Baby boy for Blairs

The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and his wife, Cherie are celebrating the birth of their new baby -- a boy whom they've called Leo.

It's their fourth child and the first to be born to a serving British Prime Minister for more than a-hundred-and-fifty years.

A spokesman for Mr Blair said both mother and child were well.

Mrs Blair, who's forty-five, is now back at the prime minister's official residence at Ten Downing Street.

Correspondents say the birth seems likely to give Mr Blair a timely boost in opinion polls.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service