Overview

• Meraj Ul Zahra, 2, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, 3, were found unresponsive with injuries inside a Corporation Street home on Sunday morning and were pronounced dead at the scene.
• A 43-year-old woman from the Stafford area was arrested on suspicion of murder and continues to be questioned in police custody.
• Staffordshire Police maintain a cordon at the property as forensic examinations continue, with detectives working to establish the circumstances.
• Post-mortem examinations are awaited, and officers say there is no wider threat to the public.
• West Midlands Ambulance Service said nothing could be done to save the children, and police are appealing for information, asking witnesses to quote incident 147 of 12 October or contact Crimestoppers anonymously.