dogA four-month-old baby has been found dead on a sofa in his home.

Dylan Donnachie was discovered by his 33-year-old mother, Kyla Macdonald, at their house in Irvine, Ayrshire.

It is thought the family's pet dog may have climbed on to the settee where the baby had been been left to sleep, and smothered him.

Paramedics were alerted to the tragedy at 4.30am on Sunday, but the baby was unable to be saved. Police say they are treating the little boy's death as 'unexplained'.

His devastated mother is being comforted by relatives, whilst his father, Matthew Donnachie, 29, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, was informed of his son's death by the police.