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Leeds mother falls from tower block, baby survives

Published 7 August 2026

A pregnant woman fell to her death from a ninth-floor tower block window in Leeds in 2024, but her unborn baby was delivered alive and survived, an inquest has concluded. Emma Atkinson, 38, died on October 22, 2024, after falling from her father's flat in Shakespeare Towers in the Burmantofts area.

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