A COUPLE from Tavistock got the ultimate Christmas gift on December 25 when they welcomed their baby girl into the world.

Alba Maisie Broome was born two weeks early at 2.23am to Louisa, 28, and Jacob Broome, 24, weighing 5lbs and 11oz — the first baby to be born at Derriford Hospital on Christmas Day.

The couple both work at Hair Lounge in Tavistock and as the Times went to press, were still waiting to make it home in time for New Year's Eve.

l Pictured right are Louisa, Jacob and baby Alba.