STATUS QUO - PARFITT TO BECOME FATHER OF TWINS AT 59

STATUS QUO star RICK PARFITT is set to become a father again at the age of 59. The guitarist - who has two sons, Harry, 18, and Richard, 29, from previous marriages - has fathered twins with third wife Lyndsay Whitburn. Whitburn had been undergoing invitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to help the pair conceive. A spokesperson for the star says, "Rick and Lyndsay are absolutely delighted. It's something they really wanted and is the icing on the cake for their future life together." The couple married in a secret ceremony in Gibraltar in August 2006.