:00:00. > :00:09.Two people are dead tonight after a man attacked his sister
:00:10. > :00:12.with a knife and then turned the weapon on himself
:00:13. > :00:16.Police were called to a block of flats in Leasowes Drive
:00:17. > :00:19.in Penn just before ten o'clock this morning.
:00:20. > :00:22.They used a taser and stun grenades to try to stop him -
:00:23. > :00:24.but another woman, his mother, is also critically ill
:00:25. > :00:30.A warning that Amy Cole's report does contain images
:00:31. > :00:36.Just after four o'clock this afternoon, the bodies were brought
:00:37. > :00:42.Lives lost a few hours earlier in an incident that sent shock waves
:00:43. > :00:47.West Midlands Police say unarmed officers
:00:48. > :00:49.initially went into the flat and used a taser
:00:50. > :00:55.so they requested armed officers who used stun grenades to
:00:56. > :01:02.Police say they found a man in his 30s who had
:01:03. > :01:06.stabbed his sister to death and critically injured his mother.
:01:07. > :01:08.It is understood he turned the knife on
:01:09. > :01:15.We had to act quickly and officers did that.
:01:16. > :01:17.As a result of that, two officers have been
:01:18. > :01:22.injured, one has a stab wound to the arm from the suspect
:01:23. > :01:25.and the other has a leg injury after being chased by the suspect.
:01:26. > :01:29.The mother of the suspect who is 59 was taken to
:01:30. > :01:31.hospital with serious stomach injuries and underwent surgery this
:01:32. > :01:36.This woman lives in the block and is shocked by what happened.
:01:37. > :01:42.It is still frightening and worrying, the fact that two
:01:43. > :01:52.This woman lives opposite and is pregnant
:01:53. > :01:57.The chances are we will know who they are because
:01:58. > :02:07.It is a shock, it is shocking and worrying at the same time.
:02:08. > :02:10.Meanwhile, West Midlands Police will be trying to piece together the
:02:11. > :02:13.sequence of events that led to this tragic event at this block of flats.
:02:14. > :02:20.Amy Cole, BBC West Midlands Today, Wolverhampton.
:02:21. > :02:22.The Independent Police Complaints Commission has also
:02:23. > :02:24.launched its own enquiry into how the West Midlands Force
:02:25. > :02:32.It says that, with such a serious incident, it's proper
:02:33. > :02:34.that there is "independent scrutiny of what took place."
:02:35. > :02:38.It's been a day of major disruption on the M6 motorway after a lorry
:02:39. > :02:40.caught fire just after five o'clock this morning.
:02:41. > :02:43.The truck was carrying tins of powder used to make sports drinks
:02:44. > :02:47.For the latest, we can cross now to our reporter Kevin Reide who's
:02:48. > :03:11.It was due to reopen about ten o'clock tonight but it is still down
:03:12. > :03:16.to one lane. In the last few minutes a whole bunch of repair vehicles
:03:17. > :03:21.have moved into place and they are about to start work on the damaged
:03:22. > :03:26.section. That work will now be taking place overnight as opposed to
:03:27. > :03:31.earlier this evening when it was first planned. Why has it taken so
:03:32. > :03:35.long? Well, this has been
:03:36. > :03:37.a tricky incident for both and the Rescue Services
:03:38. > :03:41.because of course there was a fire to deal with and then
:03:42. > :03:43.there was the issue of these tins of powder, used to make sports
:03:44. > :03:52.drinks, which became overheated to do so even after
:03:53. > :03:57.the fire had been put out. Then the lorry itself had to be
:03:58. > :03:59.removed from the motorway using haulage equipment,
:04:00. > :04:01.another major operation. They've been advised to avoid
:04:02. > :04:32.the area all day but now the road Is not yet opened. Kevan, thank you.
:04:33. > :04:40.You can get an update from BBC Radio Stoke tomorrow morning.
:04:41. > :04:43.Police raided three locations in Burton upon Trent today as part
:04:44. > :04:47.Two people were arrested and two women were referred to support
:04:48. > :04:49.services for people suspected of being victims of modern slavery.
:04:50. > :04:52.It's part of an operation being led by Avon and Somerset
:04:53. > :04:54.police following a check on a nail bar in Bath.
:04:55. > :04:56.In some areas they're called street pastors -
:04:57. > :04:58.in Stoke on Trent, they're the chaplains.
:04:59. > :05:01.Volunteers who patrol the streets at night helping people get home
:05:02. > :05:03.after an evening out, as well as tackling homelessness
:05:04. > :05:06.But now the council has asked the chaplains to go out
:05:07. > :05:09.during the day as well, as part of a plan to
:05:10. > :05:18.The street chaplains of Stoke on Trent have been a regular sight
:05:19. > :05:21.in the city centre offering support to party goers at night but now
:05:22. > :05:24.the chaplains are out and about in the day.
:05:25. > :05:28.The police authorities roundabout have asked us
:05:29. > :05:32.Compliants of aggressive begging and anti-spocial behaviour have
:05:33. > :05:34.prompted the city council to extend the chaplain service
:05:35. > :05:41.I think the issues we face are no different to any other
:05:42. > :05:46.place or city in the country so what we are seeking to do,
:05:47. > :05:49.the greatest asset Stoke-on-Trent have is the
:05:50. > :05:52.people in its borders so we are a community group
:05:53. > :05:55.and we seek to address some of those issues.
:05:56. > :06:05.The chaplains are all volunteers are some people
:06:06. > :06:12.--, they say they are motivated by a desire to help people but some
:06:13. > :06:14.people, said surely the job
:06:15. > :06:15.they With police walking
:06:16. > :06:18.about, people feel Without being disrespectful
:06:19. > :06:22.to the chaplains, they are doing a wonderful job but do
:06:23. > :06:24.they have the authority? The chaplains aren't experts
:06:25. > :06:25.or a replacement for official authorities but try to offer
:06:26. > :06:28.a reassuring prescence, their efforts have been applauded
:06:29. > :06:30.by former football manager Lou Macari who's set up
:06:31. > :06:32.a night shelter in Stoke We just want to do the same thing,
:06:33. > :06:40.help anyone get off the streets, give them a glimmer of hope
:06:41. > :06:43.that that is some sort of future for The extended chaplain scheme
:06:44. > :06:50.will run for a year offering A Muslim aid worker, who's just
:06:51. > :07:06.returned to Birmingham from the war torn streets of Mosul in Iraq,
:07:07. > :07:09.has described how he came under Waseem Iqbal is one of the few
:07:10. > :07:13.aid workers who's been inside the besieged
:07:14. > :07:14.city helping refugees. Our Special Correspondent Peter
:07:15. > :07:16.Wilson has been to meet him. Waseem Iqbal used to be a nightclub
:07:17. > :07:20.bouncer now he's an aid worker just Waseem came under attack
:07:21. > :07:27.from the so-called Islamic state. I think to them that people who look
:07:28. > :07:32.like me or do the job that I do are the biggest
:07:33. > :07:34.threat for them. Waseem works for the Human Relief
:07:35. > :07:37.Foundation based in Sparkhill. One of the few British aid workers
:07:38. > :07:41.to get into Mosul, he's been helping desperate civilians as the Iraqi
:07:42. > :07:44.army tries to retake the city What they do now is attach grenades
:07:45. > :07:54.to drones and fly them over. We're on one side of the river
:07:55. > :07:59.and they are on the other. They fly them over
:08:00. > :08:02.and pick a target. In that incident there
:08:03. > :08:04.were three bombs in He shows me a picture
:08:05. > :08:08.of 19-year-old Shahad. Knowing that her life will not be
:08:09. > :08:18.the same, she probably won't ever look the same,
:08:19. > :08:21.she will not see again and whatever other difficulties this
:08:22. > :08:25.will bring her as well. It was such a shame
:08:26. > :08:27.to see how people's What do you think the effect
:08:28. > :08:34.of all this is having on young people growing up in this
:08:35. > :08:37.part of Birmingham? Seriously, I sit with
:08:38. > :08:40.these kids all the time. Extremism is never an issue,
:08:41. > :08:44.they all know that is something they want
:08:45. > :08:49.to stay far away from. Waseem wants to work with young
:08:50. > :08:52.people in Birmingham. But he's determined to go
:08:53. > :08:54.back to Iraq and help Sometimes to save lives
:08:55. > :09:01.you have to risk your own. I knew exactly then what type
:09:02. > :09:06.of mission it was going to be. Peter Wilson, BBC
:09:07. > :09:14.Midlands Today Birmingham. Stoke City have drawn 0-0
:09:15. > :09:16.with Manchester City Brave defending from the Potters
:09:17. > :09:22.kept Pep Guardiola's team at bay despite a heavy onslaught
:09:23. > :09:26.in the second half. The Chancellor delivered his budget
:09:27. > :09:29.at lunch time today. But the details for us
:09:30. > :09:32.here in the West Midlands will come tomorrow when Phillip Hammond
:09:33. > :09:34.arrives in Dudley to talk about I'll leave you with
:09:35. > :09:57.the weather now from Shefali. today with highs of 14 Celsius at
:09:58. > :10:01.Coventry airport but the best of the sun shines across the north of the
:10:02. > :10:08.region, here in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The temperatures were
:10:09. > :10:12.not sunshine dependent. We had mild deer across central and southern
:10:13. > :10:17.parts of the region. This will continue for the next couple of
:10:18. > :10:23.days. Temperatures will dip slightly as we get more unsettled conditions.
:10:24. > :10:28.These frontal systems move into the Atlantic. A bit of rain first thing
:10:29. > :10:34.on Saturday, clearing away and more rain heading in from the West on
:10:35. > :10:41.Sunday. Back to tonight, largely dry picture. Lots of cloud but also
:10:42. > :10:46.breaks in the cloud. Temperatures down about seven or nine Celsius.
:10:47. > :10:52.Pockets of missed tomorrow morning. Patchy cloud to start but otherwise
:10:53. > :10:58.it will be a beautiful day. Lots of sunshine. We may get another 14
:10:59. > :11:01.degrees in the south-west. National forecast is
:11:02. > :11:04.outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK.