A Poole mum says it feels like a piece of her baby was stolen, after finding out her son's brain was removed without her permission before his funeral in 1999.

Julie Middleton says police informed her this week that six-week old Regan's brain has been found in a jar at Southampton General Hospital during a nationwide check on what organ samples have been kept.

40 year old Julie says it happened during a post-mortem, after Regan died from cot death - and that she and the child's dad have accepted an offer to have the organ buried with him.