29/10/2016 Midlands Today

Police have named the two children who were confirmed dead

after a suspicious house fire in Birmingham yesterday.

They were eight-year-old Saros Endris and his

The children's father, who still hasn't been named

by police, is fighting for his life in hospital after being found

in a burnt out car 40 miles away. David Lumb reports.

More than 24 hours on and still no less shocking.

Today, a steady trickle of people paid their respects to the two

children whose lives were tragically cut short.

They were always playing out on the street with my daughter

Used to always play with them, lovely children,

This afternoon police released photographs

of Saros Endris aged eight and Leanor Endris, aged six.

A postmortem examination has taken place but more tests are nedded

to establish the exact causd of their deaths.

Their father, in his 40s, remains critically ill in hospital.

Less than three hours after the events in Great B`rr,

he was found in a fire damaged car in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

A lot of residents I spoke to today were too upset

to speak to me on camera, but they painted a picture

of a close knit family, of ` mother who would sit on her front step

and watch her children play ball games on the lawn.

Meanwhile, organisers of a nearby firework display in Great B`rr

tonight had considered cancelling the event.

It will now go ahead with a two minutes silence

We've decided that it would probably be beneficial to have it.

It'll take people's minds off, if only for a few minutes,

of this incident, and it will bring us closer together.

The BBC understands Sandwell Council is looking to find a new hole

for the mother, Penil Teklahaymamot, who is currently being supported

The youngest British soldier killed in Afghanistan seven years `go has

been honoured in his home town in Herefordshire.

A plaque dedicated to 18-year-old William Aldridgd

was unveiled in St Peter's Church in Bromyard this afternoon.

Rifleman Aldridge died in 2009 while trying

His mother Lucy has been calpaigning for a permanent memorial to him

I'm absolutely delighted th`t finally William has received

the recognition that he deserves in his home town.

It's been an emotional day today, obviously.

But something that's been a long time coming has

Meanwhile, the regiment in which William Aldridge

served has been given the Freedom of Bromyard this

afternoon in a ceremony timdd to coincide with the unveilhng.

Soldiers from the Rifles Regiment were presented with a Scroll before

They were joined by current and former soldiers from a number

A man has been arrested following a collision

in Dudley on Thursday night in which an 18-year-old

18-year-old Georgie-Ann Evans from Himley was confirmed

A 24-year-old man handed hilself into a police station last night

and is being questioned on suspicion of causing death

Today's football now and st`rting with the Premier League,

West Bromwich Albion lost 4,0 at home to Manchester City.

In the Championship, Burton Albion lost 2-0 at Ldeds

Wolves game at Blackburn kicked off at half past five.

The last score there is 1-0 to Blackburn.

In League One, Port Vale lost 3-1 at Bolton.

It was a 1-1 draw for Shrewsbury Town at Southend.

And one goal each for Walsall at home to Coventry City.

In League Two, Cheltenham Town drew 2-2 at home to Blackpool.

In the National League, Solihull Moors beat Braintrde 1 0.

Rugby and in the Premiership, Worcester lost at Harlequins

Let's have alook at the weather forecast now.

If you are trick-or-treating tonight, the weather's not puite

a treat but it isn't a trick either for the next few nights

As we go through this evneing, we are expecting to see just a few

patches of drizzly mizzly showers around,

Lows of only around 11 degrees Celsius.

Then, it's a bit of a repeat performance tomorrow.

Still some drizzle around in places, but mostly dry.

Some breaks in the cloud as well, but overall, quite a dull d`y

Lots of cloud around and don't forget, whatever you're up to,

Just before we go, a reminddr that Patrick Burns will be

here for tomorrow's Sunday Politics Midlands.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday and don't forget that the clocks go

back an hour tonight. Bye for now.

Good evening, it has been a rather cloudy but certainly very mild day.

In fact where we did see sunshine breaking through, in Hull for

instance, temperatures rose as high as 19 degrees, more typical of the

middle of August and late October. Things remaining mild and largely

dry down to this big area of high pressure really dominating the

weather. Bringing light winds. Still a lot of ploughed through this

evening and overnight. A few spots of drizzle coming out of the cloud,

three central parts of England and Wales. Scattered showers towards the

far north-west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Where we see clear

spells we the seat missed. Locally dense fog patches especially across

parts of the south-east of England and East Anglia. Look out for

reduced visibility Sunday morning. Mild start to