McFadden targets solo success

Former Westlife singer Bryan McFadden has given himself six months to record a solo album - and hired Enrique Iglesias's writing team to help him.

The star is determined to follow the route taken by Robbie Williams and become bigger than the band which launched him.

He has turned to acclaimed writers Paul Barry and Mark Taylor who are holed up with him in the studio carving out tunes - at his own expense.