human rights values that were truly Churchill's legacy. Only a pretty 'nasty party' would promote human rights in the Middle East whilst scrapping them at home."
A soldier who courageously confronted a gun-wielding robber holding up a betting shop has been awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Iraq veteran Corporal Jason Robinson, 27, foiled the raider and then chased him a mile down the road.
During the dramatic incident at a Ladbrokes in Acocks Green, Birmingham, the robber pointed the gun at the soldier and pulled the trigger, but fortunately the weapon did not fire.
Cpl Robinson, a driver with the Queen's Royal Hussars, was in the bookmakers as a customer on August 9 last year when Shazad Mahmood entered and threatened staff with a handgun.
The soldier ordered the robber to stop before running towards him. It was at this point that Mahmood turned the weapon on him and apparently tried to fire it. The raider fled empty-handed, pursued by Cpl Robinson, who gave up only when the getaway car was driven at him.
But the soldier had the presence of mind to record the vehicle's registration number, and on the basis of his evidence the robber pleaded guilty in court.
Mahmood, of Tenby Road, Moseley, Birmingham, who had armed himself with a large machete to steal £1,390 from the same betting shop six days earlier, was jailed for nine years in January.
Cpl Robinson, originally from Peterlee, County Durham, but now living in Solihull, is about to deploy to Afghanistan. His medal citation said he acted with "total disregard for his own safety", adding: "Robinson's individual actions were of the most conspicuous bravery."
Speaking to the media shortly after the incident, he said: "I just did what anybody else would have done. I guess I'm used to seeing guns and weapons, so I was able to realise the gun wasn't loaded."
A total of 140 servicemen and women, most of whom served with 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan between October last year and April, were named in the latest military honours list. They will be presented with their awards at a later date.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are set to descend on Manchester as the Conservative Party conference opens in the city.
Up to 30,000 protesters are expected to take part in the event, marching past the heavily guarded venue where Prime Minister David Cameron's Tory party is gathered.
Organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), it has been billed as a march and rally for "The Alternative - jobs, growth, justice" in opposition to the coalition Government's cuts to public services and pensions.
Activists taking part are believed to include direct action group UK Uncut and police are on alert for extremists attempting to hijack the peaceful union protest.
They have promised a "robust" response to anyone causing trouble with a major operation under way to keep the peace.
Assistant Chief Constable Ian Hopkins of Greater Manchester Police said: "This event poses a number of security challenges to the city of Manchester, and we have had to put in place a significant policing operation to help meet these challenges.
"Organisers of the demonstration have been very open and co-operative with us and it is clear that their intention is to demonstrate peacefully, as is their democratic right.
"However, anyone wishing to usurp or upstage this event with any violent disorder will be swiftly and robustly dealt with by the police.
"We simply will not tolerate opportunistic criminality or disorder."
A mass rally at the end of the march will be addressed by union bosses including Bob Crow, leader of the RMT, Mark Serwotka from the PCS union and Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite.
Thousands of acres of publicly-owned brownfield land are to be released by the Government for housebuilding, David Cameron announced on the eve of the Conservative Party conference.
Up to 100,000 homes are expected to be built under the scheme, which is designed to support growth and improve affordability in the housing market.
Cash-strapped developers will be given the opportunity to pay for the land later, when properties are sold, thereby bypassing the lack of upfront finance.
Aides said the plan, which comes amid criticism of the Government's attempts to boost economic growth, would support 200,000 jobs.
Getting the economy back on its feet will be a major theme for Cabinet ministers at the Tory conference in Manchester this week as the recovery continues to flag.
"The Government owns huge amounts of land, mostly brownfield sites, previously developed, either out of use or being run down in some way," Mr Cameron told The Sunday Times. "There's an enormous opportunity to build homes on those sites."
He said it was "appalling" that the average age of first-time buyers without financial support from their parents was now 37.
The Tories say that housebuilding fell to its lowest peacetime rate since 1924 under the last Labour government.
"This is a market that isn't working. Lenders won't lend, so buyers can't buy, and builders can't build," Mr Cameron said. "I believe we've got to get in there and help sort it out. I want people to have the chance to own their own home. This is a creative way of getting those homes built. I think it can make a big difference."
Whitehall departments have been instructed to publish plans of previously-developed land and empty offices that they can release for house-building.
Teletubbies creator Anne Wood has criticised firms that profit from parents' "anxieties" about how to bring up their children.
The 73-year-old, who worked as a teacher before getting into children's television, also told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs about the horrified reactions she faced from some people when Teletubbies was first shown.
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po appeared on BBC TV for the first time in 1997 and became a worldwide hit - screened in more than 100 countries, translated into 45 languages - and even notched up a number one single with their debut release, Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh.
But the show also had its critics - most notably when American preacher Jerry Falwell claimed Tinky Winky could be a gay role model.
Ms Wood said: "It was the most extraordinary experience because I wanted to make a programme that had love in it, that was about big hugs... you'd have thought I'd started World War Three, the response that happened. But there are people who are afraid of it for some reason. It's innocent fun, that's all it is."
Ms Wood, who grew up in a mining village in the north east of England, also created hit shows Rosie And Jim and In The Night Garden
She said: "There is an awful lot of anxiety being generated which I think is a terrible thing. What I was talking about was just enjoying innocent fun really, having a sing and playing round and round the garden."
She also criticised the Baby Einstein range of educational children's toys, saying: "The idea that there is only one way for a child to be intellectually developed is anathema to me so I hate that and I think that it is again making money out of people's anxieties, which is a shame."
Britain has the "resources and resolve" to succeed in Afghanistan, the Government has insisted after 10 years of war in the country.
This week marks a decade since the US and UK launched the campaign known as Operation Enduring Freedom in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.
And the British administration is offering a cautiously optimistic assessment, while acknowledging that mistakes have been made.
A Foreign Office (FCO) spokesman said: "Progress over 10 years has been uneven. At times, the international community lacked a cohesive plan and adequate resources to respond to an insurgency more resilient and adaptable than anticipated.
"Development of effective Afghan security and governance capabilities was slow, with a lack of investment by the international community."
But despite the setbacks and misjudgments, advances have been made, the Government stresses, albeit from an "extremely low base".
The FCO spokesman said: "The strategy is now focused, the coalition strong, our Afghan partners fully engaged and we have the resources and resolve to succeed. Afghanistan today is unrecognisable from the Afghanistan of 2001, but addressing the damage caused by thirty years of civil war and the misrule of the Taliban will take time."
This judgment has been borne out in the weeks leading up to this Friday's anniversary, with a string of high-profile attacks serving as a reminder of the uphill struggle still ahead.
Chief among these was the suicide mission that killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, on September 20, demonstrating what US Ambassador Ryan Crocker called "the utter disregard that the terrorists have for Afghans and the future of this country".
President Hamid Karzai insisted it would not deter his government, but some thought his words rang hollow against a backdrop of escalating violence.
Viewers of a new show will be asked to help decide how £10 million of lottery money will be spent.
Channel 4 bosses want to start a national debate to help the Big Lottery Fund pick five projects around the UK to benefit from the cash.
The channel's chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, said: "For the first time people will be able to influence which aspect of community life in the UK could benefit best from this huge sum of lottery money. This series will provide a fascinating insight into what people care about most passionately and provide the opportunity to make real changes for the better."
The five-part Channel 4 series, which has a working title of The Big Decision, will be shown next year.
Chairman of the Big Lottery Fund Peter Ainsworth said: "The public have raised billions for good causes by playing the National Lottery and with this programme we want to spark a nationwide debate on the best use of lottery money and the themes that best represent the needs and aspirations of this decade.
"By telling us what really matters to them, the public will have a real say in where £10 million of Big funding will go next year."
England rugby manager Martin Johnson has reprimanded three players for their conduct and left them in "no doubt" about his anger following complaints from a female hotel worker.
James Haskell, Dylan Hartley and Chris Ashton were made to formally apologise to Annabel Newton after she was reportedly teased with lewd comments.
According to the Sunday Mirror, Ms Newton, 23, said the men "treated me with no respect" after she was called into a hotel room to retrieve her walkie-talkie.
Addressing the allegations over player conduct in the team hotel, Johnson said: "I was angry with them. It is just the sort of thing we have talked about.
"What they thought was humour and a light-hearted exchange has clearly not been taken that way by Annabel, the girl involved.
"At the time they apologised when they realised they had stepped over the mark. They had no idea how upset she subsequently became. We were in Queenstown for a few days. When we returned I spoke to the hotel manager, apologised to him for the disturbance we had caused to him and his staff.
"The guys formally apologised. They were shocked when they understood how upset she had become. We investigated the facts fully. They have been disciplined. They have been reprimanded for their behaviour and left in no doubt.
"If you leave yourself open for these headlines to be written it drags us all into it and that is what makes me particularly angry."
The incident reportedly occurred in the days before England moved from Dunedin to Queenstown, where a number of players enjoyed a night out, which also hit the headlines. Mike Tindall, who married the Princess Royal's daughter Zara Phillips at the end of July, has been in the spotlight for his actions that night, but his conduct was defended by Johnson.
According to the Mail on Sunday, a spokesman for Tindall said the rugby star "apologises unreservedly" after initially denying claims he had gone to a second bar with the blonde woman whom he was seen hugging and kissing on CCTV. England boss Johnson said any misleading information Tindall gave as to his whereabouts that night was a simple mistake and "not a cover-up".
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would not support a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.
It came after it emerged that MPs are set to vote on a referendum within the next few months, after a petition with more than 100,000 signatures was submitted calling for the public to be given the chance to decide whether Britain should stay in the EU.
Speaking at the start of the Conservative Party in Manchester, Mr Cameron said he does not believe the UK should quit the EU - and he played down the prospect of the Government repatriating powers from Brussels in the near future.
The Government's immediate priority on Europe is to get the crisis in the eurozone sorted out and revive the continent's economy, he said.
The Commons Backbench Business Committee is expected to set a date before Christmas for a one-day debate in the House of Commons on a referendum on EU membership. The vote will not be binding on the Government, but if MPs back a referendum, it will put massive pressure on Mr Cameron to put the issue to the country.
The committee's Labour chairman Natascha Engel told the Mail on Sunday: "Given the crisis in the eurozone, this issue has become more relevant than ever. There is a clear majority of backbench MPs who want to debate this and we have to respond to that.
"The EU today is completely different from the one the British people voted to join in 1975. It is time to examine the position again.
"For years it has suited successive governments to avoid debating whether Britain should leave the EU. The whole purpose of my committee is to make sure the big issues of the day are aired in Parliament. People in pubs and shops all over Britain are discussing our membership of the EU and it is time MPs openly debated it too."
But Mr Cameron told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: "It's not our view that there should be an in/out referendum. I don't want Britain to leave the EU. I think it's the wrong answer for Britain. What most people want in this country is not actually to leave the EU, but to reform the EU and make sure that the balance of powers between a country like Britain and Europe is better."
Mr Cameron said that he wanted to use future treaties to negotiate the return of powers from Brussels to Westminster, but he said this is an ambition "for the longer term" and there is no immediate prospect of treaty changes to make it possible. It did not form part of the current renegotiation of treaties which will keep Britain out of the eurozone bail-out mechanism, he said.
Britain has seen a sharp rise in the number of people receiving food handouts, according to a charity.
FareShare, which redistributes surplus food from major manufacturers and supermarkets to social care charities, said its donations now go to 35,000 people a day, an increase from 29,000 last year.
It follows the largest ever yearly rise in the number of charities asking for help from FareShare - from 600 to 700.
Of the charities surveyed by the organisation, 42% reported an increase in demand for food in the past year.
A third of the charities surveyed are facing Government funding cuts, with 65% of these charities slashing food budgets to stay afloat, FareShare said.
Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of FareShare, said: "At a time of unprecedented demand we want the food industry and the general public to increase their support."
FareShare has been in operation as an independent charity since 2004 and has 17 locations around the UK. It distributes daily to organisations such as homeless hostels, day centres, breakfast clubs and women's refuges.
Mr Boswell added: "This research supports the growing anecdotal evidence we've seen in recent months - more people are getting in touch with FareShare asking for help to access food.
"We're committed to working with grassroots charities to make a significant difference to the diets of people in communities all over the UK but we need more food to meet this increased demand.
"We're asking anyone who works in the food industry in any capacity to look at what is happening to their surplus food and to ask themselves a simple question: 'Could this food stop someone going hungry?'"
A 13-year-old boy is critically ill in hospital with a head injury after being hit by a police van.
The marked vehicle struck the teenager in Swinton, Salford, on Saturday while its driver was responding to an incident.
"The boy suffered a head injury, was taken to hospital by ambulance and remains there in a critical condition", a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said.
The crash occurred at 6.20pm as the officer was driving along Chorley Road in response to an incident in Little Hulton.
The officer has been suspended from driving duties while inquiries are carried out, police said.
The spokesman added: "Officers from the forensic collision reconstruction unit are examining the scene and GMP's professional standards branch are aware and have informed the IPCC (Independent Police Complaints Commission)."
Assistant Chief Constable Ian Wiggett said: "Our thoughts are with the family of this little boy and we are devastated that while responding to try and help one person, another has been injured.
"We are carrying out a full investigation into the circumstances of the collision so we can establish exactly what happened."
Anyone with information is asked to call 0161 856 7201.
The body of a baby has been found by a dog walker.
The baby is believed to be aged around two months old, but the sex is not yet known.
A dog walker found the body in a culvert off Carr Lane, in Kirkham, Lancashire, at around 2pm on Saturday.
Police have launched an investigation and the death is currently being treated as unexplained. A post-mortem examination will be carried out later to try to establish the cause of death.
Detective Superintendent Neil Esseen, of Lancashire Police, said: "We are in the early stages of this investigation and the death of this child is at the moment unexplained.
"What is not clear at this stage is whether there is perhaps a vulnerable young mother out there who may have left her baby or whether this is something more sinister.
"If there is someone out there who has abandoned a young child in this area then I would appeal to them directly to get in touch with the police.
"I would also ask any concerned family members or health professionals to call us - we need to find out who this child is. I would also stress that although the child was found in Kirkham, we have no evidence at this time that the child is from the local area, and would therefore ask people from all over the country to come forward if they have concerns.
"Even the smallest amount of information could help us take the investigation forward and I would urge anyone who thinks they may be able to help to get in touch."
Anyone with information is asked to call Lancashire Police on 08451 25 35 45 or they can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
David Cameron has dismissed criticism of the Government's growth strategy, insisting it is "firing up the engines of the British economy" but would not be diverted from its deficit reduction plan.
The Prime Minister hailed plans to boost housebuilding by reviving the right-to-buy and releasing Government-owned land as examples of action being taken.
He defended the coalition's strategy after it came under fire from a senior Tory as the Conservative Party gathered in Manchester for its autumn conference.
MP Andrew Tyrie, who chairs the influential Commons Treasury select committee, said the Government's economic response lacks a "coherent and credible" plan for growth.
But Mr Cameron told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: "We are firing up the engines of the British economy... There is a step change taking place right now. This Government is not just sitting back."
The premier suggested that as many as 200,000 extra homes and 400,000 extra jobs could be created under the twin-pronged housing strategy being trumpeted at the start of the conference.
Thousands of acres of publicly-owned brownfield land are to be released by the Government for housebuilding, in a bid to support growth and improve affordability in the housing market.
Cash-strapped developers will be given the opportunity to pay for the land later, when properties are sold, thereby by-passing the lack of upfront finance.
In a move that is bound to please Tory activists, Mr Cameron also outlined plans to boost the "right to buy" scheme which proved a huge vote-winner for Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
More attractive discounts will be offered - with the proceeds used to build more affordable housing, he said - further boosting job creation and growth.
The heatwave is set to continue well into next week in parts of Britain, following a weekend of record-breaking temperatures.
The mercury peaked at 30C in parts of the country on Saturday, making it not only the hottest day recorded in October but also the third hottest of 2011.
And the unseasonably warm weather will carry on until Tuesday in the South East, forecasters said, when the highest temperature will be a cooler 20C.
Gareth Harvey, forecaster at MeteoGroup, said: "It will be fairly miserable across northern Ireland Scotland today, with further spells of rain, but the fine weather should hold up in parts of England and Wales.
"It might be more unsettled across northern Wales and northern England, but for most of central, south-eastern and southern parts of England it should be another nice day.
"It might not be as warm as yesterday, but we'll see the odd 29C in one or two spots towards the South East.
"It cools down a bit on Monday, but temperatures will be still be well above average - around 25C in the South East and East Anglia."
The weather will be fresher on Tuesday, however, with highs of around 20C in the South East. "This is still above average, but not well above average," Mr Harvey said.
Similar temperatures are expected on Wednesday, but cooler air will set in on Thursday.
Mr Harvey said: "From Thursday onwards it will be very windy, with some cool air across the whole of the country and some heavy showers. Temperatures on Thursday will peak at 17C-18C in the South East. By Friday the highest temperature in the country will be about 15C-16C, which is half of what we saw (on Saturday)."
Thousands of demonstrators have set off on a march through Manchester as the Conservative Party conference opens in the city.
Police estimate 30,000 protesters are taking part, marching past the heavily guarded venue where Prime Minister David Cameron's party is gathered.
Blowing whistles and horns and waving flags and banners, which claim Mr Cameron's "Tory Fat Cats" are to blame for the cuts, the noisy demo chanted "Tories out!" as they began the march.
Organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), it has been billed as a march and rally for "The Alternative - jobs, growth, justice" in opposition to the coalition Government's cuts to public services and pensions.
Huge numbers of mainstream public sector unions and workers, including firefighters and teachers, are taking part along with a range of left-wing activists. Police are on alert for extremists attempting to hijack the peaceful union protest, with mounted police, vans and officers lining the march route.
Police have promised a "robust" response to anyone causing trouble, with a major operation under way to keep the peace.
A mass rally at the end of the march will be addressed by union bosses including Bob Crow, leader of the RMT, Mark Serwotka, from the PCS union and Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite.
Police said the march has been entirely peaceful but around 50 people had now sat in Albert Square, in front of Manchester Town Hall. The group are believed to be from "Occupy" and some protesters have faces covered.
Protesters took an hour to file into an open space on the edge of the city centre to hear speakers at the rally for the culmination of the march.
Tony Lloyd, MP for Manchester Central, to a round of applause and cheers, told the crowd: "One blue is even less welcome here than Carlos Tevez, and that's David Cameron. David Cameron is not welcome in this city!"
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a farm which claimed the life of a two-year-old girl, police have said.
The man is being questioned in connection with the blaze at Hessle Farm, Wragby, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, in which Isobel Dobson died on Friday evening.
West Yorkshire Police said the fire is now being treated as suspicious and inquiries are ongoing to determine the cause.
Emergency services were called to the blaze at about 5.30pm on Friday and found a van and two barns ablaze on their arrival.
Isobel and her one-year-old half-sister were in the van when the fire broke out.
Isobel's 37-year-old stepfather and 22-year-old mother rescued the baby from the vehicle but were beaten back by flames and injured as they tried unsuccessfully to free the little girl.
Her body was found on Friday night and police confirmed she had died.
Police said the man and the baby received treatment for burns at Pinderfields hospital in Wakefield and were later discharged.
The family were at the farm tending to a horse before the fire broke out.
Police are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with information that they feel could assist the investigation, to contact the Homicide and Major Inquiry Team via 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Two men are being questioned by detectives after the body of a woman was found in a car.
The men were arrested on suspicion of murder after police searched the Ford Fiesta on Doncaster Road in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, and discovered the body.
The woman is believed to have been aged in her 40s.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Two men have been arrested and are being questioned by police following the discovery of a woman's body.
"Acting on information, police searched a Ford Fiesta on Doncaster Road, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, and discovered the body of a woman believed to be in her 40s.
"Two men were subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder and are currently being questioned by detectives."
