An 18-month-old baby has died at a house in North Lanarkshire.

Emergency services were called to Greenwood Crescent in Coatbridge following the alert.

The girl was pronounced dead at 5.15pm on Wednesday.

Officers are treating the toddler's death as "unexplained".

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "At around 5.15pm on Wednesday, police received a report that an 18 month-old baby had died within a house on Greenwood Crescent, Coatbridge.

"Officers attended and a post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course to establish the cause of death, however in the meantime, the death is being treated as unexplained."