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‘WE SHOULD PROUDLY TAKE UP SPACE’
Fresh-faced and subtly sun-kissed, Ferne Mccann is ready for anything. Following a gorgeous family Christmas, which came on the heels of a “magical” skiing trip to the Italian Dolomites (“I ate my body weight in pizza and pasta,” she laughs), she’s...
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‘I FEEL LIKE I’M REALLY FINDING MYSELF AGAIN’
It’s been over seven years since Dani Dyer won Love Island as Essex’s girl-nextdoor – and at 29, she’s already winning at life. The reality star married West Ham footballer Jarrod Bowen in May this year, has three kids under five and is competing in...
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ALL IN A GOOD FESTIVE CAUSE
With all their wealth and status, helping those less fortunate over the festive season has become increasingly important to the senior royals. “Christmas is an opportunity for the family to turn the spotlight on the most vulnerable sectors of society,”...
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FOOD
● 140g plain flour ● 4 eggs ● 200ml whole fat milk ● Salt and pepper ● Sunflower oil ● 2 Cumberland ring sausages 1. First make the batter. Mix the flour and eggs together in a bowl, then add the milk gradually while whisking to avoid lumps. 2....
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BEAUTY NOTES
L’oréal Paris has teamed up with French fashion house Mugler to launch a limitededition six-piece make-up collection, from £12.99, fronted by supermodel and L’oréal ambassador Kendall Jenner. It’s bold and fashionforward yet still super wearable, and...
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‘IT’S A REAL STRUGGLE HAVING ONE ARM AND A NEWBORN’
Melissa Johns seems utterly besotted as she and husband Dan Hampton introduce us to their adorable new baby daughter. Beaming from ear to ear as she cradles little Ottilly, who was born on 29 October, the Grantchester actress looks a world away from...
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‘THE CHRISTMAS TREE HAS GONE UP THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER’
She’s a multi-millionaire best known for her ruthless business deals on Dragons’ Den, but at this time of year Sara Davies has more in common with one of Santa’s elves than a fire-breathing monster. It might only be November, but Sara has had her...
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‘NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS – YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU’LL END UP’
Think of Christmas (it’s not that far off, actually)… Tinsel on the tree, twinkling lights in the high street and enough mince pies doing the rounds to feed a small country. For some, the festive season starts as soon as Halloween’s over. For others,...
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‘THE GOOD THINGS NEED TO BE SHOUTED ABOUT’
Carol Vorderman has been celebrating the extraordinary acts of ordinary people at the annual Pride of Britain Awards for 26 years now. As she chats about the upcoming ceremony, which tends to deliver as many tears as it does rounds of applause, the...
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‘I RACK UP 12 MILES A DAY – I NEVER SIT DOWN’
While her husband Tyson Fury commands the boxing ring, mum-of-seven Paris is the undisputed champion of their bustling Morecambe home. Yet amid all the school runs and sibling squabbles, the famous couple still found time for something truly special...
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‘You’re only in this business if You’ve got an Ego – and i have’
Award-winning comedian Jenny Eclair is no stranger to the world of showbiz, but it was three years ago that she took on her favourite job to date – “Nanna” to her adorable grandson, Arlo. “Oh, he’s the light of my life. It’s not healthy, but I love...
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‘I DON’T WORK OUT IN HEELS, SO THAT’S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE’
During her career as a footballer, Karen Carney was regularly considered – and celebrated – as the most cool, calm and collected player on the pitch. But as she steps into her Strictly Come Dancing glamorous gown and heels, she admits it’s pushing her...
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‘THE DOORS HAVE CLOSED FOR GOOD – THERE WERE DEFINITELY TEARS’
After six seasons and a third film now out in cinemas, the time has finally come for fans to say goodbye to Downton Abbey. With the beloved Crawley clan and their team of trusty servants bowing out, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale sees the saga that...
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‘MICHAEL’S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE LIFESAVER TO ME’
As far as celebrities go, Davina Mccall is an open book. She’s spoken candidly – and at great length – about her history of addiction, recovery, mental health, menopause and, more, recently, her lifechanging brain tumour. As we sit down with the TV...
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‘WE’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BAD SITUATION BETTER’
Sarah Parish has just completed a five-hour road trip from Cornwall following a “nice little three-day break” with her actor husband James Murray and some close pals – a refreshing pause in a life running at full pelt. Sarah, 57, has spent the last...
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‘I’M STILL DEALING WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME’
Working on The Repair Shop and listening to people’s moving tales from the past has given the show’s metalwork expert Dominic Chinea an epiphany: life is too short for regrets. Which is why he’s decided to up sticks from Kent to Cornwall with his...
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PRINCESS ANNE MARKS A MILESTONE
She is often regarded as the royal family’s hardest working member with a no-nonsense approach to her extensive duties. And as Anne, Princess Royal approaches her 75th birthday, it is exactly this no-fuss attitude which she will be adopting when it...
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‘HEARTBREAK MADE ME A BETTER WRITER’
At the start of the year, Carol Kirkwood was hit by a “terrible” bout of food poisoning, which triggered a lifestyle transformation that changed not just her eating habits, but her entire outlook. “Afterwards, I just ate two slices of toast for two...
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‘I REALISED BEING A,BOND GIRL WAS AT THAT TIME, ALMOST LIKE A CURSE’
She’s been a sultry Bond girl, a 19thcentury doctor on the American frontier, and played Wallis Simpson — the US socialite whose relationship with Edward VIII led to his abdication from the British throne. And at 74, Jane Seymour’s star power still...
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‘I’D LIKE STRICTLY COME DANCING TO GIVE ME A CALL’
When returned to our screens at Christmas, 19 million viewers tuned in to find out Smithy and Nessa’s fate. However, fans were thrilled when Melanie Walters’ unassuming character, Gwen, quietly stole the show, bagging herself a toyboy in the shape of...
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‘WOMEN SHOULD STILL BE CREATIVE WAY INTO OUR EIGHTIES, NINETIES EVEN’
Since turning 70 in March, model, TV personality and health entrepreneur Jo Wood is embarking on a new chapter — as she adds novelist to her lengthy list of credentials. Inspired to write her debut book after going on a date, it unleashed a passion...
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‘THERAPY HAS ABSOLUTELY SAVED ME’
Coleen Nolan describes her last six months as an “emotional roller coaster”, with some incredible highs but also devastating lows. But the Loose Women favourite, who turned 60 in March, is at her bubbly best when she arrives at our exclusive photo...
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‘I’VE PARTIED,BUT I WAS NEVER A SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL GIRL’
She’s the original queen of rock and roll — a legend who many female stars credit for opening doors to women in music. Suzi Quatro has just turned 75, but she’s got the energy and enthusiasm of a twenty-something — and she can still rock a tight...
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‘I’d have 10 kids, but Pete Is like “Absolutely not”’
There’s nothing Abbey Clancy enjoys more than entertaining the nation with her often hilarious – and intimate – insights into her marriage to retired footballer Peter Crouch. The couple have been married for 14 years this month and together for almost...
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‘I’m at ease with myself now’
Double-gold Olympic medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes is enjoying some much-needed downtime after a busy 12 months – no doubt tending to her herd of five alpacas that live in a field near her Kent home. “Alpacas may not be the first thing you think of...
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‘I cried every day In Fact’
Fred Sirieix is best known for making the nation smile or fall in love, but now the First Dates maître d’ is set to make us cry too, in a deeply moving new episode of Who Do You Think You Are?. Fred, who was born in Limoges, France, discovers more...
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‘I really feel like It’s from our heart, our finale’
Fans rejoiced when the sixth and final series of powerful drama The Handmaid’s Tale returned to our screens. It’s based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood about a futuristic dystopia where a patriarchal regime, the Republic of Gilead, has supplanted...
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‘I’M the happiest I’ve ever been In My life’
He’s had the best year of his life and Scott Mills knows what kicked it all off – getting married. Last year Scott tied the knot with his partner Sam Vaughn, before the pair went on to win Celebrity Race Across The World. Then in November, he was...
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‘I don’t Like that feeling of a top being too Snug’
After almost 35 years as a model in the fashion industry, Lisa Snowdon’s wardrobe is a treasure trove of goodies – and a very desirable source of outfits for her young nieces. Now 53, Hertfordshireborn Lisa has graced the catwalks of many a top...
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‘I’m never going to like working with my husband’
Sally Carman-duttine has a lot to thank Coronation Street for. In troubled mechanic Abi Webster, the actress has landed her dream role and she also ended up meeting and marrying her cobbles co-star Joe Duttine. The couple live happily together in a...
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‘theirs is the ultimate love story’
They say that good things come to those who wait, and that certainly seems to have been the case for King Charles and Queen Camilla, who will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on 9 April. For a couple who many believed would never be able to...
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‘my dogs are a joy – they are just magic’
Incredibly, it’s been more than two decades since Kate Lawler made history as the first woman to win Big Brother. But the 44-yearold still has the same cheeky, playful demeanour that won over viewers as we sit down for an exclusive interview. Now a...
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‘i wanted to be better for vogue – i thought i’d lose her’
He went to the same school as Prince William, his family home is a 10,000acre estate in the Scottish Highlands and his daddy is a multi-millionaire – but Spencer Matthews is determined his own children will work hard for the luxuries in life. The...
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‘The world is my oyster Now’
Emmerdale star Natalie Ann Jamieson left soap fans bereft with her devastating exit last month, when her character Amy Wyatt was killed off after six years on our screens. However, the 37-year-old Geordie actress couldn’t be giddier as she chats about...
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Interchangeable Tools
The VAX Spotwash Home Pet-design includes a dedicated messy tool for particularly unsightly messes, a Spinscrub™ hand tool perfect for removing tough stains, as well as a crevice tool for cleaning tight spaces. Plus, each of the attachments have an...
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‘It’s about finding joy In small things, I think we’ve forgotten that’
Over the past 30 years, Gaby Roslin has graced our screens on the likes of Morning Live, Children In Need and of course, The Big Breakfast, all usually presented with a beaming smile and infectious enthusiasm. But finding joy, she says, is a conscious...
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‘I like making people – It’s a superpower’
Katherine Ryan loves to talk – and nothing is taboo. Today she’s talking sex, feminism, fertility, fashion, facelifts and having a fourth baby. In comparison her husband, Bobby Kootstra, is virtually mute, something their marriage coach picked up on...
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‘I’m the mam who likes to Say yes to everything’
When we meet a rather out-ofbreath Sara Davies to chat about her life, work and everything in between, we quickly get an insight into her day as a busy working mum. The Dragons’ Den star, 40, who joined the series in 2019 as its youngest ever female...
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‘I’m not trying to Be anything other than I am’
Kelly Brook is loving life in London with husband Jeremy Parisi and, after a few wise words from her maternal grandma, is determined to live without regrets – and that includes making peace with her decision not to have children. The presenter, who...
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Shop all ingredients at Lidl
Enjoy five meals for four people for under £20* – all with family-friendly flavours. Make the most of your shop with Lidl’s clever meal plan. • Maris Piper potatoes (2kg) • Onions (1kg) • Butternut squash • Mushrooms (650g) • Kale (200g) • Bunch of...
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‘I know I will never retire’
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Welsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler found herself a long way from her Swansea home. For two years, she stayed in the Algarve, where she and husband Robert have a second property overlooking the sea. They soaked...
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‘i want us ALL to be here Next year – that’s the goal’
The food is prepped, and the presents are wrapped. But this Christmas will be bittersweet for Linda Nolan, who admits she’s scared it will be her last, as she continues to live with incurable cancer. When we catch up with the singer the morning after...
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‘Strictly brought all The joy Of dance back into my life’
Tamzin Outhwaite is on a personal mission – and it involves sequins, salsas and facing her fears. The 54-year-old actress has waltzed into the line-up for Strictly Come Dancing’s 2024 Christmas Special alongside salsa superstar and pro dancer Nikita...
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‘you don’t Get anywhere by worrying’
As she gets ready to spend a fun-filled Christmas with her gorgeous son Reggie, Josie Gibson couldn’t be more thankful for her enviable life. The popular This Morning star is about to turn 40, has just bought a gorgeous new home and has two new TV...
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GETTING YOUR HOPS UP
If you’re a beer drinker, chances are you’ve stumbled across St Austell Brewery. In a first for the familyowned company, it has launched a low-alcohol beer under its flagship IPA brand, Proper Job. Brewed with Cascade, Willamette and Chinook hops,...
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‘LIFE IS LIKE A CONSTANT SOAP OPERA’
British interior designer Laurence Llewelynbowen became a household name when he burst onto our screens in Changing Rooms back in 2003. He won viewers over with his unique and vibrant designs, his quick wit and his charisma – not to mention his...
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‘IF IT WASN’T FOR A PSYCHIATRIST, I WOULDN’T BE SITTING HERE’
Ruby Wax has never been anything but brutally honest – and her mental health journey has been as unfiltered as her humour. Now, the comedy icon and mental health advocate is opening up like never before – her critically acclaimed book and live tour,...
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‘I HAVE SEEN COCKROACHES THE SIZE OF TERRIERS’
She’s probably tired of hearing it, but Dame Joanna Lumley is someone who truly deserves the title of “national treasure”. A comedy icon for the ages in Absolutely Fabulous and an acclaimed actress in gritty dramas such as Fool Me Once and Finding...
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‘HELPING PEOPLE IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE – NOT A BURDEN’
On the day that we catch up with billionaire John Caudwell, he’s celebrating his 72nd birthday on board his luxury superyacht Titania, docked in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Joined by his partner of 10 years, former Olympic cyclist Modesta Vžesniauskaite, 41,...
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‘MY FIRST UNDERSTANDING OF THE NAUGHTIER SIDE OF LIFE CAME FROM JILLY’
For most 50-year-old actresses, the roles they are offered at this point in their career can change from the love interest to the downtrodden mother or even grandmother. Many find that a hard adjustment to make and it often causes them to feel like...
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‘IT’S A VERY SPECIAL SONG – I HAD TO BE A PART OF IT’
For Lorraine Kelly, it feels like only yesterday that she was singing Love Is All Around to her precious newborn daughter, Rosie – it was their “very special song”. Now, 30 years later, she’s singing it again, this time to her granddaughter Billie....
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‘I’M SO LUCKY – I’VE HAD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR REINCARNATIONS’
Kirsty Gallacher is embracing a whole new chapter in life. As well as juggling a successful radio career, life as a mum to her boys Oscar, 17, and Jude, 14, and a surprise new career move, the long-standing TV presenter has also found love again. Her...
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‘THERE’S NOT REALLY ANYTHING LIKE DYNASTY ANY MORE’
Aafter eight decades in show business, Dame Joan Collins has every right to put her feet up and relax. “I’m very, very, very lazy,” says the 91-year-old, as she chats to us from her home in London. The legendary actress is filling us in on how she...
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‘WE SPEND OUR WHOLE TIME IN THE KITCHEN – IT’S OUR CALM PLACE’
They say the kitchen is the heart of the home, and for John Torode and Lisa Faulkner that’s certainly the case. Whether they’re entertaining guests or perfecting a new recipe, the pair are happiest in the kitchen – and they’re on a mission to empower...
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