Twins for oldest mum

A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth to twins at a Barcelona hospital on Saturday.

Barcelona Hospital de Sant Pau says the woman gave birth by Caesarean section.

A hospital spokeswoman told AFP the unnamed woman and her offspring, whose sex was not revealed on grounds of patient confidentiality, were doing well.

According to Barcelona media outlet Catalunya Informacio, the babies, her first children, were still in an incubator following their birth.

The woman became pregnant after she received in-vitro fertilisation treatment in South America.

Romanian Adriana Iliescu was previously the oldest woman known to have given birth, after having a baby girl in January at the age of 66. A twin died hours after birth.

The previous record was held by an Italian woman who gave birth to a baby boy at the age of 62.