Leona 'planning to adopt a baby'

Leona Lewis has revealed that she wants to adopt when she starts a family.

The X Factor winner recently visited African orphanages and said she was so affected by the experience that she wanted to "take home all the kids".

According to WENN, Lewis said: "I definitely plan to adopt. My mum was a social worker and my dad was a youth offender officer, so I know that there are a lot of kids out there that need to be fostered and adopted.

"When I was in Africa I wanted to take home all the kids. They were so cute. All of them had been orphaned because of HIV and it was heart-rending. There are so many who need help - you just don't know where to start."

Lewis, who won The X Factor two years ago, recently confirmed she will not perform a full live tour until 2010 in order to focus on recording the follow-up to her worldwide number one album Spirit.