Brown's wife gives birth to baby girl

London - The Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, seven weeks early…

London - The Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, seven weeks early.

The girl, delivered by Caesarean section on medical advice following a routine scan on Thursday, weighed just two pounds and four ounces. She was born at the Forth Park Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

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