 Henry the 'lizard' has become a father at the ripe old age of 111, after receiving treatment for a cancerous tumour that had made him hostile toward prospective mates. It was thought that Henry was well past the mating game but since getting together with a female named Mildred last March, he now has 11 babies.
GMTV resenter Kate Garraway, 41, has revealed she is three months pregnant with her second child. Kate and her husband Derek Draper have been married for four years and already have a daughter Darcey, who will be three in March. The couple are said to be 'thrilled' to be having a new baby in August.
£194,000 is the price tag put on raising a child from birth to 21, according to some new research. This is equivalent to £9,227 a year, £769 a month or £25 a day.Where do they get these figures from? Childcare and education, apparently, remain the biggest expenditures, costing parents £53,818 and £50,240 respectively! And across the UK children receive £4,144 in pocket money between the ages of 5 and 18 years....yack yack yackety yack....
Bear Grylls, the Britsih explorer, and his wife Shara have decided to call their new baby son Huckleberry. his full name will be Huckleberry Edward Jocelyn Grylls. His other sons are Jesse and Duke!
Take That star Gary Barlow's wife Dawn has given birth to their third child. The baby called Daisy was 8lb 12oz, a spokesman for Polydor Records said. Her birth came three days ahead of her due date of January 17. Gary and Dawn have been married for nine years and the couple have two other children, Daniel, eight, and Emily, six.
Lee Ryan and his fiancée, Sammi Millar (whom he met on MySpace) now have a baby son called Rayn Lee Amethyst. Apparently they chose the name because it's an anagram of Ryan and Amethyst because they wanted a precious stone in the name somewhere. So the name is Rayn Lee Amethyst Ryan. Or Rayn Ryan for short. Argh!
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have finally revealed the name of their new baby daughter. It's Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck. Garner and Affleck, both 36, began their relationship in 2004 and married in June 2005. Their first daughter Violet was born in December 2005.
 Ben Fogle's wife Marina has revealed she suffered a miscarriage just two days before her husband left for the South Pole. Marina, 30, and Ben, 35, found out the devastating news they had lost their child during their 12 week scan. The baby would have been the first child for the couple, who married in 2006 after a whirlwind romance
Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson's new baby is due any day now. Watch this space!
January 2nd saw the terrible news that Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston, died whilst on vacation with his family in the Bahamas. Jett, who had a history of seizures, is the only son of John, 54, and Kelly, 46. They also have a daughter, Ella Bleu, 8.
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February 2011 News Snippets
