CHARLOTTE Church has announced that she has lost her unborn baby.

The singer, aged 31, said on Twitter that she and her partner Jonathan Powell were grieving their loss.

Church had told crowds at Birmingham Pride in May that she was expecting her third child.

It is thought the baby was due in November.

U2 bassist Adam Clayton has thanked his bandmates, as well as The Who’s Pete Townshend and guitarist Eric Clapton, for helping him quit alcohol.

The recovering alcoholic said Townshend and Clapton were crucial in starting his recovery process, while the rest of U2 were there for him throughout.

Clayton, 57, was handed an award in New York City on Monday by MusiCares, a foundation he supports that helps musicians get treatment for addiction.

He said during his acceptance speech that he thought his life would be over as a rock star if he quit drinking because so much of their careers revolve around the night.

“But two heroes of mine were there for me and it meant a great deal that they would try to convince me otherwise,” he said.

Clayton said they were enough to convince him life would go on without alcohol and that he was instead at a cross-roads on the “long journey to learn to love myself”.

WILL Ferrell and Amy Poehler have been hailed the “king and queen of comedy” by their colleagues in The House.

Elf star Ferrell, 49, and 45-year-old Poehler, who won a Golden Globe for Parks And Recreation, co-star in the film as a couple who start an illegal casino to fund their daughter’s tuition fees.

They both found early fame on Saturday Night Live and played rival ice-skaters in Blades Of Glory, but this is the first time they have topped the bill on a movie together.

Director Andrew Jay Cohen said: “King and queen of comedy, I like to call them.

“They are amazing, they’re so generous with each other, they’re so fast – it was a pure joy to watch them together.”