:00:00. > :00:10.Two young children have died following a house fire
:00:11. > :00:14.Emergency services were called to the property on Holland Road
:00:15. > :00:17.in Hamstead in the early hotrs of this morning.
:00:18. > :00:19.Police say the cause of death of the eight-year-old boy
:00:20. > :00:22.and six-year-old girl isn't yet known.
:00:23. > :00:25.The children's father was l`ter found in a burnt-out car,
:00:26. > :00:34.At this semi-detached house in the early hours of this lorning,
:00:35. > :00:37.there were desperate attempts to save the lives of two chhldren,
:00:38. > :00:40.and eight-year-old boy and a girl aged six.
:00:41. > :00:44.A fire in the hallway of thd family home was quickly put out
:00:45. > :00:47.by firefighters and neighbotrs described how they were wokdn up
:00:48. > :00:54.I heard a scream like I havd never heard before.
:00:55. > :00:57.It was terrible, I can still hear it now.
:00:58. > :01:00.I came out, blue lights, went up the road, and all I saw
:01:01. > :01:11.The two children were on thd grass and the firemen were working
:01:12. > :01:16.The mother wasn't injured but the children were pronotnced
:01:17. > :01:22.Friends of the family struggled to come to terms with the tragedy
:01:23. > :01:25.as detectives launched a criminal investigation.
:01:26. > :01:37.The police haven't been abld to say how the children died.
:01:38. > :01:41.A postmortem examination to establish the cause is dte
:01:42. > :01:46.40 miles away, less than three hours later, a fire-damaged car w`s found
:01:47. > :01:52.A man, believed to be the children's father,
:01:53. > :01:58.We believe these incidents are connected.
:01:59. > :02:02.We're not looking for anyond else in connection with the fire here.
:02:03. > :02:05.We're trying to work out what exactly took place
:02:06. > :02:11.is helping the police to trx and give us that information.
:02:12. > :02:13.Neighbours say the family involved moved to the street
:02:14. > :02:18.The kids used to play with the grandchildren
:02:19. > :02:26.Forensic investigations will be focused on the family home
:02:27. > :02:30.well into the weekend as detectives try to piece together
:02:31. > :02:40.Fire officers at the scene tried to revive the two children.
:02:41. > :02:44.Area Commander Steve Taylor paid tribute to his team.
:02:45. > :02:50.I would like to praise our firefighters,
:02:51. > :02:52.who tried their very best to try and save these children.
:02:53. > :02:54.One firefighter continuing resuscitating
:02:55. > :02:57.operations in the back of the ambulance
:02:58. > :03:02.Police in Birmingham have l`unched an attempted murder investigation
:03:03. > :03:04.after a shooting in the early hours of this morning.
:03:05. > :03:07.The incident took place in Vernon Road in Handsworth Wood.
:03:08. > :03:11.A 27-year-old man was treatdd at the scene for serious injuries
:03:12. > :03:18.His condition is described as critical but stable.
:03:19. > :03:21.A gang of "career criminals" who led police on a high-speed car chase
:03:22. > :03:24.are behind bars tonight, thanks in part to the tenachty
:03:25. > :03:29.The six-year-old German Shepherd played a crucial role
:03:30. > :03:33.They are among 40 criminals Jax has helped catch - they're now
:03:34. > :03:37.all behind bars and Jax has been named Staffordshire Police
:03:38. > :03:50.The Bromsgrove cyclist Jess Varnish has expressed her relief and thanks
:03:51. > :03:54.after her complaint of inappropriate and discriminatory language
:03:55. > :03:57.against a former British Cycling technical director,
:03:58. > :04:02.Varnish's complaint was invdstigated internally by British Cycling.
:04:03. > :04:04.In a statement, she said shd wanted to thank those involved
:04:05. > :04:07.and those that contributed to the investigation
:04:08. > :04:13.Gloucester Rugby have slippdd to a 23-20 defeat at Northalpton
:04:14. > :04:18.Gloucester fought back from 13-3 down at half-time,
:04:19. > :04:22.but the decisive moment of the match came with this try from
:04:23. > :04:25.Northampton's reserve scrum-half Tom Kessell.
:04:26. > :04:28.James Hook had an opportunity to level the scores
:04:29. > :04:35.with a late penalty but his kick fell short.
:04:36. > :04:38.This Sunday local pride will be at stake when Birmingham City
:04:39. > :04:42.and Aston Villa meet in the league for the first time in five xears.
:04:43. > :04:47.The Blues are at home and h`ve made the better start to the season.
:04:48. > :04:49.But the arrival of Steve Brtce has turned Villa into
:04:50. > :04:55.Two tough managers prepare to go head-to-head in one huge gale.
:04:56. > :04:59.And the subplots are as fascinating as the main story.
:05:00. > :05:03.Steve Bruce was a promotion,winning hero as Birmingham manager
:05:04. > :05:06.but he knows his reception `s a Villa boss will be very dhfferent.
:05:07. > :05:09.I'm sure they will be singing my names from the rafters,
:05:10. > :05:18.I just hope they come up with something original.
:05:19. > :05:21.In the other dugout is Gary Rowett, who had to answer questions
:05:22. > :05:24.this week about the rumours that he's actually a Villa fan.
:05:25. > :05:28.Having played at St Andrews for two years and now been here as ` manager
:05:29. > :05:32.for two years, I like to thhnk people understand that I am
:05:33. > :05:36.thoroughly blue and a Birmingham City fan.
:05:37. > :05:39.Football has changed enormotsly since the mid-1980s when thd two
:05:40. > :05:45.Since then there have only been 14 league derbies in 28 years.
:05:46. > :05:48.Birmingham initially had thd upper hand with four wins in the first six
:05:49. > :05:52.but Villa have fought back to triumph in six of the last eight.
:05:53. > :05:55.But making any predictions for Sunday is difficult.
:05:56. > :06:01.I don't think recent games or recent results will matter too much.
:06:02. > :06:03.I think they will probably spur us on
:06:04. > :06:07.Both teams will be under severe pressure to perform in
:06:08. > :06:10.front of their own support, especially as away from homd,
:06:11. > :06:13.we have to stand up and be ready for the challenge
:06:14. > :06:18.The one thing both managers can agree on is the hope that
:06:19. > :06:27.it's football making the headlines after the gamd.
:06:28. > :06:32.I'll leave you with the fordcast with Rebecca.
:06:33. > :06:35.Lots going on this weekend, including the clocks going
:06:36. > :06:39.back an hour, so an extra hour in bed, which might be worth it
:06:40. > :06:41.because the weather isn't looking particularly stunning.
:06:42. > :06:44.We did get some brighter spdlls today but cloud is definitely
:06:45. > :06:47.the theme as we head through this weekend and it is going to stay
:06:48. > :06:51.Temperatures climbed to 15 and 16 Celsius today.
:06:52. > :06:54.High pressure is driving our weather at the moment.
:06:55. > :06:58.The winds will drop but there is little to move that
:06:59. > :07:01.cloud around and there will be very few breaks in it.
:07:02. > :07:05.Overnight tonight we might even get a few chinks
:07:06. > :07:08.in the cloud which will allow some mist and fog patches to devdlop
:07:09. > :07:10.That cloud helps to keep temperatures up.
:07:11. > :07:15.Looking at temperatures dipping down to between 11 and 13 Celsius,
:07:16. > :07:18.which is more like a daytimd high for this time of year.
:07:19. > :07:20.As we head into tomorrow, it is another cloudy day.
:07:21. > :07:22.A few outbreaks, a few spells of brightness.
:07:23. > :07:24.Temperatures again into the mid-teens.
:07:25. > :07:26.There's more information on that in the national forecast.
:07:27. > :07:33.I'll leave you with an outlook for the next few days.
:07:34. > :07:36.to come into the beginning of next week as well. Now the national
:07:37. > :07:46.picture. Hello, it's been a pretty good week
:07:47. > :07:49.for getting out and enjoying the autumn colours, especially if you
:07:50. > :07:55.have seen autumn sunshine. What sunshine, if you have been in
:07:56. > :08:01.Manchester or the Wirral, damp in places. Ty Gifford had it better,
:08:02. > :08:04.and Deal in Kent, with sunshine It's high pressure and settled
:08:05. > :08:07.weather but the flow of air may be mild but winning in moisture, not
:08:08. > :08:09.necessarily in the form of rain