Melanie Brown is "desperate" to have another baby.

The Spice Girl, who is married to film producer Stephen Belafonte, has been feeling broody since the group's world tour finished and wants to have a child with her spouse.

A source said: "Mel is desperate to have another child. She has been broody since she married Stephen in Las Vegas last June. But she wasn't able to start trying for a baby because of the Spice Girls tour."

Mel already has two daughters, nine-year-old Phoenix Chi with ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar and 11-month-old Angel Iris with Eddie Murphy.

The 32-year-old singer is determined to get pregnant this year.

The source added to Britain's Closer magazine: "She loves Stephen and her career is finally taking off in the States. She feels like it is the right time for a child."