A YOUNG Barnsley couple with three small children - one newly born - say they are lucky to be alive after someone set fire to bins outside their home during the early hours.
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday Rosie Sheldrake, 21, was feeding her 10-day-old son Junior at home in Princess Street.
Her partner Luke Duncan and their daughters Bella Rose, aged two-and-a-half, and Allanah, 17 months, were all asleep.
Then there was a frantic banging noise - it was their neighbours who were trying to alert the family that someone had set fire to bins outside their home.
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