Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A two-year-old girl died after swallowing a button battery believed to be from a remote control.
Harper-Lee Farnthorpe, from Abbey Hulton, Staffordshire, began vomiting blood before being rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital after her older sister raised the alarm.
Medics battled to save the toddler, who had lost half the blood in her body. READ MORE: Much-loved teenage girl who died after falling from city centre building named She was given nine units of blood - up to two litres - before being taken in for surgery, reports Stoke On Trent Live.
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