Alesha Dixon’s debut solo single ‘Lipstick’ could become a marketing boon for the former Mis-Teeq star, a friend tells The Mirror. “The song’s name is paying off – two companies want her to front their lippy campaigns,” the pal revealed.

Mis-Teeq’s Alesha Dixon has hit out at Nicole Appleton, following her revelation that she had aborted a child because of pressure from record bosses when she was in All Saints. Dixon, who is engaged to MC Harvey of So Solid Crew, says she would never put her career before a child. “If something like that ever happened to one of the girls in our group well, it’s a life isn’t? It doesn’t mean the group has to end or your music career,” she said. “Come on, it’s only music. Some things are more important in life and having a child is one of the biggest things a woman can do.”