Baby born at 8,000ft

A baby has been delivered in the Austrian alps after its mother went into labour on a mountain.

Medics and rescuers had to make their way up 8,200ft of mountain terrain — almost twice the height of Ben Nevis in Scotland which stands at 4,409ft above sea level — to aid the mother.

“The team managed to bring her down to 2,250m (7,381ft) where the baby was delivered in a meadow,” a police spokesman said.