Keisha Buchanan forced out of the Sugababes

Keisha Buchanan announced that she was leaving the Sugababes, the UK’s most famous girlsband, against her will.

It is said that Keisha, 24, has been accused of bullying bandmate Amelle. A statement on her Twitter reads: “I may come across as a hard nut sometimes, but I'm actually really sensitive and it destroys me to think people see me as the longest standing member and assume that I'm the b***h who causes people to walk, and it's totally untrue and unfair.”

Buchanan was the last original member still in the band. She created it 11 years ago with high school mates Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy.

She will be replaced by 21 years old Jade Ewen who reresented the UK at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow and came fifth – the UK’s highest position since 2002.