Police: Tragic death of four-year-old girl in Wakefield

Officers were called at 8.15pm by paramedics to a house in Ashton Crescent in Carlton where the young girl had been found unconscious and not breathing.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance but was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “The incident is being treated as a sudden unexpected death in childhood.

"We ask that people consider the family and respect their privacy at what is clearly a very difficult time for them.”