Steps star Ian H Watkins has welcomed twin boys with his partner Craig Ryder.

He revealed on Facebook that he boys are called Macsen and Cybi Ryder-Watkins.

The 39-year-old shared the news on Twitter, where he posted a black and white picture of the babies' medical bands:

The twins were born in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Welsh singer and actor and his theatre director partner Ryder announced that they were expecting twins via a surrogate in an animated video posted on YouTube in December, explaining their "dream is about to come true."

In 2012 a surrogate for the pair miscarried, with Watkins telling People that hearing the news was the "worst moment of my life".