Mel B criticised for slamming home city

Mel B has angered residents of her home city of Leeds by describing it as "intimidating and depressing".

The Spice Girl, who now lives in Los Angeles with husband Stephen Belafonte and daughters Phoenix Chi and Angel, recently returned to the Yorkshire city for a week as part of television programme Seven Days On The Breadline.

She told the Daily Mail: "Despite the fact that I was born in Leeds and grew up on another council estate in the city, I was genuinely shocked at the level of deprivation and the absence of hope I found when I went back."

Mel B added: "It's certainly a world away from the glamour of Los Angeles where I now live what is, admittedly, a very privileged life."

One local ranted to the Daily Star: "As far as I'm concerned, she's ain't [sic] welcome here anymore. You only have to see the way she behaved while she was here to realise it's her who has changed, not us."