08/03/2017 Midlands Today

Two people are dead tonight after a man attacked his sister

with a knife and then turned the weapon on himself

Police were called to a block of flats in Leasowes Drive

in Penn just before ten o'clock this morning.

They used a taser and stun grenades to try to stop him -

but another woman, his mother, is also critically ill

A warning that Amy Cole's report does contain images

Just after four o'clock this afternoon, the bodies were brought

Lives lost a few hours earlier in an incident that sent shock waves

West Midlands Police say unarmed officers

initially went into the flat and used a taser

so they requested armed officers who used stun grenades to

Police say they found a man in his 30s who had

stabbed his sister to death and critically injured his mother.

It is understood he turned the knife on

We had to act quickly and officers did that.

As a result of that, two officers have been

injured, one has a stab wound to the arm from the suspect

and the other has a leg injury after being chased by the suspect.

The mother of the suspect who is 59 was taken to

hospital with serious stomach injuries and underwent surgery this

This woman lives in the block and is shocked by what happened.

It is still frightening and worrying, the fact that two

This woman lives opposite and is pregnant

The chances are we will know who they are because

It is a shock, it is shocking and worrying at the same time.

Meanwhile, West Midlands Police will be trying to piece together the

sequence of events that led to this tragic event at this block of flats.

Amy Cole, BBC West Midlands Today, Wolverhampton.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has also

launched its own enquiry into how the West Midlands Force

It says that, with such a serious incident, it's proper

that there is "independent scrutiny of what took place."

It's been a day of major disruption on the M6 motorway after a lorry

caught fire just after five o'clock this morning.

The truck was carrying tins of powder used to make sports drinks

For the latest, we can cross now to our reporter Kevin Reide who's

It was due to reopen about ten o'clock tonight but it is still down

to one lane. In the last few minutes a whole bunch of repair vehicles

have moved into place and they are about to start work on the damaged

section. That work will now be taking place overnight as opposed to

earlier this evening when it was first planned. Why has it taken so

long? Well, this has been

a tricky incident for both and the Rescue Services

because of course there was a fire to deal with and then

there was the issue of these tins of powder, used to make sports

drinks, which became overheated to do so even after

the fire had been put out. Then the lorry itself had to be

removed from the motorway using haulage equipment,

another major operation. They've been advised to avoid

the area all day but now the road Is not yet opened. Kevan, thank you.

You can get an update from BBC Radio Stoke tomorrow morning.

Police raided three locations in Burton upon Trent today as part

Two people were arrested and two women were referred to support

services for people suspected of being victims of modern slavery.

It's part of an operation being led by Avon and Somerset

police following a check on a nail bar in Bath.

In some areas they're called street pastors -

in Stoke on Trent, they're the chaplains.

Volunteers who patrol the streets at night helping people get home

after an evening out, as well as tackling homelessness

But now the council has asked the chaplains to go out

during the day as well, as part of a plan to

The street chaplains of Stoke on Trent have been a regular sight

in the city centre offering support to party goers at night but now

the chaplains are out and about in the day.

The police authorities roundabout have asked us

Compliants of aggressive begging and anti-spocial behaviour have

prompted the city council to extend the chaplain service

I think the issues we face are no different to any other

place or city in the country so what we are seeking to do,

the greatest asset Stoke-on-Trent have is the

people in its borders so we are a community group

and we seek to address some of those issues.

The chaplains are all volunteers are some people

--, they say they are motivated by a desire to help people but some

people, said surely the job

they With police walking

about, people feel Without being disrespectful

to the chaplains, they are doing a wonderful job but do

they have the authority? The chaplains aren't experts

or a replacement for official authorities but try to offer

a reassuring prescence, their efforts have been applauded

by former football manager Lou Macari who's set up

a night shelter in Stoke We just want to do the same thing,

help anyone get off the streets, give them a glimmer of hope

that that is some sort of future for The extended chaplain scheme

will run for a year offering A Muslim aid worker, who's just

returned to Birmingham from the war torn streets of Mosul in Iraq,

has described how he came under Waseem Iqbal is one of the few

aid workers who's been inside the besieged

city helping refugees. Our Special Correspondent Peter

Wilson has been to meet him. Waseem Iqbal used to be a nightclub

bouncer now he's an aid worker just Waseem came under attack

from the so-called Islamic state. I think to them that people who look

like me or do the job that I do are the biggest

threat for them. Waseem works for the Human Relief

Foundation based in Sparkhill. One of the few British aid workers

to get into Mosul, he's been helping desperate civilians as the Iraqi

army tries to retake the city What they do now is attach grenades

to drones and fly them over. We're on one side of the river

and they are on the other. They fly them over

and pick a target. In that incident there

were three bombs in He shows me a picture

of 19-year-old Shahad. Knowing that her life will not be

the same, she probably won't ever look the same,

she will not see again and whatever other difficulties this

will bring her as well. It was such a shame

to see how people's What do you think the effect

of all this is having on young people growing up in this

part of Birmingham? Seriously, I sit with

these kids all the time. Extremism is never an issue,

they all know that is something they want

to stay far away from. Waseem wants to work with young

people in Birmingham. But he's determined to go

back to Iraq and help Sometimes to save lives

you have to risk your own. I knew exactly then what type

of mission it was going to be. Peter Wilson, BBC

Midlands Today Birmingham. Stoke City have drawn 0-0

with Manchester City Brave defending from the Potters

kept Pep Guardiola's team at bay despite a heavy onslaught

in the second half. The Chancellor delivered his budget

at lunch time today. But the details for us

here in the West Midlands will come tomorrow when Phillip Hammond

arrives in Dudley to talk about I'll leave you with

the weather now from Shefali. today with highs of 14 Celsius at

Coventry airport but the best of the sun shines across the north of the

region, here in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The temperatures were

not sunshine dependent. We had mild deer across central and southern

parts of the region. This will continue for the next couple of

days. Temperatures will dip slightly as we get more unsettled conditions.

These frontal systems move into the Atlantic. A bit of rain first thing

on Saturday, clearing away and more rain heading in from the West on

Sunday. Back to tonight, largely dry picture. Lots of cloud but also

breaks in the cloud. Temperatures down about seven or nine Celsius.

Pockets of missed tomorrow morning. Patchy cloud to start but otherwise

it will be a beautiful day. Lots of sunshine. We may get another 14

degrees in the south-west. National forecast is

outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK.