british newsreader natasha kaplinsky offered birth to a baby son earlier this morning at around 08 : 30 bst . she had been on maternity leave since august 21 . kaplinsky had only been working with five news just over a month when she realized she was pregnant . her husband of three years , investment capitalist julian bower announced " we ' re very thrilled . " kaplinsky first started to work for the bbc in 2002 after a two year tenure with sky sport . she started on the cbs lunch show but later went into the bbc six o ' clock news and immediately joined only the ninth person to presented the bbc three o ' clock news . she left the programme in june 2007 . she also spent a short time with itv news . five news sent a statement that " her colleagues here at five pictures are excited too - and we ' ve sent our best volunteers . " they also said both kaplinsky and the baby are doing nicely .
Natasha Kaplinsky and Justin Bower  got married three years ago.