Fears have been expressed for Cheryl Cole with new picutres of the Girls Aloud singer looking painfully thin.

Photos of the singer leaving a Manchester hotel yesterday have been published by the Daily Mail, who point out Cole’s “frighteningly narrow waist and thighs”.

Cole was preparing to travel alone to Liverpool on the latest date on the Girls Aloud UK tour, with the rest of her bandmates leaving on a separate bus.

Cheryl’s marriage to footballer Ashley Cole is said to be still “uncertain” following their well-publicised problems earlier this year, when the Chelsea player was accused of being unfaithful.