Kate Garraway has had her second baby, it’s been announced.

Kate gave birth last night to a baby boy William Garraway Draper.

A statement given from the ITV morning show said it was a natural birth with the baby weighing 7 lbs and 12 ounces.

Mother and son are said to be in excellent health.

Kate is married to psychotherapist and former Labour spin doctor Derek Draper and the couple already have a three-year-old daughter, Darcey.

At present children are not permitted to visit new borns at the hospital due to swine flu pandemic precautions so Darcey has not been able to visit.

Kate and Derek said today: “We are in seventh heaven and keep grinning from ear to ear. Billy is so beautiful. We can’t wait to get home so that Darcey can meet her new little brother.”

Kate returns to GMTV in the autumn