Spice Girl Mel B had a 5.5lb daughter, Phoenix Chi, at 6.42 p.m. at London's Portland Hospital for Women and Children, her husband, Jimmy Gulzar, said last night. Mother and daughter are doing fine.
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, is struggling to pay the massive legal fees he ran up with two court actions. But the soap star denied he faced bankruptcy and said he hoped to come to an agreement with his creditors.
The 66-year-old actor's troubles began in 1990 when he sued the Sun newspaper for libel over an allegation that he was boring. He won the case and was awarded £50,000 in damages - but the Court of Appeal then ordered him to pay a substantial part of the legal fees.
Monica Lewinsky's blue dress, which helped bring President Clinton to trial, could become a US national treasure, ending up in the National Archives, Steven Tilley, chief of special access at the archives, told the New York Post.
Until then, the stained dress will be kept in a box in a darkened, temperature-controlled room, alongside historic memorabilia, such as Jackie Kennedy's blood-stained pink suit.