An investigation is under way into the death of a two-year-old on Tyneside.

Ambulance crews were called to a property in Gateshead on Saturday morning, after a toddler was reported to be unresponsive.

But despite the efforts of paramedics the child was pronounced dead at the scene.

Northumbria Police is now looking into the circumstances surrounding the death.

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