Tyneside - (Smoking Barrel Stuff): Oops! That squeaky clean glamorous sheen of stardom is beginning to look a bit tarnished.
This morning singer Cheryl Cole's errant brother was arrested in a dawn raid on armed robbery charges.
Andrew Tweedy is among five busted following an armed attack on a post office in Longbenton, North Tyneside.
A sawn-off shotgun and a machete were involved as thousands of pounds were snatched by the masked raiders.
Tweedy is being held at a Newcastle police station where worried men in suits are poised to hand over wads of readies if and when Tweedy makes police bail.
The twentynine year-old is no stranger when it comes to the long arm of the law.
He spent his sister's wedding day to Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole behind bars and has a reported bit of previous for drink and drug-related crimes.
Sources close to the Tweedy family say Cheryl and her mum Joan are gobsmacked with shock.
Simon Cowell is an extremely rich and clever man.
A PR source for Cheryl said today
