A day-old baby has been airlifted from Northern Ireland to hospital in Scotland.

Aine Russell was taken on Wednesday, by Royal Navy helicopter, to Yorkhill Children's Hospital in Glasgow.

She was said to be under observation in a stable condition in the hospital's baby unit.

The Scottish hospital has a specialist unit dealing in neonatal and paediatric care.

A spokeswoman for Yorkhill said a consultant would review the baby's situation again on Friday.

The airlift involved a navy crew flying from Prestwick to Glasgow to pick up a doctor, two nurses and an incubator.

Then they took off for Belfast where the medical team were driven by ambulance to pick up the infant for the return journey.

A navy spokesman said:"The incubator was so heavy that the airport fire brigade were called out to lift it into the ambulance."