Amy Winehouse was reportedly planning to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the Caribbean before she died.

The singer, who was found dead at her North London home earlier this month, is believed to have hired lawyers and started the adoption process for little Dannika Augustine who she met during one of her many stays on the island of St Lucia.

Dannika told The Mirror, “Amy was already my mother. I would call her mum and she would call me her daughter. She took care of me and we had fun together. I loved her and she loved me.

“She was the most amazing person and I was looking forward to living with her here or in London. I cannot believe she is gone. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

The tragic singer – who was due to visit Dannika next week – first met the schoolgirl through her grandmother, Marjorie Lambert, 57, who runs a beach bar, in 2009.

She said, “Amy loved Dannika with all her heart. I don’t know why Amy took to Dannika above all the other children on the island, but from the moment they met they were inseparable. They would spend all day playing, horse-riding and walking up and down the beach hand-in-hand.

“Amy used to beg me: ‘I want to adopt Dannika. I want to take her to England.’ She was prepared to move to St Lucia to be her full-time mum.

“Amy wanted to have a child so bad. If she had not died, there is no doubt she would be here in St Lucia completing the adoption process. There is no way she would have done what she did to herself if Dannika was with her.”

Dannika’s mother, Nadia Germaine, 31, is said to have agreed to the adoption because she was struggling to support her family, and her dad, Vic Augustine, 35, who lives in Germany, confirmed the report.

“Amy called me from my mother’s [Marjorie] mobile phone. I thanked Amy for taking care of my daughter, and she said: ‘Dannika is taking care of me. I couldn’t live without her.’ Then she said: ‘I would like your permission to adopt Dannika.’

“Obviously it was difficult for me, because living in Germany, I miss Dannika very much. But my mother had told me about Amy and I knew she could give my daughter a wonderful life. I said if my mum thought it was a good idea, then it was OK with me. I also spoke to Dannika’s mother and she said she would agree to it.

“Amy phoned me two more times over the next month. She was serious about it.

“When we heard she died we were so shocked, and poor Dannika is so upset. This is very difficult for her.”

David Hasselhoff is reportedly thinking of taking the plunge and shacking up with his Welsh girlfriend in a £1million pad.

The 59-year-old Britian's Got Talent judge met shop assistant Hayley Roberts, 31, during the show's auditions in Cardiff, and is said to be eyeing property in the village of Lisvane, Wales, to be with her.

According to The Sun, the Hoff has been getting to know the locals while drinking soft drinks at a nearby pub, and is thought to looking at a gated four-bed house with its own grounds.

Local estate agent David Ricketts, 46, said, "Mr Hasselhoff has picked a great spot. And it's close to the M4 so he could zip to London in a few hours."