X Factor winner’s mother ‘stalked’

A man has appeared in court after allegedly stalking the mother of X Factor winner Joe McElderry.

Eileen Joyce complained to police that she was followed by a suspicious man at Asda in her home town South Shields, South Tyneside, on Christmas Eve.

Police said Ennis McBride, 52, of Stockport, was arrested and charged with harassment. He was bailed until February.