Susan Boyle

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Susan Boyle has recently taken a holiday – at home!

Susan is currently in the midst of recording her debut album, and she is currently living in Kensington, London, according the the Sunday Mirror.

A source said: “As soon as she got some time off, there was never any chance Susan would head for St Tropez or Barbados.

“She was always going home to Blackburn. It is the place where she feels happiest and most at ease.”

Susan stayed in her council house and went to church, caught up with friends and enjoyed fish and chips.

I wonder if any tourists were lucky enough to meet her?

Susan Boyle was yesterday photographed smiling at reporters as she left her local bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland in Bathgate, West Lothian.

According the The Sun, Susan looked happy and relaxed as she waved and chatted with fans.

And according to a report in the Daily Mail, a Susan Boyle statue might be on the cards for Blackburn. A spokesman for West Lothian Council told the mail that a statue was one option being discussed to commemorate Susan’s success.

‘Our provost Tom Kerr is keen to sit down with Susan and discuss ways to recognise her achievement,’ he said.

‘Certainly the council would like to recognise her in some way in Blackburn as the interest shows no sign of stopping.

‘I have just had a Japanese TV crew asking if it was possible to film in the town.’

Susan Boyle is staying true to her roots as she has decided to buy her council house in Blackburn, West Lothian. Susan has lived in the house since she was a baby, but has never been able to afford to buy it, until now.

(A note for my American friends and other visitors from outside the UK. A council house is a house owned by the local council or district authority. Previous government legislation gave council house tenants the “right to buy” their council houses at a reduced market value dependent upon how long they had lived in the house.)

Gerry Boyle, Susan’s big brother, told the Daily Record: “Susan walked into the local council office and told them that although she was living in London, she didn’t want them to rent her house to anyone else.

“I think people were a bit shocked to see her but they told her they had no plans to let it go to anyone else – and now she wants to buy it. She will never forget her roots.”

Gerry also added : “She has been given a mobile phone for the first time but can only make calls. She hasn’t got her head round texting yet.”

Gerry also told The Scotsman that Simon Cowell has had Susan Boyle’s cat, Pebbles, transported to her luxury Kensington flat and has given her a credit card so she can go shopping. Susan has had fun buying new clothes, getting her teeth whitened (we know Mr Cowell is an advocate of cosmetic dentistry) and she has a personal assistant called Julia.

It is also rumoured that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is helping Simon Cowell and Susan put together her new album.

Susan told Gerry about meeting her idol Elaine Paige for the first time: “It was fantastic to be on TV with Elaine,. When I watched the interview back I felt like a megastar for the first time. I can’t believe how much my life has changed in the past few weeks. I am so happy.”

However, Susan has also expressed fear about her life going back to the way it was previously, asking: “What happens if it all stops?”