Body of baby discovered

POLICE have made a public appeal for information after the body of a newborn baby was discovered in a garden.

Wrapped in a shawl, it was found by a woman near her front doorstep in Tinline Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, at about 11am on Monday.

Emergency services were called but the child, thought to be up to a week old, was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.