The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has welcomed its first 2024 baby and he is a little bundle of joy.

Stevie Taws, from the Mile Cross area of the city, gave birth to a baby boy, her third child, on Monday, January 1 at 5.35am.

The 33-year-old and her partner Liam Skipper are delighted and they have named him Marley.

He was weighed at 6lbs 10oz and he is the younger brother of Elsie, 8, and Jackson, 5. 

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Miss Taws said: "It was a very different new year for us - our partying days are over.

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"The midwives were all so helpful and we will be leaving the hospital shortly - he is perfect.

"We had to wait a little while until everyone was up to tell them the news."

They also received a gift from the family of the first baby born in 2023 and they will continue this N&N Hospital tradition with 2025's first arrival. 

Their family unit is now complete, with Miss Taws adding: "This is our third and final child - definitely no more!"