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Ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle celebrates arrival of his fourth child three weeks early - just months after being reported missing by his wife as he contemplated suicide

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Retired footballer Clarke Carlisle has celebrated the arrival of his fourth child just months after going missing during a battle with mental health issues.

Carlisle, 38, and his wife Carrie announced the birth of their daughter, three months early, today.

The Burnley defender has endured a public and high profile fight with depression and tried to take his own life by jumping in front of a lorry in December 2015.

Clarke Carlisle posted this picture on Twitter of him beaming as he holds his newborn baby daughter
Clarke Carlisle posted this picture on Twitter of him beaming as he holds his newborn baby daughter
Then in September this year, Mrs Carlisle launched an appeal on social media after he went missing, leaving a suicide note behind.