LOUIS WALSH - WALSH HITS BACK AT MEL C

Pop svengali LOUIS WALSH has hit back at ex-SPICE GIRL MEL C as their bitter feud escalates.

The pair had a public row on British music programme CD:UK earlier this month (17MAY03) over Walsh's band WESTLIFE - who Mel dubbed "cr*p" for releasing supposedly inferior records.

However, after Westlife singer NICKY BYRNE retaliated in kind by calling Mel "cr*p with a capital C", Walsh has chided the I TURN TO YOU singer for her lack of success as a solo star and for being supposedly overweight - a subject that has hounded the star for years.

He says, "Mel's only on a small tour that isn't selling out. I reckon her career is in a major nosedive and she needs to lose weight. She certainly isn't a star."