Two men have been arrested after a young boy died after suffering a serious head injury, police said today.

Seven year-old Blake Fowler was taken to Southampton General Hospital on Saturday evening with a head injury.

Police were alerted after Blake was taken to hospital from an address in Cromarty Road, Lordshill.

He died the following day from his injury.

The boy's mother, Sarah Spacagna, 26, posted a tribute to her son on Facebook.

A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: ''Police officers in Southampton are investigating the circumstances in which a seven-year-old boy from the city received a life threatening head injury from which he eventually died.

''Officers are continuing to investigate how the boy came to receive the injury, and as part of that investigation a 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old man, both from Shirley, were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

''They have since been released on bail until March 6 while investigations continue.''

The incident happened in the Lordshill area of the city