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Nicole Scherzinger's Shropshire factory visit causes quite a stir

Pop star Nicole Scherzinger's visit to Market Drayton's Muller factory caused quite a stir among workers.

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Her visit was such a closely guarded secret that even the town's mayor didn't know she was coming.

The former X Factor judge and Your Love star, who has been promoting Muller's products in a number of television adverts, was in Shropshire to promote the new Muller Corner Bliss yoghurt.

The 36-year-old Pussycat Doll happily posed for pictures with stunned workers – who had no idea she was coming.

People from the town took to Twitter with pictures and comments.

Amanda White said:

Another said she was "having a fun day" with the workers.

But unfortunately with it being the holiday season, some staff missed out on the surprise visit.

Tim Beckett, mayor of Market Drayton who also works at Muller, said he was "disappointed" to miss the VIP guest.

He said: "I had a meeting request for 2.30pm but had to decline it as I'm am off and all it said was an announcement.

"But colleagues at work rang me to tell me what the meeting was about when she arrived. They were thrilled to see her and it was a great surprise for them as was a well-kept secret."

Scherzinger's visit was a highly orchestrated operation. No press photographers were allowed inside the factory during the visit, and the first picture taken by the pop star's official photographer was not released until a day after her visit on Tuesday – after Nicole had given her approval.

The singer had posed for photographers earlier on Tuesday when she emerged from the studios of Radio One, where she had been plugging her new single.

She emerged from a blacked-out minibus wearing ripped jeans and a blouse with all but one button undone.

Nicole, who had been up since 4am, then took the train to Market Drayton for the visit, part of her commitment to Muller as the face of its advertising campaign for yoghurt.

Nicole is currently on an intensive round of interviews and publicity shots as she plugs her new single On The Rocks.

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