Staff deliver baby in supermarket

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Supermarket staff turned their hands to midwifery when a woman gave birth in their store in West Yorkshire.

The workers at an Asda store in Wakefield heard a woman in distress in the customer toilets last Thursday.

It turned out the mother-to-be, who did not wish to be named, had gone into labour and was in need of medical attention to help deliver her baby.

Staff member Les Hepworth, a trained first aider, was guided through the delivery by paramedics over the phone.

'Hugely proud'

His colleagues Corrine Armitage and Karen Booth helped the woman into the store's cafe and got towels and pillows from the aisles to make her comfortable.

An ambulance was called in to help but the baby's head and shoulders were already showing.

The boy arrived just as the ambulance pulled up outside the store.

Both he and his mother are healthy, an Asda spokeswoman said.

"We are hugely proud of our colleagues who went above and beyond the call of duty to help a customer in need," she said.