A couple are becoming regulars in the Northumberland Gazette for newsworthy births after hitting the headlines for a second time.

They were first on the pages of the weekly when their son James and niece were born on the same day.

That was seven years ago.

And now their latest front page foray has come about with the birth of their baby daughter – who is now famous for being Alnwick’s heaviest-ever baby.

When Baby Sophie weighed in at 11lb 5.5oz in a 13-hour labour, midwives told her proud parents that she was the heaviest in the Hillcrest maternity unit’s 20-year history.

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