A man was detained by police after singer Susan Boyle discovered an intruder inside her house.

The talent show internet star is understood to have just flown back from London after helping to record the Helping Haiti charity single.

The man ran out of her house in Blackburn, West Lothian, when Boyle opened the front door on Tuesday night.

Police detained a man in connection with the incident but he was later released. Inquiries are continuing.

A spokesman said: "Lothian and Borders Police were called to an address in Blackburn at around 9.50pm yesterday following reports of a disturbance.

"A man was detained in connection with the incident and released pending further inquiries."

Despite her global success, Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent runner-up, has not moved from the council house she has lived in since she was a child.

Her album, I Dreamed A Dream, went straight to number one in the charts and achieved the best first week's sale for a debut.

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