A BABY was airlifted to hospital after suffering severe burns from boiling hot coffee.

The accident happened at John Lewis’ The Place To Eat cafe in WGC, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.

The baby boy was rushed to the Lister Hopsital, in Stevenage, by the air ambulance which landed on The Campus.

The tot has since been taken to a specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.