A newborn baby boy was recovered dead from a canal after being spotted by a shocked passer-by. A cordon was placed around Bentley Wharf Bridge in Rough Wood Country Park, Willenhall. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: 'We were called by police at 1.14pm to Rough Wood Country Park, Willenhall. Only last week a newborn baby was found dead in a canal in north-west London. The baby girl was discovered by a paddleboarder in the Grand Union Canal near to Old Oak Lane on May 9.

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2021 18:33 UTC