Woman arrested after death of girl, 7, and boy, 11, in Stoke-on-Trent

Woman, 49, held on suspicion of murder after death of children, who were found with ‘significant’ injuries at a property in city

A seven-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy were the victims of a suspected double murder in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday, police said.

A 49-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after officers found the two children with “significant” injuries at a property in Flax Street, Staffordshire police said.