A 12-year-old schoolgirl and her 13-year-old boyfriend are believed to have become Britain's youngest parents.
She became pregnant at the age of 11 and gave birth to a girl weighing 7lb 4oz (3.28kg) on Sunday. Being 12 years and three months old makes her five months younger than the previous youngest mother, Tressa Middleton, who gave birth in Edinburgh in 2006, according to The Sun.
"The baby's mum and dad have been in a relationship for more than a year, so this isn't a fleeting romance. They intend to stick together and bring their daughter up together," a source told the newspaper.
"They're very into each other, totally in love. She's in Year Seven, he's in Year Nine at a different school."
April Webster and Nathan Fishbourne, the previous youngest parents, were 14 when their son Jamie was born in Caerphilly, South Wales, in 2010.
The new mother was 10 when she met her boyfriend. The pair, from north London, cannot be named for legal reasons. The schoolgirl lives with her mother, who is 27, and is supportive of the couple.
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