28/10/2016 Midlands Today


28/10/2016

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Two young children have died following a house fire

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Emergency services were called to the property on Holland Road

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in Hamstead in the early hotrs of this morning.

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Police say the cause of death of the eight-year-old boy

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and six-year-old girl isn't yet known.

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The children's father was l`ter found in a burnt-out car,

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At this semi-detached house in the early hours of this lorning,

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there were desperate attempts to save the lives of two chhldren,

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and eight-year-old boy and a girl aged six.

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A fire in the hallway of thd family home was quickly put out

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by firefighters and neighbotrs described how they were wokdn up

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I heard a scream like I havd never heard before.

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It was terrible, I can still hear it now.

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I came out, blue lights, went up the road, and all I saw

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The two children were on thd grass and the firemen were working

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The mother wasn't injured but the children were pronotnced

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Friends of the family struggled to come to terms with the tragedy

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as detectives launched a criminal investigation.

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The police haven't been abld to say how the children died.

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A postmortem examination to establish the cause is dte

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40 miles away, less than three hours later, a fire-damaged car w`s found

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A man, believed to be the children's father,

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We believe these incidents are connected.

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We're not looking for anyond else in connection with the fire here.

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We're trying to work out what exactly took place

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is helping the police to trx and give us that information.

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Neighbours say the family involved moved to the street

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The kids used to play with the grandchildren

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Forensic investigations will be focused on the family home

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well into the weekend as detectives try to piece together

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Fire officers at the scene tried to revive the two children.

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Area Commander Steve Taylor paid tribute to his team.

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I would like to praise our firefighters,

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who tried their very best to try and save these children.

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One firefighter continuing resuscitating

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operations in the back of the ambulance

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Police in Birmingham have l`unched an attempted murder investigation

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after a shooting in the early hours of this morning.

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The incident took place in Vernon Road in Handsworth Wood.

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A 27-year-old man was treatdd at the scene for serious injuries

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His condition is described as critical but stable.

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A gang of "career criminals" who led police on a high-speed car chase

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are behind bars tonight, thanks in part to the tenachty

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The six-year-old German Shepherd played a crucial role

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They are among 40 criminals Jax has helped catch - they're now

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all behind bars and Jax has been named Staffordshire Police

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The Bromsgrove cyclist Jess Varnish has expressed her relief and thanks

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after her complaint of inappropriate and discriminatory language

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against a former British Cycling technical director,

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Varnish's complaint was invdstigated internally by British Cycling.

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In a statement, she said shd wanted to thank those involved

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and those that contributed to the investigation

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Gloucester Rugby have slippdd to a 23-20 defeat at Northalpton

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Gloucester fought back from 13-3 down at half-time,

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but the decisive moment of the match came with this try from

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Northampton's reserve scrum-half Tom Kessell.

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James Hook had an opportunity to level the scores

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with a late penalty but his kick fell short.

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This Sunday local pride will be at stake when Birmingham City

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and Aston Villa meet in the league for the first time in five xears.

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The Blues are at home and h`ve made the better start to the season.

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But the arrival of Steve Brtce has turned Villa into

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Two tough managers prepare to go head-to-head in one huge gale.

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And the subplots are as fascinating as the main story.

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Steve Bruce was a promotion,winning hero as Birmingham manager

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but he knows his reception `s a Villa boss will be very dhfferent.

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I'm sure they will be singing my names from the rafters,

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I just hope they come up with something original.

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In the other dugout is Gary Rowett, who had to answer questions

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this week about the rumours that he's actually a Villa fan.

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Having played at St Andrews for two years and now been here as ` manager

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for two years, I like to thhnk people understand that I am

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thoroughly blue and a Birmingham City fan.

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Football has changed enormotsly since the mid-1980s when thd two

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Since then there have only been 14 league derbies in 28 years.

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Birmingham initially had thd upper hand with four wins in the first six

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but Villa have fought back to triumph in six of the last eight.

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But making any predictions for Sunday is difficult.

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I don't think recent games or recent results will matter too much.

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I think they will probably spur us on

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Both teams will be under severe pressure to perform in

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front of their own support, especially as away from homd,

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we have to stand up and be ready for the challenge

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The one thing both managers can agree on is the hope that

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it's football making the headlines after the gamd.

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I'll leave you with the fordcast with Rebecca.

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Lots going on this weekend, including the clocks going

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back an hour, so an extra hour in bed, which might be worth it

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because the weather isn't looking particularly stunning.

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We did get some brighter spdlls today but cloud is definitely

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the theme as we head through this weekend and it is going to stay

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Temperatures climbed to 15 and 16 Celsius today.

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High pressure is driving our weather at the moment.

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The winds will drop but there is little to move that

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cloud around and there will be very few breaks in it.

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Overnight tonight we might even get a few chinks

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in the cloud which will allow some mist and fog patches to devdlop

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That cloud helps to keep temperatures up.

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Looking at temperatures dipping down to between 11 and 13 Celsius,

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which is more like a daytimd high for this time of year.

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As we head into tomorrow, it is another cloudy day.

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A few outbreaks, a few spells of brightness.

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Temperatures again into the mid-teens.

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There's more information on that in the national forecast.

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I'll leave you with an outlook for the next few days.

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to come into the beginning of next week as well. Now the national

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picture. Hello, it's been a pretty good week

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for getting out and enjoying the autumn colours, especially if you

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have seen autumn sunshine. What sunshine, if you have been in

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Manchester or the Wirral, damp in places. Ty Gifford had it better,

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and Deal in Kent, with sunshine It's high pressure and settled

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weather but the flow of air may be mild but winning in moisture, not

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necessarily in the form of rain

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