Doncaster baby dies in suspicious circumstances

The 10-week-old baby boy, who was known to the children's services department, died on Monday just hours after the new mayor Peter Davies was sworn in.

Interim director of children's services Gareth Williams said: "Doncaster social care services did know the family but the council is unable to comment further as this is a police matter.

"A serious case review is likely to be undertaken in due course by Doncaster Local Safeguarding Children's Board."

In March, the government called for a new senior management team to be drafted in to Doncaster's children's services department, after it was judged by Ofsted as "inadequate" in child safeguarding last December.

Since 2004, the authority has ordered serious case reviews into the deaths of seven children, five of them since 2007. The latest death is also likely to be the subject of a review.