The first babies of 2026 have been welcomed by delighted parents across Scotland.
Baby Arabella was born at 14 minutes past midnight at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit in Kilmarnock to parents Lucy-Jane Bark and Luke Hutchinson, from Stevenston. She weighed 8lb 9oz (3.9kg)
At 00:21 Colette and Ryan Lynch, from Port Glasgow, celebrated the birth of Leo, weighing 6lb 10oz (3kg), at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Minutes later, the first baby born at St John’s Hospital in Livingston was Hunter, who arrived at 00:26. Parents Courtney Brown and Graham Lindsay, from Broxburn, said he was due on Christmas Day but decided to hold on till 2026.