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The actor Anna Friel has hired a nanny from the north of England because she wants her two-year-old daughter Gracie to have a northern accent, according to The Guardian.

Ms Friel, who comes from Rochdale, lives in Los Angeles and Gracie wasborn in London. After two years in LA, where she is filming a TV series,Ms Friel has decided she wants her child to have an authentic Lancashireaccent and to stay true to her northern roots, just like her and husbandDavid Thewlis, who is from Blackpool.

A 40-year-old woman gave birth to a baby at home just seven hours aftera doctor told her she was starting the menopause, reported BBC News.After visiting the surgery to be told she had all the 'classic signs ofearly menopause', Amanda Morgan, from Neath, south Wales, gave birth to5lb 6oz daughter Caitlin the same day. 'It was a complete shock to me.I'd had no morning sickness or tiredness and had absolutely no bump atall,' she said.

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