Social media post was ‘fake news’

A POST shared on Facebook claiming a newborn baby had been abandoned in the town centre was fake, police confirmed.

The post, which emerged last week, claimed the police were involved but South Yorkshire Police confirmed this was not the case.

A spokesperson said: “This doesn’t link to any incident that we have.

“All officers have been asked and our systems have been searched when it was brought to our attention.

“We are confident it is a fake Facebook post that is circulating.”

It’s believed the accompanying image – of a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box – was from a case in Thailand back in 2017.