WHILE townsfolk eagerly awaited the arrival of Santa Claus, one Bromsgrove couple was already enjoying an extra special Christmas arrival.

Sharon Boam and Keiran Lamb of Barnfield Road were celebrating the birth of their bouncing baby son, who was born at 7.42am on Christmas Morning.

Little Joshua was born at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and weighed in at just under eight pounds. He was the first baby to be born to a town couple this festive season.