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Newborn baby “found in a basket with cut grass and umbilical cord”

A newborn baby was found in a basket with an umbilical cord still attached, according to reports.

The young boy was allegedly found in a brown garden waste bin in Grimsby on Sunday.

A nearby resident said they heard crying from Winchester Avenue’s trash can and opened the lid to find the baby among a pile of cut grass.

Emergency services arrived at the scene around 5pm on Sunday and police conducted house-to-house searches.

Both the baby and his mother are now being hospitalized, Grimsby Live reports.

Referring to the mother, a local resident said: “We hope that only she will receive the care she needs and her baby.”

A spokesman for the East Midlands Ambulance Service said they received a call at 4:58 p.m. on June 19 at a private address in Grimsby.

“The caller called for emergency medical care,” the spokesman said. “We sent two ambulances with a crew and two patients were taken to the hospital of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Humberside police said officers went to a property on Winchester Avenue after a June 19 “safety concern” report.

They added that “help has been provided to those affected”.