ADOPTIONS are continuing in Cumbria despite the death of a one-year-old boy who was under Cumbria County Council care when he died. The council has confirmed that adoptions will still take place in Cumbria after the death of a one-year-old in Barrow who was being looked after by the local authority when he died. A man, 34, and woman, 37, both from Barrow, have been arrested on suspicion of his murder. Tim Farron, MP for South Lakes, agrees that it is vital that adoptions should still be taking place. He said: “This is incredibly tragic. “It’s absolutely critical that the independent investigation is comprehensive, thorough and prevents an appalling incident like this from ever being allowed to happen ever again.
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A COMMUNITY has been left in shock after the tragic death of a one-year-old baby. Little Leiland Corkhill has been identified as the baby at the centre of a murder probe in Cumbria. He died just aged one, shortly after paramedics rushed him to Furness General Hospital with a head injury. The North West Ambulance Service was called to a house in Barrow on January 6. Paramedics were concerned about the child’s injuries and called Cumbria Police. Birth mum Laura Corkhill and gran Yvonne Corkhill both from Whitehaven raced to his side. Leiland was moved to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool where he died a short time afterwards.
09:10 EDT, 15 February 2021
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A couple have been arrested in connection with the murder of a baby boy they were trying to adopt.
One-year-old Leiland Corkill was taken into care soon after his birth in December 2019.
He later lived with prospective adoptive parents in Barrow-in-Furness, but on January 6 paramedics were called to a property amid reports a baby had suffered a serious head injury.
Leiland was taken to Alder Hey Children s Hospital in Liverpool but died the following day.
A 34-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder, assault, ill-treatment and neglect, police said on Saturday.