Staffordshire

A man has appeared in court today charged with the murder of the midwife Samantha Eastwood. The body of the 28-year-old was discovered in a rural Staffordshire on Saturday. Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon is outside the Royal Stoke University Hospital where Ms Eastwood worked.

The family of the midwife Samantha Eastwood have thanked the public for their support during the search for her – after a body was found in the Staffordshire countryside.  Three men are still being held by police, one of them on suspicion of murdering the 28-year-old. Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon is near…