Ex-Spice Girl Mel B gives birth to girl

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, has given birth to a girl in a California hospital, her publicist said.

The girl, Brown's second child, was born at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica.

"The baby is completely healthy with a good head of hair. No name has been decided on yet, and she is purely known as Baby Brown," the publicist added in a statement.

Mother and baby were now resting but face a looming paternity battle.

Ms Brown says Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy is the father, a claim he disputes.

Ms Brown, who performed under the name Mel B and was nicknamed Scary Spice, already has an eight-year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi, by ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar.