A 38-YEAR-old nurse and mother-of-two has been found hanged in a town's cemetery.

She has been named as Nicole Knowles, of Raleigh Street, Scarborough, who was a community midwife at the town's General Hospital.

Chief nurse at the hospital Liz Parker said: "Nicole was a much respected midwife and a true professional. She was held in great affection and her death is a very sad loss to the miwifery profession".

North Yorkshire East Coroner Michael Oakley has opened and adjourned an inquest.