A British boy, eight, is in care in hospital in Majorca after suffering a severe brain injuring following a fall from the third floor of his apart-hotel in Ibiza.

The young boy went over the edge of a balcony at the Aparthotel Vibra Bay in the holiday resort of San Antonio in an accident.

He was initially rushed to a private clinic in Ibiza Town where he underwent an emergency operation before being airlifted to Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital of Palma.

Local reports said the transfer had occurred because there was no paediatric intensive care unit available in Ibiza.

The youngster is said to have suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, skull fracture and cerebral oedema as well as chest injuries and a broken jaw.