Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a seven-week-old baby boy.

Staffordshire police said they were called by West Midlands ambulance service to reports of the child suffering a cardiac arrest at an address in Cobridge before 9pm on Tuesday.

The baby was taken to hospital, where he died a few hours later.

The force said a 49-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were arrested after the incident at the property in Derwent Street.

The pair remain in custody and the child’s death is being treated as unexplained.

Police said a postmortem examination would take place in due course and that inquiries were ongoing.