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Former Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona has given birth to a premature baby daughter by Caesarean section.

Heidi Elizabeth was born four weeks before Katona’s due date at Warrington General Hospital weighing 5lbs.

This is Katona’s third daughter she has two girls with former husband Brian McFadden and her first with new husband Mark Croft who she married at Gretna Green on Valentine’s Day.

Her spokesman Max Clifford said: “The baby was a little early but that wasn’t too much of a surprise. Nobody believed Kerry would go to full term because she was absolutely huge.

“It seems the little one wanted to get out sooner rather than later.”