For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter "Before I had my baby I was in hospital for a week - imagine doing that without speaking the language, you can't communicate with anyone, you'e alone." Asian mothers in the UK are twice as likely to die during pregnancy compared to the national average, for black women the figures are twice as high again.
Woman from minority communities living in the UK are more likely to suffer a stillbirth or need a C-section, and have a higher chance of needing to be induced.
In areas like Deane, in Bolton, there are large communities of people - many from Indian and Pakistani backgrounds - who have to confront these shocking realities on a daily basis. READ
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