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Phillip Schofield has announced on Twitter that his This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby has gone into labour.

Earlier today, Willoughby was absent on the morning TV show, with Schofield telling viewers that she "may or may not" have started to give birth.

Appearing with stand-in host Jenni Falconer, who is also pregnant, Schofield said: "The first thing this morning I got a phone call from Holly saying that she thought she might be in labour, and as the morning has progressed - not entirely sure - so as it stands at the moment, Holly may or may not be in labour. But best not here, we thought."

However, later Schofield took to his Twitter page to write: "Latest news is that @hollywills is in labour."

He added that he had also received a confirmation text message from Willoughby's husband Dan Baldwin.

Willoughby is expecting a baby girl, which will be her second child with Baldwin after giving birth to son Harry in May 2009.

DS