A MEMORIAL service for families who have lost babies and children will be held in the chapel of the University Hospital of North Tees on Sunday.

The service will be led by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust chaplain the Reverend Lynn Purvis and begins at 3pm.

It has been organised by Sarah Cummings, the trust's unit counsellor for family services.

There will be free parking within the hospital grounds for anyone attending the service.