A MOTHER who was airlifted to hospital with facial injuries today remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
The woman was found lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs by her 11-year-old son, in her home in Ingleby Arncliffe, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on Tuesday.
She was named by neighbours as 53-year-old Margaret Barlow.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said officers had not yet been able to speak to Mrs Barlow about what had happened.
He said that no arrests had been made in connection the incident.
Police and ambulance crews were called to the house at about 4.10pm, on Tuesday.
Mrs Barlow was airlifted to The James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, by the Great North Air Ambulance.
She is believed to be a midwife at the same hospital.
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