Parents of twins to launch neonatal charity

The parents of twins born three months premature are setting up a charity to help other families cope while their babies are in hospital.

Ava and Noah Lowther faced a fight for survival when they were born at the University Hospital of North Tees, and they stayed on the neonatal unit for 76 days.

Their parents Kirsty and Shaun, from Trimdon in County Durham, have now set up a charity called Neoangels to offer other parents moral support, as well as help them meet costs such as car parking.