Woman arrested after baby girl dies in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire
A woman has been arrested after a baby girl was pronounced dead on arrival at Addenbrooke's Hospital following a call to a Cambourne home on Saturday. Cambridgeshire Police are treating the death as suspicious.
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Left · 2Emergency services were called to a property in Oxford Way, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, at around 7.40am on Saturday following a report of concern for a woman and a baby. Daily MirrorL “Emergency services were called to a property in Oxford Way, Cambourne, at around 7.40am on Saturday following a report of concern for a woman and a baby.” Read at Daily Mirror ↗ MetroLC “Emergency services were called to a property in Oxford Way, Cambourne, at around 7.40am on Saturday following a report of concern for a woman and a baby.” Read at Metro ↗ Left · 2The baby girl was rushed to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Daily MirrorL “the baby was rushed to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where she was sadly pronounced dead on arrival” Read at Daily Mirror ↗ MetroLC “The baby was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.” Read at Metro ↗ Left · 2Police said the woman was taken to the same hospital and remains there. Daily MirrorL “Police confirmed the woman was taken to the same hospital where she remains.” Read at Daily Mirror ↗ MetroLC “Cambridgeshire Police confirmed the woman was also taken to the same hospital and has been kept there.” Read at Metro ↗
Left · 2A force spokesperson said police are treating the death as suspicious and that the woman in hospital has been arrested in connection. Daily MirrorL “"Police are treating the death as suspicious and the woman in hospital has been arrested in connection."” Read at Daily Mirror ↗ MetroLC “Police are treating the death as suspicious and the woman in hospital has been arrested in connection.” Read at Metro ↗ Left · 2Detective Inspector Andy Moralee called it a tragic death of a baby girl and a very sad and, the force believes, isolated incident, adding that the circumstances remain under investigation. Daily MirrorL “This is a tragic death of a baby girl - a very sad and, we believe, isolated incident.” Read at Daily Mirror ↗ MetroLC “The circumstances remain under investigation, but we are treating her death as suspicious.” Read at Metro ↗ Left · 1The coverage does not say what the woman was arrested on suspicion of, her relationship to the baby, how the baby died, or her condition. Daily MirrorL “The circumstances remain under investigation, but we are treating her death as suspicious.” Read at Daily Mirror ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left2 outlets
- Framing
- Both outlets run the Cambridgeshire Police statement, leading on the arrest and the suspicious death of a baby girl. Metro's headline calls her a 'newborn'; the Mirror says 'baby girl'.
- Emphasis
- The arrest, the suspicious death and the police description of an isolated incident.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Neither gives the woman's age, her relationship to the baby, the suspected offence or the cause of death.
- Charged language
- “tragic”“sadly pronounced dead on arrival”
- For example
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“Woman arrested as baby girl dies after report of concern at Cambourne home” — Daily Mirror
“Woman arrested after ‘suspicious’ death of newborn girl” — Metro
Centre0 outlets
No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
Right0 outlets
No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
What every side reports
- Police were called to Oxford Way, Cambourne at around 7.40am on Saturday.
- A baby girl was pronounced dead on arrival at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
- A woman at the same hospital has been arrested and police are treating the death as suspicious.
Cambridgeshire Police organisation
Treats the death as suspicious, has arrested the woman in hospital, and believes it was an isolated incident while the investigation continues.
“Police are treating the death as suspicious and the woman in hospital has been arrested in connection.” — Metro
“a very sad and, we believe, isolated incident” — Daily Mirror
Left2 articles
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Woman arrested as baby girl dies after report of concern at Cambourne home
Sympathetic Reports the police account of the arrest and death, with 'sadly' added in the outlet's own voice.
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MetroLC ·
Woman arrested after ‘suspicious’ death of newborn girl
Neutral Restates the police statement, with 'suspicious' in the headline and the baby described as a newborn.
Centre0 articles
No coverage yet.
Right0 articles
No coverage yet.
- 12 Oct 16:12 First Daily MirrorL Woman arrested as baby girl dies after report of concern at Cambourne home
- 12 Oct 20:44 +4h 33m MetroLC Woman arrested after ‘suspicious’ death of newborn girl
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