Ex-boss keeps job waiting for Leona

Leona Lewis's former boss has said she can still return to her old desk job whenever she likes.

Michael Marks from London's Metropolitan Mortgages claimed Lewis was such a good worker that he kept a job waiting for her even after she won X Factor in 2006.

He told The Sun: "Had she not had this success there would have been a job for as long as she wanted it. She was very bright, very intelligent and did her job exceptionally well.

"I even offered her an opportunity to train as a mortgage broker. But I've come to terms with the fact she's not coming back."

Lewis became the first British female solo star to top the US album chart with a debut LP earlier this week. She sold over 205,000 copies of her Spirit record to top the Billboard 200.