Two children aged seven and 11 were killed in a suspected double murder at a home in Stoke-on-Trent.

Staffordshire Police said a woman, 49, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of a girl and boy.

Police found the children with “significant” injuries at a home in Flax Street on Sunday. They were declared dead at the scene.

Officers were first called to a car wash to reports of an attack involving a man and a woman.

They then visited Flax Street where they found the girl, seven, and boy, 11, unresponsive.

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