AN open verdict has been recorded in the inquest of a baby who died within hours of being born.

Kyla-Rose Cansdale was born by emergency caesarean section at Colchester General Hospital in February 2014 but died after suffering several cardiac arrests.

Mother Carla Mora, of Clacton, was admitted to hospital suffering from bleeding and admitted taking drugs in the days before the birth, the inquest heard.

Full story in the Clacton Gazette today.