A woman appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a toddler.

Supermarket worker Susan Holdsworth, 34, of Millpond Close, Hartlepool, is accused of killing two-year-old Kyle Fisher, who was found with head injuries last month and died later in hospital.

Ms Holdsworth is to live at a bail hostel in Leeds, but will be able to see her children under supervision. She is due back at Teesside Crown Court in November for a plea and direction hearing