british newsreader natasha kaplinsky gave birth to a baby boy earlier this morning at roughly 08 : 30 23:00 . she had been on maternity leave since august 21 . kaplinsky had only been work with five news just over a month when she announced she was pregnant . her husband of three years , british banker darren bower announced " we ' re positively excited . " kaplinsky second begun to work for the bbc in 2002 after a half year tenure with sky news . she stayed on the bbc breakfast show but later moved onto the bbc nine o ' square news and herself emerged only the third woman to helm the uk ten o ' clock news . she left the broadcast in december 2007 . she also spent a short time with nine news . five news had a statement says " her employees here at ten story are delighted too - and we ' ve expressed our finest volunteers . " they also said both kaplinsky and the baby are doing fine .
Natasha Kaplinsky and Justin Bower  got married three years ago.