Boy, 2, dies after incident at school nursery in Parbold

A two-year-old boy who became unresponsive at a school nursery in Lancashire has died in hospital, police have said.

Emergency services were called to Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy, on Lancaster Lane in Parbold, near Wigan, at about 14:45 BST on Friday. Paramedics took him to hospital where he later died.

Lancashire Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious, with a spokesperson adding: “Our thoughts are with the boy’s loved ones at this extremely distressing time.”

Parbold Douglas Nursery said it was “distraught to share that a special, much-loved two-year-old child died”. It said the nursery and the wider school family was “devastated”.