One of the Spice Girls visited Bradford incognito last night, to watch a pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre.

Baby, whose real name is Emma Bunton, pictured, travelled from London to see Peter Pan at the Alhambra.

She was there to cheer on Danielle Brown - the sister of another Spice Girl, Mel B, from Leeds - who plays Tiger Lily in the panto.

Most of the audience failed to notice Emma, who was wearing a black woollen hat, black polo-neck and black trousers. She sat in a box at the front of the theatre along with her boyfriend and her mother, Pauline.

Pauline said they had travelled up from London specially to see the panto. "It was a really good show and we all enjoyed it," she said.

"We came to see Danielle who was brilliant."

After the show Emma, her boyfriend, Danielle and Pauline left quickly in a car waiting outside the stage door.

Rebecca Chambers, 13, one of the Sunbeams in the panto, said: "We all saw Emma in the audience. She kept waving a wand that was lit up every time Danielle came on stage.

"Everyone was really excited when we knew she was smiling at us."

The Spice Girls were celebrating this week as their single Goodbye went straight in at the top of the charts to give them their third Christmas number one.

Danielle's aunt, Di Cooke said: "All the Spice Girls will be coming to see the panto but the others are too busy at the moment.

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