ONE-WEEK-OLD Samual Green marked the start of a new era when he was registered via a laptop computer.
His parents, Helen and Wayne, yesterday became the first to take advantage of a scheme offering birth and death registrations at the University Hospital of North Tees, in Stockton. The registrars use mobile internet technology to provide a more flexible registration service to customers by offering appointments at the hospital.
The refurbished maternity unit is expecting to see a rise in the number of families from other areas celebrating a new arrival on Teesside.
Stockton Borough Council's cabinet member for corporate and social inclusion, Councillor Terry Laing, said: "Births and deaths must be registered in the district in which they occur, which means that families need to make a trip to the hospital, then to the register office."
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