MOTHER-of-three Leanne Watchman welcomed her first daughter into the world on Christmas Day, when Darcey Gillian May Watchman-Grant was born, weighing 6lb 13.5oz, at 4.06am.

Ms Watchman, 24, of Dorset Crescent, Melksham, gave birth to Darcey at Chippenham Community Hospital five days earlier than expected.

She only spent an hour in hospital after the birth and then went home to enjoy her Christmas dinner with sons, Kevin, two, and Lucas, three, and her partner, Craig Grant, 30, who also has a 10-year-old daughter, Ellie-Lee.

Ms Watchman, whose father Darren Watchman died in November, said: “He was looking down on us when we had her. She’s my little miracle baby.”