One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson's mother has died from leukaemia aged 43.

Johannah Deakin passed away on Wednesday at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Earlier this year she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the blood cancer and had been at a hospital in London since May.

She had seven children and worked as a midwife. Her partner Dan said in a statement that "she would always look to put other people before herself".

Johannah split from her ex-partner, Mark Tomlinson, around the time that Louis was auditioning for The X Factor in 2010 after they'd had four children together.

She had 24-year-old Louis with first husband Troy Austin.

Louis kept first step-dad Mark Tomlinson's surname but his mum remarried last year.

Johannah became a grandmother after Louis' former partner Briana Jungwirth gave birth to his first child, Freddie, in January.

The One Direction singer split from the US model before Freddie was born and is now in a new relationship.

The One Direction singer split from the US model before Freddie was born and is now in a new relationship.