Susan Boyle returns after three-year break

Scottish singer Susan Boyle has performed for the first time in three years.

The West Lothian-based star is now said to be planning a tour comeback - and will record her eighth album.

The 56-year-old, who has been in the public eye for nearly nine years, hasn’t toured recently after health problems, including diagnoses of Asperger syndrome and diabetes.

But she performed at a Britain’s Got Talent charity gig in Liverpool last weekend.

Ms Boyle sang Wild Horses, Hallelujah and I Dreamed a Dream to help raise cash for Alder Hey hospital.

The singer, from Blackburn, is said to have received a standing ovation. 0 Susan Boyle has been experiencing health problems

According to a Sunday newspaper, Ms Boyle will start recording a new album in April. It will be her first release since album A Wonderful World in 2016.

She said: “I’m still here and still going strong.”

It’s believed the star will begin recording new songs at a Glasgow studio in April.