Two children found dead at house in Birmingham

Police have launched a criminal investigation following the deaths of two children at a house in Birmingham in the early hours of this morning.Emergency services were called to a report of a fire at the property on Holland Road in Hamstead at around 3.40am today (Friday 28 October).Fire-fighters extinguished a fire in the hallway of the house and two children – a boy and a girl - were found unwell inside. They were both taken to hospital, where they were subsequently pronounced dead.