:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. stories on the BBC News Channel.
:00:07. > :00:09.Two elderly residents of a care home in Staffordshire are in a serious
:00:10. > :00:12.condition in hospital after a fire severely damaged the property.
:00:13. > :00:14.They were amongst 25 residents who had to be evacuated.
:00:15. > :00:22.The alarm was raised at around 11.30 last night at the Standon House
:00:23. > :00:32.It took 20 firefighters around three hours to bring it under control.
:00:33. > :00:34.Staffordshire Fire Service say it was caused by a discarded
:00:35. > :00:37.cigarette in an external smoking area which lead to the fire
:00:38. > :00:41.spreading to the roof of the home. Seven of the residents had to be
:00:42. > :00:45.One to the Queens Hospital in Burton upon Trent
:00:46. > :00:54.In two of them here are said to be in a serious condition.
:00:55. > :00:57.The remaining residents had to be rehoused in nearby flats, and two
:00:58. > :01:01.Many of the residents' bedrooms were unfortunately quite seriously
:01:02. > :01:04.The majority of the fire was in the roof space and then
:01:05. > :01:08.we had quite a lot of smoke damage and obviously where we put water
:01:09. > :01:13.on to the fire, that water ingresses into the residents' rooms as well.
:01:14. > :01:16.That is why there was the need to re-home some of the residents.
:01:17. > :01:24.Keith Hall's 91-year-old mother who has dementia,
:01:25. > :01:27.She was absolutely fine about it, really.
:01:28. > :01:29.Just totally unbelievable what has happened.
:01:30. > :01:34.Police have thanked local residents for raising the alarm and helping
:01:35. > :01:44.A 36-year-old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being
:01:45. > :01:49.stabbed in Burton-upon-Trent in the early hours of this morning.
:01:50. > :01:51.A 32-year-old man, arrested for attempted murder,
:01:52. > :01:56.Police are looking for another man believed to have been
:01:57. > :02:05.Around 2,000 people turned out at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
:02:06. > :02:08.in Walsall to celebrate one of the most important dates
:02:09. > :02:11.Vaisakhi commemorates the year of 1699, when Sikhism was born.
:02:12. > :02:23.These five sword-bearing men are symbolic of those who in 1699
:02:24. > :02:26.were baptised into the Khalsa, an order, a way of living
:02:27. > :02:29.if you like, that was established by the Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
:02:30. > :02:36.Today, a time for reflection and for Suki
:02:37. > :02:40.and Jason Peters, a chance for their little girl,
:02:41. > :02:41.Simaren, to experience Vasakhi for the first time.
:02:42. > :02:47.She is just one-year-old and this is the first time
:02:48. > :02:50.we are bringing her and obviously she is going to look
:02:51. > :02:55.and then as she gets older, we want to explain to her.
:02:56. > :02:58.Obviously, I want this to be a tradition because I went
:02:59. > :03:00.as a little girl every year, as a family, and we
:03:01. > :03:03.And it is very much a family occasion,
:03:04. > :03:07.To the beat of the drums, the procession sets off,
:03:08. > :03:11.a celebration of a faith that is rooted in equality.
:03:12. > :03:14.No one is higher than anyone else apart from the Guru Granth Sahib.
:03:15. > :03:20.We stand as a community, we don't judge anyone otherwise
:03:21. > :03:24.and it is all about, you know, no prejudice either.
:03:25. > :03:27.The streets of Walsall packed with colour and people
:03:28. > :03:30.And you're hoping your kids will continue this tradition
:03:31. > :03:34.Well, I'll carry on bringing them and hopefully
:03:35. > :03:39.A tradition that clearly means so much to so many.
:03:40. > :03:44.Amy Cole, BBC Midlands Today, Walsall.
:03:45. > :03:46.West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool fans stood in silence
:03:47. > :03:48.at the Hawthorns to remember Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson
:03:49. > :03:51.who were stabbed to death at their home in Stourbridge just
:03:52. > :03:59.The Club said Peter Wilkinson who was critically injured
:04:00. > :04:01.in the attack, was determined to return to the ground today
:04:02. > :04:07.And the result of that match West Bromwich Albion
:04:08. > :04:10.Time for the weather here's Lucy Martin.
:04:11. > :04:14.A fairly chilly day across the West Midlands today.
:04:15. > :04:21.In fact, it was cooler than Christmas Day last year
:04:22. > :04:30.Our temperatures range between ten and 30.
:04:31. > :04:33.As we move through this evening and overnight,
:04:34. > :04:37.Temperatures falling to an overnight low
:04:38. > :04:43.Easter Monday is going to be fairly cloudy, there will be
:04:44. > :04:44.a new bright intervals, the odd sunny spell,
:04:45. > :04:46.but also a scattering of showers to look out for.
:04:47. > :04:48.Temperatures tomorrow reaching a maximum of 12 Celsius
:04:49. > :04:51.I will leave you with the outlook then.
:04:52. > :04:54.We are stained chilly over the next few days,
:04:55. > :04:57.but it does look drier and brighter by the time we get to Tuesday.
:04:58. > :05:07.Midlands Today will be back tomorrow morning.
:05:08. > :05:17.If today's conditions were great and stamp, tomorrow's weather offers
:05:18. > :05:21.more promise, clear skies and some flower -- cloud showers compared to
:05:22. > :05:27.today. The cloud reducing rain through the south-east overnight
:05:28. > :05:28.although some rain will be welcome in a garden