TV presenter Alex Jones has given birth to her second child – a baby boy.

The One Show star, 42, announced on Instagram that she and her husband Charlie Thomson welcomed their son last week. The couple have named their new arrival Kit.

Sharing a black and white picture of their son’s hands, Jones wrote: “And then there were 4! Little kit Thomson arrived safely and very speedily last Monday at 2.21am weighing a healthy 7lbs 3.” 

Jones, who also has a two-year-old son named Edward (nicknamed Teddy) with Thomson, added: “Teddy, Charlie and I are absolutely besotted by baby brother and are enjoying this special time as we get used to being a foursome and generally breathing in that lovely newborn smell.

“A huge thank you to the midwives at the birth centre, Queen Charlotte Hospital for everything you did for us. #nhsheroes.”

Just like she did with the arrival of her first child in 2017, Jones called in to The One Show to share the good news with her co-star Matt Baker. “We’re now a family of four,” she said through a phone call. “He’s really good! He was born last Monday morning, so we’ve had a lovely week.”

Jones continued: ”[We’re] getting used to being a family of four, and introducing him to Teddy, which has really been a dream. I was really worried about that, but he’s taken to it like a duck to water, being a big brother! He’s being fantastic, really gentle with him!”

The mum went on maternity leave from The One Show in April, telling the audience she’s “looking forward to being just mama for a little while”.