Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier

A seven-months-pregnant woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a booklet for bereaved parents and told to book a slot to give birth.

Danielle Brown, 31, had been discharged from hospital with pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. She returned to hospital days later where scans revealed that her daughter, Maisie, had died at about 29 weeks.

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Family of man who died at North Tyneside fairground describe their ‘impossible’ pain

Corrie Lee Stavers remembered as a ‘much loved colleague’ at Spanish City Summer Funfair, which shut for weekend

The family of Corrie Lee Stavers, who has died while working on a fairground ride in North Tyneside, have issued a statement describing the “impossible” pain of their loss.

Stavers, 28, suffered “serious head injuries” in what Northumbria police described as a “workplace accident” at the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay on Saturday afternoon.

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