Surrogate baby for Brooks

FORMER News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband are expecting a baby by a surrogate mother, her spokesman said.

The couple are due to become parents to a girl in February.

Rebekah Brooks and her husband, former racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, whom she married in 2009, spent years trying to conceive before deciding to use a surrogate.

Brooks resigned as News International chief executive on July 15 and was later arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption. She is currently on police bail.