Susan Boyle 'to buy council house'

Susan Boyle has revealed that she has no plans to leave her council house for a mansion.

She said that she will instead buy her current home, because her cat Pebbles would "hate anywhere posh".

The 48-year-old singer is due to receive a £100,000 royalty cheque after her debut album I Dreamed A Dream became the most pre-ordered CD in history.

She told the News of the World: "I don't want to be moving an inch away from my family, and Pebbles doesn't want to move. She's lived there all her life and cats hate upping sticks.

"I'm the wee wifey with the mop and the cat next door. It's what keeps me grounded - remembering I am just that wifey. And Pebbles would hate to live anywhere posh."

Boyle is due to get a £15,000 discount off her £80,000 house in Blackburn, West Lothian, because her family has lived there for more than 30 years.

A friend said: "She has liaised closely with the council, and everything's been done according to the law. She has the right to buy like any long-standing tenant."