Stars on stamps for Mother's Day

MUSIC and fashion stars Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Pearl Lowe have donated photographs for stamps celebrating motherhood to raise money for charity around Moth-er's Day next Sunday.

Singer Ellis-Bextor has provided an image of herself as a baby, being held by her mother (ex-Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis), while the image chosen by singer-turned-designer Lowe is a picture of her daughters, Daisy and Betty.

The "Smilers" stamps for Royal Mail are being put on eBay for an auction which closes on Wednesday 17 March, with cash raised going to Women's Aid, a charity working to end domestic violence.