A post on the Official Channel 4 Big Brother Forum was deleted this afternoon... DS:BB takes a look at the message.

The message, which states that it was a real piece of information appeared at around 17:30 BST this afternoon, and disappeared around half-an-hour later. The message contained the Names, Age and Towns of 3 of the housemates. It also stated that one of the three named was only a 'possibly', but that the other two are apparently guaranteed.

The message read as follows:

Title: This Years Housemates... Guaranteed Information.

1. Sally, 24 surrey... possibly
2. Lee, 26, Sussex... guaranteed
3. Malcolm, 31, London. guaranteed

Already speculation as to why this - and apparent other messages containing names - has vanished. Is this really a leak from inside BB, or just another rumour.

Given that this post has been wiped off the official website - it adds credibility to the rumour, but could this be Endemol / Channel 4 simply telling the website editors to remove any rumours of names incase they are true?

We'll soon find out.
Stick with DS:BB for more as this story unfolds.