Morning Live presenter Michelle Ackerley has given birth to a baby girl and called her Nala Lomani Ryan.

‘Welcome to the world Nala Lomani Ryan,’ the 41-year-old wrote on social media alongside a picture of the newborn, adding: ‘Our hearts couldn’t be more full.’

Michelle, who has presented shows such as Crimewatch, The One Show and Watchdog, married Ben Ryan, who is a performance director at Premier League football team Brentford.

Ryan formerly coached the England Rugby 7’s team as well as Fiji, which he helped win a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

The name Nala, popularised in Western culture by Disney’s The Lion King, has multiple meanings across African cultures, most notably meaning ‘queen’, ‘lion’ and ‘successful’ in Swahili.

The star announced they were expecting on BBC

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