Baby boy found dead wrapped in newspaper from 1910 is laid to rest

A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in a 1910 newspaper and with twine around his neck has, finally, been laid to rest. The child has become known as Baby Auckland after he was found at a property in the centre of Bishop Auckland, County Durham. He was discovered under floorboards by a builder working on a Victorian house in July 2024. More than a century after his death, the mystery child was buried at a gentle and moving service at Bishop Auckland town cemetery. …