A horrified mother has spoken of her relief as she and her family escaped a suspected arson attack on their home.

Wendy Raynor, 37, a mother-of-three, was asleep in bed in the early hours of Sunday when she heard crackling and thought it was rain.

She soon realised the sound was the outside of her house burning.

Her partner, 37-year-old driving instructor Kevin Lloyd, ran through to the next room, where her children were sleeping, to see flames lapping at the window.

She said: "I was absolutely terrified and I thought I just have to get my children out of here'."