16/04/2017 Midlands Today

Two elderly residents of a care home in Staffordshire are in a serious

condition in hospital after a fire severely damaged the property.

They were amongst 25 residents who had to be evacuated.

The alarm was raised at around 11.30 last night at the Standon House

It took 20 firefighters around three hours to bring it under control.

Staffordshire Fire Service say it was caused by a discarded

cigarette in an external smoking area which lead to the fire

spreading to the roof of the home. Seven of the residents had to be

One to the Queens Hospital in Burton upon Trent

In two of them here are said to be in a serious condition.

The remaining residents had to be rehoused in nearby flats, and two

Many of the residents' bedrooms were unfortunately quite seriously

The majority of the fire was in the roof space and then

we had quite a lot of smoke damage and obviously where we put water

on to the fire, that water ingresses into the residents' rooms as well.

That is why there was the need to re-home some of the residents.

Keith Hall's 91-year-old mother who has dementia,

She was absolutely fine about it, really.

Just totally unbelievable what has happened.

Police have thanked local residents for raising the alarm and helping

A 32-year-old man, from Burton-upon-Trent, is helping

police with their enquiries into a stabbing in the town

A 36-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being

stabbed in Burton-upon-Trent police with their enquiries into a stabbing

A 32-year-old man, who was arrested for attempted murder,

has been released from custody and police are hunting

Easter Sunday services around the Region have expressed a common

Senior church figures have echoed the Archbishop of Canterbury's

sentiments that terror and despair should not be allowed to triumph.

In her Easter message the Bishop of Gloucester acknowledged

that many are anxious about our changing world.

People are feeling often quite fearful, they are aware of change

which is not in their control, they are aware of uncertainty.

What I want to be saying to people at least is that in many ways,

Easter is all about change, but it is change which is

It is change which is about hope and life.

Around 2,000 people turned out at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple

in Walsall to celebrate one of the most important dates

Vaisakhi commemorates the year of 1699, when Sikhism was born.

Followers say the religion is characterised by

These five sword-bearing men are symbolic of those who in 1699

were baptised into the Khalsa, an order, a way of living

if you like, that was established by the Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Today, a time for reflection and for Suki

and Jason Peters, a chance for their little girl,

Simaren to experience Vasakhi for the first time.

She is just one-year-old and this is the first time

we are her and obviously she is going to look

and then as she gets older, we want to explain to her.

Busy I want this to be a tradition because I went

as a little girl every year, as a family, and we

And it is very much a family occasion,

To the beat of the drums, the procession sets off,

a celebration of a faith that is rooted in equality.

No one is higher than anyone else apart from the Guru Granth Sahib.

We stand as a community, we don't judge anyone otherwise

and it is all about, you know, no prejudice either.

The streets of Walsall packed with colour and people

And you're hoping your kids will continue this tradition

Well, I'll carry on bringing them and hopefully

A tradition that clearly means so much to so many.

Amy Cole, BBC Midlands Today, Walsall.

West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool fans stood in silence

at the Hawthorns to remember Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson

who were stabbed to death at their home in Stourbridge just

The Club said Peter Wilkinson who was critically injured

in the attack, was determined to return to the ground today

And the result of that match, West Bromwich Albion

In the Premiership, Wasps beat Bristol 36-21.

Not the nicest weather if you've been out celebrating

Here's Lucy Martin with the forecast for the rest of the Bank Holiday.

A fairly chilly day across the west Midlands today.

You might be surprised to hear that it has been cooler

Our temperatures between ten and 13 Celsius.

As we move through this evening and overnight, we are looking

There will be one or two outbreaks of rain and temperatures falling

to an overnight low of around 6 degrees Celsius.

As we move into Easter Monday, we are looking at a largely cloudy day.

There will be some brighter intervals and the sunny spell.

One or two showers to look out for, as well.

Our temperatures at a maximum of 12 Celsius with a light wind.

As we move into Tuesday, it does look like it will be drier

Our next bulletin follows tonight's ten o'clock news.

Good evening if you spend Easter under cloudy skies with rain

hopefully I can promise you something brighter for tomorrow, not

much brightness earlier for our Weather Watch in Cumbria, there was

sunshine, sunny spells of the northern Scotland