A tropical cyclone has stranded Take That singer Gary Barlow in the Solomon Islands, forcing the country’s government to send a boat to rescue him.

The 41-year-old Briton travelled to the Pacific island nationto film a documentary about Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee when he became trapped by bad weather, taking to microblogging site Twitter to describe his adventure.

“We’re stranded on an island in the Solomons,” he wrote. “There’s a cyclone heading our way and there’s no way off. Gonna have to sit it out!!

“Power’s back on. The lovely government here are sending a search and rescue boat for us this morning”.

Fiji, southeast of the Solomons, declared a state of emergency on Sunday amid severe flooding as Tropical Cyclone Daphne passed close by.

Mr Barlow is reportedly working on a BBC programme examining what the British monarch means to people in Commonwealth countries as part of celebrations to mark her 60th year on the throne.

Meanwhile, another Take That star, Mark Owen is set to become a father this year.

Mr Owen, a father-of-two, joins band mates Mr Barlow and Robbie Williams, who have both recently announced their wives are pregnant.

A message on the band’s website from Mr Owen and his wife Emma said the couple were “delighted to confirm reports that we are nearly six months pregnant”.