Last year, newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky announced she was 12 weeks pregnant, six weeks after she had started a much-fanfared £1 million-a-year job as the face of Channel 5. Kaplinsky was on a freelance contract and therefore not entitled to full pay while off work, but her employers still had to find another “face” to cover for her and then swallow Kaplinsky’s decision to return to work after nearly five months on reduced hours. Last week, after just nine months in front of the autocue, Kaplinsky revealed that she was expecting a second child. A “source” said: “She realises her bosses had hoped she would stay longer before going off on maternity leave again.” These same bosses were said be “relaxed” about her news, although what they said in private might be unprintable.