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Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill shares first photo of newborn

The little one was born at the weekend

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has shared the first photo of her new baby daughter, Olivia Ennis-Hill.

Olivia is Jess’s second child, and is a little sister to Reggie Ennis-Hill, who was born in 2014.

Captioning the shot “My gorgeous girl,” Jessica is seen snuggling up to her little one on the sofa.

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Fans rushed to congratulate her, with one saying: “Awww bless you both are beautiful and gorgeous babe.”

“Beautiful photo!! Congratulations!” added another.

A third wrote: “Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations, you’ve inspired a whole generation Jess in every way!”

The Olympic gold medal winner gave birth last Saturday night and announced the news on her Instagram page by sharing an adorable picture of Reggie holding the newborn’s hand.

“Reggie meeting his beautiful baby sister Olivia Ennia-Hill, she was born Saturday night. We are all so in love with her,” Jess wrote alongside the image posted on Monday

Jessica announced her second pregnancy back in March by sharing an image of Reggie reading a book titled: “I’m Going to be a Big Brother!”

What a cute family!

There seems to be a bit of a baby rush at the moment, with EastEnders star Ross Kemp announcing the birth of his twin daughters yesterday.

Today he revealed the first image of them, alongside their adorable names.

Sharing a photo of his wife Renee O’Brien with the little ones, he revealed they’re called Ava and Kitty.

Welcome to the world Ava and Kitty! [Credit: Twitter @RossKemp]

He was inundated with congratulatory messages [Credit: Twitter @RossKemp]
Alongside the intimate family photo, Ross wrote: “Mum, Ava and Kitty doing well! Dad overjoyed. Thanks to all at the hospital!”

As you’d expect, the ex soap hardman was inundated with congratulatory messages from both fans and famous friends, including Amanda Holden, Laurence Fox, Bobby Davro and fellow EastEnders star Laurie Brett.

Amanda wrote: “Gorgeous. Congratulations. Beautiful names xx.”

Former Lewis star Laurence added: “Huge congratulations.”

Comedian Bobby chipped in: “Congrats.”

While Laurie said: “Massive congrats… beautiful.”

A grinning Ross announced the girls’ arrival with a selfie from the delivery room [Credit: Twitter @RossKemp]
Ross announced the girls’ arrival on Thursday with a selfie taken in the delivery suite alongside his wife’s doctor.

Grinning from ear to ear, the former actor – who played Grant Mitchell in EastEnders – wrote: “BIG THANKS to Lawrence Impey and his team.

“Very happy Dad again!”

He is also a proud dad to two other children – one son from his previous relationship with Nicola Coleman and another little boy with wife Renee.

Ross has been married to lawyer Renee since 2012 [Credit: Wenn]
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Ross married Australian lawyer Renee back in 2012 but they’ve always kept their romance away from the cameras.

They chose not to publicly announce their first pregnancy and instead surprised fans in April 2015 by revealing Renee had safely delivered a baby boy.

Ross shared the news via social media, posting a photo of him cradling his new bundle of joy.

His caption read: “What a day! Mum and baby doing well, Dad very proud! 6lbs 7oz, born at 10:54am. Happy boy, asleep already!”

Ross cradling his first child with Renee, a son born in 2015 [Credit: Twitter @RossKemp]

Carena Crawford
Associate Editor (Soaps)