A couple have spotted what looks like an image of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a baby scan.

Mark Smith, 39, and wife Dawn, 36, of Otterden Close, Stanhope, went for a scan of their unborn child at the William Harvey Hospital.

After the scan of the baby, which is due in October, a friend pointed out an outline of what looked like the Conservative leader who governed the country from 1979 to 1990.

Father-of-six Mr Smith said: "We put it on Facebook over the weekend and someone just spotted that it looked a bit like Maggie Thatcher.

"I thought 'Yeah, it does a bit'. It reminded me of that TV programme Spitting Image. It was a bit uncanny."

Mark and Dawn Smith think their baby scan looks like Margaret Thatcher

Despite the likeness, the couple have no intention of naming their child Margaret or Maggie after the Iron Lady, who turns 87 this year.

"Definitely not," said house-husband Mr Smith. "We think it might be a girl, but we're totally anti-Tory."

They intend to call their baby Daisy if it is a girl, or Harry if it is a boy.