Maternity Mortality

A charity claims women in the UK are more than twice as likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth as those in Poland, Austria or Belarus.

A report by Save the Children ranks Britain as the 24th best place to be a mother.

Norway tops the list, followed by Finland and Iceland respectively.

It's a slight improvement on last year for the UK, when it was 26th.

Here are the top 10 and bottom 10 Mothers' Index Rankings for 2015 from Save the Children.

Countries are ranked on five key factors - risk of maternal death, under five mortality rate, educational status, economic achievement and political status.

Top 10:

1 Norway

2 Finland

3 Iceland

4 Denmark

5 Sweden

6 Netherlands

7 Spain

8 Germany

9 Australia

10 Belgium

Bottom 10:

Joint 169 Haiti

Joint 169 Sierra Leone

171 Guinea-Bissau

172 Chad

173 Cote d'Ivoire

174 Gambia

175 Niger

176 Mali

177 Central African Republic

178 Democratic Republic of the Congo

179 Somalia