SEASONAL joy came in the perfect and precious form of a Christmas boy for Bury couple Iffat and Mazhar Latif.

Iffat (21), gave birth to the child, whom she and her husband have still to name, at 6.48pm on Christmas Night. The birth took place at Fairfield Hospital and was one of five on December 25.

The baby weighed in at 8lbs and he is the second child for proud parents for Iffat and Mazhar (27), of Parkhills Road, Bury. The couple already have a two-year-old daughter, Maimoona.