EMMA BUNTON GIVES BIRTH TO SPICE BOY

Emma Bunton has given birth to a bouncing baby boy.The Spice Girl and her long-term boyfriend Jade Jones revealed they have named their first child Beau. Beau, who weighed a healthy 7lb 15oz, was born at 11.12am yesterday morning at the private London Portland Hospital.Emma's spokesman revealed both mother and baby were doing well, adding: "She is doing fine and has requested Coca-Cola and flapjacks."Last week, the 31-year-old singer made a cast of her pregnant stomach. Jade was seen at north London hair salon-and-gallery flaxonptootch buying a 'deluxe belly casting kit' costing £30 on Thursday. One customer said: "Jade bounced into the shop like any excited expectant father and said he was interested in one of the kits in the window display."When I asked if the kit was for him, he laughed and said, 'No, not for me, but I do have a bit of a belly though.' "

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