GRANDPARENTS, aunties and uncles have had to wait a little bit longer to have cuddles with East Lancashire's latest new arrivals.

After the country was put in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, many babies born in the past couple of weeks have only met their mum and dad, brothers and sisters so we are delighted to celebrate their arrivals in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Stanley Jordan Mark Gardner was born on Monday, March 30, weighing 6lb 7oz at Burnley Hospital so probably has lots of family who cannot wait to meet him.

We hope all the new mums and dads are coping well, having welcomed their babies into the world in these unprecedented times.

If you live in East Lancashire and you had a baby during March 2020, we want to hear from you for our special Born in East Lancashire 2020 picture supplement in the newspaper.

Many happy parents were delighted to see their little ones in our 2019 picture supplement which featured more than 140 pictures.

We also produce monthly gallery of pictures online so look out for our appeals at the start of each month if you're due to give birth this year.