Stone denies relationship with producer

Joss Stone has denied rumours that she is having a relationship with her producer Raphael Saadiq.

The rumours started because of a photograph in the booklet accompanying her new album which shows Stone and Saadiq in what appears to be a naked embrace.

The singer insists that the picture is not confirmation of a romantic relationship, but supposed to be an artistic statement.

She said: "It's a picture that everybody kind of looks at sexually...but it isn't. He (Saadiq) is from Oakland, I'm from Devon, England; he is 40, I am 19; he is American, I'm English.

"It's like, two completely different people. It says something and I wanted to say something, otherwise there's no point in doing it."