A 15-year-old boy has died at a property in Saltcoats this morning (Friday, February 16), police have confirmed. 

Officers were called out early this morning to the town's Simpson Drive after a report of the death of a 15-year-old at an address there. 

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "At 6.20am this morning, Friday, February 16, police received reports of the death of a 15-year-old boy at an address in Simpson Drive, Saltcoats.

"A postmortem examination will be carried out in due course and enquiries are continuing." 

It is not thought that the death is being treated as suspicious.