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St Pancras train birth baby joy for PCC candidate | St Pancras train birth baby joy for PCC candidate |
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The wife of a vanquished police and crime commissioner candidate has given birth to a girl on a high-speed train. | The wife of a vanquished police and crime commissioner candidate has given birth to a girl on a high-speed train. |
Henry Bolton's daughter Victoria was born in a Southeastern train carriage at London's St Pancras station at about 17:00 BST on Sunday. | Henry Bolton's daughter Victoria was born in a Southeastern train carriage at London's St Pancras station at about 17:00 BST on Sunday. |
Paramedics sealed off the platform after his wife Tatiana Smurova-Bolton, 41, went into labour during the journey into the capital. | |
Mr Bolton cut the umbilical cord while the baby was on the floor of the train. | |
He then handed her to his wife. | |
The UKIP candidate for Kent PCC, who was defeated in the 5 May election, tweeted: "Mum and baby very well." | The UKIP candidate for Kent PCC, who was defeated in the 5 May election, tweeted: "Mum and baby very well." |
"The staff on the train and at the station were outstanding," Mr Bolton told the BBC. | "The staff on the train and at the station were outstanding," Mr Bolton told the BBC. |
"We got the train as we knew the traffic wasn't excellent and we would end up stuck on the motorway. | "We got the train as we knew the traffic wasn't excellent and we would end up stuck on the motorway. |
"By the time we got to St Pancras it was clear that things had progressed as my wife couldn't stand. | "By the time we got to St Pancras it was clear that things had progressed as my wife couldn't stand. |
"I told the security staff on the platform what was happening and they started everything off from there. The platform was sealed off and they couldn't have done more." | "I told the security staff on the platform what was happening and they started everything off from there. The platform was sealed off and they couldn't have done more." |
The first six carriages of the 12-car train split off and left the station on its next journey after only a four-minute delay. | |
The former Army intelligence officer received 87,978 votes in the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner election, losing to Conservative Matthew Scott. | The former Army intelligence officer received 87,978 votes in the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner election, losing to Conservative Matthew Scott. |
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