Thom Yorke becomes a father to a son, Noah

Thom Yorke and his partner, Rachel Owen, have had their first child, a boy called Noah. He was born on 6 February. A spokesperson for Yorke confirmed the news to NME.COM today, a fortnight on, and the paper heads its report “Ark life!”.

Yorke and Owen met as students at the University of Exeter and have been together ever since.