POLICE have launched an investigation following the unexplained death of a baby in Cambuslang.

The force was called to an address at a block of high rise flats in the early hours of Monday morning in Kyle Court in the town's Main Street following reports that the tot had died.

Officers confirmed that the baby was just three-month-old. They, however, did not reveal the gender of the child.

A post mortem examination is expected to be carried out in due course and the death is being treated as unexplained.

Several police cars and an ambulance were spotted outside the property on Monday morning.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Around 5:45 am on Monday, December 16, police attended a report of a 3-month-old baby found dead within an address on Kyle Court, Main Street, Cambuslang.

"A post mortem examination will be carried out in due course.

"The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing."