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It’s been a weekend of nail biting for those of us addicted to The X Factor’s Judges’ Houses. The Groups jetted off to Ibiza with Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell took the Girls to Malibu, the Boys flew to Nice with Nicole Scherzinger and the Overs went to LA with Sharon Osbourne.

I’m rooting for Mrs O this year – I’m a sucker for dogs, so James Wilson gets my vote and, of course, Honey G is in ‘da house’… (Is anyone else wondering if she’s really just Sarah Millican doing a spoof ?)

For me, there was never any doubt the Brooks brothers would get through, Nicole’s secret weapon is Matt Terry and Simon’s girls are amazing.

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4 The Paralympians’ gold stash These snaps show just how proud the Paralympians were of themselves on their way home – and so they should be!

They won 147 medals, 64 of them gold, meaning they finished second in the medal table, and broke their record from London.

Even the Queen was impressed, saying, ‘I offer my warmest congratulations to the athletes of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for their many successes.’

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Mum-to-be Alex Jones is looking more radiant than ever. The One Show host, 39, recently revealed her fertility fears, worrying she’d left it too late to have a baby. But now the star and her husband Charlie Thomson are set to become three next year. Looking this good already, we can’t wait to see Al show off her maternity wardrobe!

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We all know Gary Barlow loves a song and a dance, and now he’s hoping to make the West End shine. The Take That frontman is turning smash-hit drama Calendar Girls into a musical. Sadly, the singer hasn’t yet mentioned anything about getting his own kit off on stage every night. Come on, Gaz – it only takes a minute.

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best for CELEBRITY Heading for divorce…

Brad and Ange WORDS: SHELLEY MARSDEN

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‘Brangelina’ shocked the world with news of their split – but why is Angelina so furious?

Brad with his family… and former wife Jen

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’m dedicating this show to [Brangelina]’, announced Adele last Tuesday at her concert in New York. The Brit singer was referring to what she called ‘the elephant in the room’ – that Angelina Jolie, 41, was filing for divorce from Brad Pitt.

And no sooner had the bombshell dropped, than the rumour mill surrounding the power couple’s sudden demise swung into overdrive.

We may never know exactly what went wrong – but The last film the former something lovebirds starred in has clearly together was 2015’s By The made Ange Sea, about a couple whose very angry. marriage is in crisis. Oh, The glam the irony! Or was it based on true couple, who events..? married in 2014, had been

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together since 2004 – famously meeting on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith, while Brad was still married to Jennifer Aniston.

Yet, just two years after their fairy-tale wedding, it’s not only over, but Ange is asking for full custody of their six kids.

Also, as US lawyer Areva Martin pointed out on TV last week, ‘This could prove tricky for Angelina, as she’s been in the press recently, talking about what a “great dad” he is.’

Ange was ‘upset’ with Brad’s parenting skills – he’s admitted he is ‘tougher’ than her – and rumour has it, he’d smoke pot and possibly drink too much.

US website TMZ even reported that Brad had ‘anger issues’, and Ange felt the situation had become ‘too dangerous’ for their children.

Meanwhile, Brad has spoken out to say he is ‘saddened’ about his wife’s decision, and wants ‘what’s best for the kids’ – saying he’ll fight for joint custody.

The fact that Ange has called divorce lawyer Laura Wasser (she represented Johnny Depp against Amber Heard), speaks volumes, as Wasser always comes out fighting.

As for rumours that French actress Marion Cotillard, 40, and Brad may have had an affair on the set of his latest film, Allied, the French actress swiftly addressed them with an Instagram post, explaining her husband Guillaume was ‘the only one that I need’.

Many social media reactions involve how Brad’s ex-wife, now happily married to actor Justin Theroux, must be feeling. In one picture being revisited with glee by Twitter users, Jennifer delivers a withering put-down as Rachel in her hit TV show Friends, saying, ‘And that, my friend, is what they call closure.’

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e know that the lovely Ruth Langsford can stand up for herself – she can keep husband Eamonn Holmes in his place – but we wouldn’t have had her down as a brawler. Yet that’s how she came across on The Saturday Show last week when she told presenter Matt Allwright she’d punch him… if he got too close to her hair!

Matt and his co-host, Gaby Roslin, had been discussing a clip from US programme The Tonight Show in which presenter Jimmy Fallon ran his hands through presidential candidate Donald Trump’s hair (whatever floats your boat, Jimmy…). Ruth, 56, who was on The Saturday Show to talk about her and Eamonn’s new series of How The Other Half Lives, was quick to express her distaste at Fallon’s actions. ‘He Eamonn loves shopping [Fallon] with Ruth. She’s said, ‘I can asked him spend a whole day in a [Trump], department store with him I know, but looking at lamps. There’s the purpose not many men you can say that about!’ of that is to humiliate him. Whatever

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you think of his politics, that, to me, is humiliation. I find it uncomfortable to watch, because we’re all going, “Is it a toupée? Is it a weave?

Is there hairspray?”’

Matt jumped in to disagree, saying, ‘But he was on an entertainment show,’ suggesting that Trump was fair game for having agreed to appear with Fallon on the popular talk show in the first place. Ruth fired back, ‘Well, I’m on an entertainment show and if you ruffled my hair, I’d punch you!’

Eamonn grimaced in shock, while Matt, Gaby and fellow guest Ferne McCann all gasped – but Ruth was quick to laugh off her remark, adding, ‘Just saying, Matt!’

But it then became a running joke throughout the rest of the show, when Eamonn confessed that Ruth has stabbed him… but only with her cutlery, when he’s trying to pinch her food.

‘I’ve often attempted to take a chip with my fork and eat it [but she] absolutely stabs you for that! She’s very protective.’

Ruth certainly has a feisty reputation – she’s said in the past, ‘Eamonn’s all mouth and [no] trousers, but really I run the show!’

What with the punching, and now stabbing, too, we’ll have to be careful never to get on the wrong side of her!

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Davina: ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’ avina McCall has survived many things - being abandoned and later betrayed by her mother, drug addiction and losing her half-sister, Caroline, far too young (she was just 50) to cancer. But each devastating blow has, she says, taught her to be stronger - and wiser.

One of her darkest moments happened just months after she married her husband, the former Pet Rescue presenter Matthew Robertson, 16 years ago.

Picking up a weekend paper, she saw her own face, accompanied by the words, ‘Mummy, I need a meeting.’

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Like a knife through the heart, Davina knew instantly her French mother, Florence, was behind the article.

Months earlier, Davina had brought her mum to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, hoping the shared experience would finally create an intimacy the pair had never had.

‘I’d always longed for a mum to hold hands with – a mum who would notice if I was sad, or needed something...’ Davina wrote Close to collapse after her charity swim for Sport Relief in 2014

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Davina McCall shares the brutal lessons she’s learned from drug addiction, family fallouts and her sister’s death in her frank new book, Lessons I’ve Learned.

However, Florence abandoned Davina when she was three years old, and fought her own battles with drink and drugs.

Now, she had betrayed her daughter again in the worst possible way.

‘You should never blow a person’s anonymity because it can lead to relapse, and relapse can lead to

Mum Florence left three-yearold Davina…

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death… ’ Davina explained.

When she confronted her mother, Florence didn’t understand what she’d done wrong. ‘I didn’t think you’d mind,’ she told her daughter.

‘I’d never have guessed that, six months after my wedding, I would decide never to see my mum again,’ Davina admitted.

The Long Lost Family host said that she still has ‘no guilt’ about not visiting Florence before she died in 2008, saying it taught her a crucial lesson. ‘If I make a decision that shocks others but is necessary to me, that’s OK,’ she said.

‘Silliness is good for the soul,’ says Davina.

Her ‘I’ve made a career of it. The mother other day, I took off all my wasn’t the clothes and dive-bombed one who into our pool. It was pulled Davina brilliant and felt out of her own naughty!’ drugs hell in her mid-20s, either. It

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was her best friend, Sarah, telling her that she was a ‘wreck’, the talking point of every party.

‘You’re lying…

I know you’ve taken heroin,’ Sarah screamed.

Davina said her friend’s furious words hit her like a ‘freight train’.

She may not have been a street junkie but she was an addict. The next morning, she went to an NA meeting.

‘It changed my life,’ the 48-year-old said, simply.

But the biggest life lesson Davina has ever learned is from her big sister, Caroline Baday, who died of cancer in August 2012, aged 50.

‘They gave her 18 months to start with – she went in seven weeks,’ the star recalls.

‘The way Caroline handled herself, the way she helped all of us get through it, she was so inspiring... She taught me how not to fear death. I loved her.

I really loved her... For that, I will be eternally grateful.’

Losing her sister, being abandoned by her mother and realising her drug addiction could cost her dearly, all taught Davina important lessons.

‘Don’t sweat the small stuff,’ she says. Given the difficulties she’s faced, you can see why. ● Lessons I’ve Learned is published by Orion Spring, hardback, £20, ebook, £10.99

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s Loose Women’s longest-serving anchorwoman, with nine years under her belt, Andrea McLean is a familiar sight at the helm of ITV’s famous all-female panel show.

Which is why things just won’t feel the same for the next few weeks.

Andrea, 46, will be absent for the next month, after undergoing a hysterectomy last week. The op was needed because she has suffered two decades of pain and fertility issues due to endometriosis, a condition in which tissue forms outside the womb, causing internal scarring.

Despite initially fearing she might never become a mum, she had two children – Finlay, 14, conceived after fertility treatment, and Amy, nine.

But she has been frank about her sense of failure at parting from both of her children’s fathers - she Endometriosis is split from extremely painful and childhood affects two million women sweetheart in the UK, most diagnosed Nick Green between the ages of in 2003, 25 and 40. Andrea was diagnosed after a 17-year aged 28. relationship, and ended her

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three-year union with TV DIY expert Steve Toms in 2012.

No surprise, then, that she initially vowed never to wed again. But a blind date with businessman Nick Feeney two years ago changed all that.

After a year together, father-of-two Nick, 43, moved into Andrea’s home last year, and she has since admitted to adopting a ‘never say never’ attitude to a possible third trip down the aisle.

Nick certainly seems to have transformed her life.

Previously viewed as the ‘goody two shoes’ of Loose Women, Andrea has been less inhibited on-air of late, sharing raunchy banter and personal revelations.

This new-found irreverence was clear when Andrea shared an Instagram photo of a bottle of gin the night before her op, captioning it, ‘ I’m going to sit down, put my feet up and enjoy my last one of these for a wee while… #purelyfor medicinalpurposes.’

As she takes her first steps on the road to recovery with Nick by her side, there must be a tinge of sadness that Mr Right has come along too late for them to have their own children together.

Still, with her health on the mend, her career going from strength to strength and a good man beside her, Andrea still has a lot to be thankful for.

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Carol’s going for a reconstruction in November

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Carol McGiffin reveals exclusively why her plans to marry Mark Cassidy are on hold

he’s known for her feisty, straighttalking ways, so it’s no surprise that Carol McGiffin doesn’t hesitate when asked why her wedding to fiancé, Mark Cassidy, has still not gone ahead.

‘No time!’ she screeches.

‘You know weddings take so much planning, and you know we’re in the middle of buying a house in France – hopefully we’ll be in before Christmas. I can’t drop it all – it’s too much.

‘So, yes, I think [the wedding] will be next summer now.’

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the delay in Carol and Mark’s wedding plans.

‘I’m booked in for reconstructive surgery in November,’ confesses Carol, 56. ‘Let’s be honest, it would be nice, wouldn’t it, to have two breasts?’

Then she laughs – a deep, infectious, almost filthy laugh that has you joining in within seconds.

Standing 5ft 9in and a slender size 10, with an elfin haircut that suits her delicate features, Carol will have little difficulty in looking good whatever dress she pulls on – but we get the point.

Her breast-cancer journey has been well documented.

A stage 3 aggressive tumour was discovered in 2014, followed by six rounds of chemotherapy, 15 doses of radiotherapy and a mastectomy on the left side.

What better way to signal a new start than a new, cancerfree breast and a wedding?

Her relationship with Mark, 34, is as strong as ever. ‘We’re good,’ she confirms. ‘Let’s face it, we’re married in all but name already, aren’t we?’

The couple share a small flat in London, and now own a home in France. It will be Mark’s first wedding and Carol’s second – she was married to TV presenter Chris Evans in the 90s.

So, apart from surgery and the wedding, does Carol have any plans to get herself back on TV? ‘I will do a bit,’ she muses.

Big Brother fan Carol appears frequently on spin-off show Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, which is back in January.

‘But if life’s taught me anything, it’s this: enjoy it – don’t miss a moment. Don’t spend all your time working if you can help it, because we never get a day back.

‘See your friends, see your family, and just enjoy the time together while you can.’

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Even though he was dying, Joely Attwater’s devoted hubby, Tom, spent his final days trying to save her daughter….

he night Tom, my husband, died, I wrapped myself in his dressing gown, sprayed the pillow with his aftershave and slept on his side of the bed, desperate to feel close to him just one more time.

Almost a year on, the smell from Tom’s clothes is fading.

But the desperate longing to feel his warm arms around me is still as strong as ever.

Night times are the worst.

When the kids are asleep and the house is silent, my mind fills with thoughts of him.

I replay the happy times, and relive his final moments, when the brain tumour he’d been diagnosed with three years earlier finally took him.

Tom, only 32 when he died, wasn’t just my husband – he was my hero, too.

He had spent the last months of his life helping to save my daughter Kelli’s life.

She was three when Tom and I met, and had already fought childhood neuroblastoma – a cancerous tumour – once. Diagnosed at three months old, she needed chemotherapy and surgery to get rid of three in her tummy.

As a 21-year-old single mum, it had been a lonely, terrifying time for me.

Thankfully, Kelli was given the all-clear in February 2011.

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nd’s legacy of love Tom was stronger than me. Determined to make the most of every moment while recovering from his op, he made a bucket list.

The first thing was to raise £500,000 for Kelli to have treatment abroad if her cancer ever returned.

Knowing the advanced treatments in the US would give her the best chance of survival if the worst happened, we’d already made a start.

But now Tom was determined to use the time he had left to hit the target.

‘I need to know I’ve done everything I can to give Kelli a chance of life,’ he explained.

Despite suffering regular seizures and severe fatigue, Tom worked tirelessly organising events, including a 22-mile sponsored walk, which he also completed.

Marrying me was on his bucket list and, in June 2012, he proposed.

‘You’re going to be my daddy,’ Kelli cried in delight.

Tom was heartbroken that he’d only be her dad for a short time, so he wrote her a letter with advice about everything from school to marriage.

‘I won’t be able to drop you off on your first day at big school, pick you up after your first date or cheer when you graduate,’ he wrote. ‘But while your old dad is still around, I thought I’d give you some life advice in one go.’

Marrying Joely was on Tom’s bucket list

The children laid flowers at Tom’s funeral

The children help pick Joely up when the grief knocks her down

‘I won’t be able to pick you up after your first date’ Despite everything, our wedding in April 2014 was a wonderful day.

Afterwards, Tom started his radiotherapy treatment. We thought this might have ended our chances of ever having a baby but, in September 2014, I fell pregnant.

Soon after that, Tom hit his fundraising target for Kelli.

His mission complete, he

was able to relax and look forward to our new arrival.

I’ll never forget how happy he was when he held Fletcher for the first time in May 2015.

But, after Fletcher’s birth, Tom’s health deteriorated.

Within weeks he couldn’t walk or talk. His memory went, too, but his eyes lit up whenever he saw the children.

Then, in September last year, my heart broke. Tom was at our home in Pattingham, Staffordshire, when he began to slip away. I sat by his bed, holding his hand, telling him how much I loved him as he took his last breath.

His loss left a huge, gaping hole inside of me and, a year on, I miss him every day.

I’ve found support through a group called Widowed & Young. They pick me up when grief fells me.

Even on my lowest days, Kelli, who is cancer-free for now, and Fletcher, always make me smile.

We talk about their daddy all the time and Fletcher, now four months, smiles when he sees photos of him.

Tom wasn’t with us for long enough, but in the short time we had, he gave me enough love and precious memories to last a lifetime.

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meeting Tom through an online dating site, it did.

I’d told him about my precious little girl and what she’d been through.

From the moment he met her, they had a special bond.

Kelli was only three and was wary of strangers – especially men, because the only ones she’d known were doctors. But she took to Tom instantly.

They were always pulling faces, and Kelli thought he was hilarious.

When we found out that her cancer had returned, he kept us both going.

‘You’ve got naughty lumps in your tummy and doctors need to take them out,’ we told her before surgery.

Thankfully, the operation was a success. But, as she recovered, Tom began to get terrible headaches.

He put it down to stress but, in October 2012, he suffered a seizure and was rushed to hospital. Tests found he had aggressive brain cancer.

My mind spun as the doctors explained it was terminal, and we clung to each other in shock.

I’d almost lost Kelli. I couldn’t lose Tom. ‘What had I done to deserve such awful things?’ I wondered to myself.

The doctor couldn’t say how long we had left. I couldn’t understand the unfairness of having to watch the two people I loved so dearly suffer so cruelly.

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‘TATTOOS SHOULDN’T DAMAGE YOUR JOB CHANCES’

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it’s become like getting your nails done!

My ex, Shane, got a heart with my name on it on his bum (which I imagine is long gone!). He was offended at the time, because I wouldn’t get a similar tribute to him. ‘Are you kidding?!’

I said. ‘I’m not getting any man’s name branded on me – unless it’s my kids.’

Both Jake and Shane Jr have tattoos.

Even my hubby, Ray, got one done in LA a few years ago of our daughter Ciara.

Personally, I still wouldn’t have one.

Laser removal surgery is expensive and painful. And stay clear of inkings to do with your romantic life, because tattoos are forever. Men? Well, it depends!

‘It doesn’t bother me when I see a tattoo on someone serving me.

It’s art - some are like beautiful paintings’

… DAVID’S ARE, TOO!

and another thing...

‘GBBO WITHOUT MARY? NOT POSSIBLE!’ MARY’S GONE

Mary Berry’s jumped ship, so the only star left for C4 is Paul Hollywood. But Bake Off without Mary is like chocolate cake without the chocolate! No way!

WILL PAUL STAY?

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hen I read last week that firms such as Next, Starbucks and British Airways won’t allow employees to have visible body art, I was surprised. So David Beckham, who is covered in tattoos, wouldn’t get a job at Next then? Right...

One in three 16- to 44-year-olds now has a tattoo, and their popularity is on the rise. So, to me, such strict company policies will end up ruling out a lot of job options for a fair few people! Is it just me, or is that unfair?

Unless we’re talking about a spider’s web all over someone’s face, or something offensive, it certainly doesn’t bother me when I see a tattoo on someone serving me in a shop. It’s art – some are like beautiful paintings.

When I was young, the only people that had tattoos were rough-looking blokes you’d see at working men’s TATT’S OK… clubs. Nowadays,

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Bruno Tonioli has the hot news on this week’s movers and shakers…

SHE’S A ‘REAL WOMAN’ There’s so much buzz around Daisy Lowe, she’s beautiful, with such a spark. She’s a real woman, very curvaceous. She reminds me of Monica Bellucci or Sophia Loren, but besides all that beauty she seems funny and down-toearth.

WHAT CURSE?

As the live shows pick up pace, it’s time to swoon over the dancing beauties…

NO TEARS OVER GLEB

Special requests It’s totally reasonable for a celebrity not to wear a dress she feels uncomfortable in. And why should you use fake tan if you don’t like it? I NEVER do! I have few special requests myself – almond nuts, proper coffee, and a nice salad for my dressing room.

I feel for you poor viewers but thankfully, I’ll not miss Gleb Savchenko’s presence on Strictly, as he’s on the other show I do, Dancing With The Stars. And he’s going down a storm. He’s a great talent and that six-pack… You should see mine, though – I have a sixteen pack!

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ANN AND ANTON

Yes, I called Ed Balls a ‘hippopotamus’, but the worst contestants can be the most entertaining. My favourite was Ann Widdecombe. Such a lovely, smart lady and she really threw herself around the floor! I called her a ‘Dalek in drag’! She was hysterical.

HIPPO-EDIMUS!

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THE STRICTLY CURSE If love blossoms it’s a blessing, look at Pasha and Rachel! If Strictly splits you up, it means there was already a crack in the building.

Take Louise Redknapp – she and Jamie are solid - it’s just not going to happen.

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71% OF WOMEN WHO’VE HAD A HEART ATTACK FELT UNUSUALLY TIRED A MONTH EARLIER

AS WE GET OLDER, IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO KEEP AN EYE ON HOW EVERYTHING’S RUNNING – AND THAT MEANS BOOKING IN FOR THE REGULAR NHS HEALTH CHECKS YOU SHOULD BE HAVING…

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ike a car, your body only works at its best when you look after it properly, and it should be routinely monitored for problems.

Too many of us only see our doctor when we think something is wrong, yet prevention is far better than cure.

Dr Ellie Cannon shares the seven most important NHS health checks for women in their 40s and above.

BEWARE OF BREAST CANCER Two million women attend a mammogram each year in this country. Any woman registered with a UK doctor is invited to attend from the age of 47 up until 73, every three years. A mammogram is an X-ray of each breast that’s designed to pick up early cancers. The breasts are pressed between metal plates, and it’s not a comfortable procedure, but it’s a small price to pay for early cancer detection. Don’t miss your check-up.

NO MORE WAIST We talk about weight and dress size but what really matters is your ‘waist circumference’.

Measuring your waist now forms part of the NHS’ over-40s health check every five years, because carrying weight around your middle – being an ‘apple’ – makes you more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease.

Do this yourself with a tape measure. Find the midway point between the top of your hips and the bottom of your ribs.

It should measure under 80cm to be ‘healthy’.

BONE UP Bone density screening is done to detect osteoporosis – brittle bones – which is usually a silent problem. In fact, sufferers may only find out they have it when they experience an unexpected broken bone. Regular screening is currently offered if you’ve had a premature menopause, if your mum has osteoporosis, if you are chronically underweight or if you take steroids long-term.

CHOLESTEROL COUNT High cholesterol can increase the risk of narrowing of the arteries, strokes and heart attacks – but it has no symptoms. Since it became part of the NHS health check, it’s standard to get your cholesterol levels tested from the age of 40, every five years.

It involves a simple blood test, but you needn’t wait for your GP. Many high-street chemists offer cholesterol tests, too.

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LET DOWN THE PRESSURE Everyone should have a blood-pressure check every five years – crucial once you turn 40. Having high blood pressure raises your risk of strokes, heart attacks and kidney damage.

Get it checked by the nurse at your GP surgery, or there are often machines for the purpose in the waiting room.

Many chemists also offer this check. If your parents have high blood pressure, it’s essential to check.

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GOT A PRESSING HEALTH QUESTION? ASK DR ELLIE CANNON

About the morning after…

Q I’ve heard that women should ask for a coil rather than the morning-after pill as emergency contraception. Why? A Coils are a really popular method of contraception.

They are tiny devices that sit in the womb and prevent any fertilised egg bedding in and forming a pregnancy. When used as emergency contraception, they do exactly the same thing. If a coil is put in within five days of sex, it can prevent a pregnancy. In fact, it has a lower failure rate than the morning-after pill and, once it’s in, you can use it as your birth control method going forward.

DON’T FEAR THE SMEAR Cervical smears are so important, as they can pick up the early stages of cervical problems before cancer has even developed. You can arrange a smear test through your GP surgery, and you should be reminded with a letter every three years. After 50, that changes to a fiveyearly test, but it’s still vital. If you can’t recall when your last one was, ask at your GP surgery.

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Q My father has started to lose his memory. His GP said it could be dementia, but maybe not Alzheimer’s.

What’s the difference?

A Dementia means that someone has memory loss. Alzheimer’s is the commonest type, but 150,000 people in

the UK have vascular dementia, where the brain is damaged through poor blood supply. We’d suspect this in someone who’s had strokes, or when the dementia progresses in noticeable steps, rather than gradually. Start talking now with your family about your dad’s support and ongoing care.

Help! I’m a gambling addict Q I’m addicted to gambling machines, but no one knows. Can a GP help?

A Yes, a GP can help refer you to a local addiction service for therapy. This may be one-on-one or in a group, but be prepared for a waiting list. It’s also worth speaking to Gamblers Anonymous, where you can go straight away. This addiction affects 0.1 per cent of the UK population, but facing it is the start of recovery.

Bowel-cancer screening with a home-testing GET THE JAB Best’s GP Ellie Cannon works in a kit is offered when you reach 60, then it If your child is starting busy inner-city practice. The mumshould be done every two years. However, college or university, they of-two specialises in family health, people aged 55 are now being called for a need their meningitis W and appears on Sky TV. new one-off test – bowel scope screening. vaccination asap. The NHS The lower part of your bowel is examined has launched a nationwide to look for pre-cancerous conditions, or Want Dr Ellie to solve your problem? vaccination programme signs of early onset. When bowel cancer is Email danielle.southwood@hearst.co.uk for all young people picked up early, it’s easy to treat and cure. with ‘Dr Ellie’ in the subject line. starting further education.

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Changeable weather calls for stylish cover-ups that will help you breeze through autumn in style.

O For a look that will never date, you can’t go wrong with a trench mac. Try a suede (or faux suede) style over a floral dress, or smarten it up with heels and trousers.

O Splash out on a faux-fur gilet now and you’ll wear it all winter.

O A bold-print bomber teams equally well with jeans or over your favourite LBD this party season.

O The classic biker is still hot.

Update with a change of colour, such as khaki or nude.

O A cape is super-cosy, and adds instant glamour. Layer over a shirt and jeans, or use it to transform a simple shift dress for a night out.

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It’s tempting to stick to black when shopping for a new coat or jacket. But neutral shades are more versatile – and not as dull!

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The hottest colour of 2017 Thought denim was just for jeans? Think again With paint brand Dulux announcing 2017 as the year of ‘Denim Drift’, blue hues are set to be hot for your home – and Pinterest is already on the case with all the interior inspiration you need.

A hybrid of pastel, grey and denim blue, the colour can work in virtually every room. And, evoking thoughts of the sky and ocean, Dulux claims the shade even calms you down.

Now the only thing to decide is: which room do we start in?

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Ashley Graham definitely wasn’t asking if her bum looked big in this as she showed that thighs really do matter on the catwalk earlier this month.

The 27-year-old plussize model has never let her curves hold her back in her career, and has appeared in magazines like Cosmo and Elle.

And, as she showcased her own range of lingerie at New York Fashion Week, we couldn’t help but notice that the stunning American had never looked better.

After the show, she tweeted, ‘For any girl or

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He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother There was no sibling rivalry in the Triathlon World Series in Mexico, as Alistair Brownlee helped his younger brother, Jonny, finish the race.

Jonny, 26, was in first place but, with just 700 metres to go, he started to falter in the heat.

Thankfully, Alistair, 28 – who was in third place – caught Jonny before he fell and helped him to the finish line, before pushing him over it first, earning him second place. The pair had been overtaken by South African Henri Schoeman.

Jonny was taken to hospital and put on a drip.

Selfless Alistair claimed he would have done the same for anyone, not just his brother. We bet their mum couldn’t be more proud!

Find it by: searching ‘Jonny Brownlee helped over finish line’ on youtube.com

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The healthy-eating brigade dominate social media with their pictures of juices, avocados, and, er, quinoa porridge (no, us neither), and now one woman is taking a stand against the trend.

Comedian Bella Younger posts Instagram snaps @Deliciously Stella with ‘superfood salads’ made with Super Noodles (left), or ‘coconut water’ which is actually Malibu. Tasty!

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Trending on Twitter #dermotspackage X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary likes his hair short, and his trousers… tight.

This picture of him only serves to highlight his biggest asset and, while we’re not complaining, perhaps some baggy cords would be an idea?

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The Girl On The Train The novel by British author Paula Hawkins came out last year and shot straight to the top of the bestseller lists, being compared to smash hit Gone Girl.

It tells the unsettling but gripping story of Rachel, an alcoholic who can’t get over her break-up. When she spots something unusual one morning on her daily London commute, she becomes involved in the case of a missing woman – which turns into a murder investigation…

In the film version, the action has moved to New York, and Emily Blunt is seriously impressive as Rachel. Don’t miss it.

Find it at: cinemas across the UK from 7 October

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Turns out we’re making a right dog’s dinner of our pets’ diets.

Insurer animalfriends.co.uk says claims for animal arthritis have trebled since last year – and the reason is obesity.

So, if you want to stay out of the doghouse with your vet, stop the snacks and lengthen the walkies.

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Two decades after the mysterious killing of the sixyear-old beauty queen, a new documentary claims to have solved the case…

Was JonBenét killed by her brother? he lived for just six short years, yet her face is famous around the world. Nearly two decades ago, child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family home in Boulder, Colorado. The pictures of her, heavily made-up and in provocative outfits, now appear sinister, with the knowledge that the little girl was doomed never to reach adulthood.

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immediately hired lawyers and wouldn’t allow investigators to speak to Burke.

To complicate the mystery further, the Ramseys insisted that JonBenét had been put to bed at 10pm, but the autopsy found undigested pineapple in her system, meaning she must have eaten later than that. A bowl of the fruit, with both Burke and Patsy’s fingerprints on it, was found in the kitchen, but they denied any knowledge of it.

However, the investigation had been so bungled, the crime scene was left totally contaminated, leaving it near to impossible to prove the Ramseys’ innocence or guilt.

As suspicion mounted, a grand jury in 1998 returned an indictment against her parents on charges of child abuse resulting in JonBenét’s death. But, this was quashed by the district attorney, who felt a conviction was unlikely.

In time, more suspects were considered. Gary Oliva,

a convicted sex offender who had a shrine to JonBenét, was arrested with a stun gun and poem to her in his rucksack.

Junkyard owner Michael Helgoth – who was found dead in 1997 – was also put forward by an investigator hired by the Ramseys.

However, in a new US documentary, The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, former FBI agent Jim Clemente and a team of experts came up with a different theory, one, he says, that ‘explains everything’.

They believe Burke was eating pineapple, when JonBenét got out of bed and, hungry, went down to the kitchen and nabbed some of his midnight snack. They claim he lashed out with a torch, killing her accidentally.

Her parents then came up with the note to cover for him.

The team put forward some compelling evidence. Burke had a vicious temper, and had hit his younger sister with a golf club a year before.

Her parents acted oddly following the discovery of her body

Burke’s the new prime suspect

Did mum Patsy cover up for her nine-yearold son?

The mystery surrounding her death led to many theories

‘I know people think I did it, that my parents did it.

We were suspects’ They have also found an extra six seconds of audio recording from the 911 call, where Patsy, believing she’d hung up, said, ‘What did you do? Help me, Jesus.’ And despite his parents claiming Burke was asleep, he can be heard saying, ‘What did you find?’ The operator, Kim Archuletta, said she felt the emergency call was rehearsed.

Although the trace evidence of male DNA that was found in JonBenét’s underwear seemed to indicate a stranger had been involved, experts claimed it could have dated back to the manufacturing process. She may not have been sexually assaulted at all.

And finally, analysis of the handwriting in the ransom note found similarities to Patsy’s. Not enough to convict her, but they were there.

While John still maintains his daughter was killed by an intruder, and Patsy died of ovarian cancer in 2006. Burke was recently interviewed by American presenter, Dr Phil, where he admitted, ‘I know people think I did it, that my parents did it. I know that we were suspects.’

Viewers noted that Burke smiled through the interview and appeared awkward.

Put together, it’s a convincing argument. Could the mystery of JonBenét’s death have been solved?

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spawned hundreds of theories and accusations.

So it’s not surprising that in the run-up to the 20th anniversary, there have been no less than four TV shows made – and one has controversially named Burke, JonBenét’s brother, who was nine at the time, as the killer.

It was 5.52am on 26 December 1996, when JonBenét’s mother, Patsy Ramsey, called 911. ‘We have a kidnapping,’ she screamed at the operator.

Patsy said she’d woken at 5.30am and gone down the stairs of their sprawling mansion to find a ransom note left there. JonBenét was nowhere to be seen.

Police searched the house, while the Ramseys waited for a call from the kidnappers that never came. It wasn’t until that afternoon that JonBenét’s father, John, went down to the basement and discovered her body.

She’d been gagged with duct tape, bludgeoned, sexually assaulted and strangled with a garotte fashioned from one of Patsy’s paint brushes.

She was wearing a white nightie, knickers and tights.

They were soaked in her own urine, and her pink nightgown was lying next to her.

John picked her up and ran upstairs, placing her body at the foot of the Christmas tree, as Patsy threw herself upon her dead daughter, screaming.

But despite their apparent devastation, suspicion fell upon the family. There was no sign of forced entry, and the ransom note – a bizarre, rambling three-page affair, claiming to be from a ‘foreign faction’ – was written on the Ramseys’ own stationery, and demanded an oddly specific sum of $118,000 – almost the exact amount of John’s Christmas bonus.

Police found the Ramseys’ behaviour odd. They refused to be interviewed separately,

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PASTA DIET Hooray! Pasta lovers are often thinner than those who worry it’s fattening and steer clear. Here’s how to indulge and lose up to 14lb in four weeks

HOW IT WORKS The key point is portion size.

In a recent trial of slimmers, people were eating just 50-60g of (cooked) pasta at a time – that’s just a handful or two of cooked pasta (around 20g dry weight).

Start each meal with a salad.

Not only will this fill you up, but it also lowers how much sugar you produce after eating pasta, which helps fight weight gain.

Cook pasta al dente – just a little firm when you bite it. Al dente pasta converts more slowly to sugar in your system.

Even better, cook it and cool it. This creates high quantities of resistant starch in the pasta, which fills us up but can’t be absorbed by our body. This reduces the number of calories.

You can warm it again by plunging it into boiling water, then draining.

Experts found people who eat a high-carb evening meal will be less hungry in the morning due to appetite hormone levels.

Some sauces are better with long pasta like spaghetti when serving sizes are small, but this might not look filling. Snap strands into small pieces or, try small pasta shapes.

If hungry between meals, choose from the snack bar (page 36). Stick to low-cal drinks.

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2 boiled or poached eggs with 1 piece of toast cut into soldiers.

60g spaghetti with a bolognese sauce made from 75g lean mince, 200g tinned tomatoes, unlimited mushrooms and herbs.

Lunch 60-100g fresh ravioli served with green beans or green salad. Add 25g feta or halloumi cheese.

Salad Rocket, red onion and beetroot.

TUESDAY Breakfast

Dinner

Fruit salad of 3 pieces of fruit.

Add 1 tablespoon low-fat yoghurt.

60g any shape pasta tossed with spinach, mushrooms and a cheese sauce from half a sachet of cheese sauce mix and skimmed milk.

Lunch 60-100g ready made low-fat pasta salad served with 150g tuna and chopped black olives.

Salad Lettuce, cucumber and tomato.

WEDNESDAY Breakfast

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1 piece of toast topped with 60-100g tinned spaghetti or 100g baked beans.

60g cooked pasta with salsa. Add 25g grated cheese, Âź of an avocado, 100g cooked chicken and some chopped onion. Mix and grill.

Lunch Any vegetablebased soup with 60g cooked pasta shapes of your choice.

Salad Rocket, cucumber and red onion.

THURSDAY Breakfast

Dinner

125g pot of lowfat yoghurt, 25g almonds, 1 banana, chopped.

2 grilled Quorn or low-fat sausages served with 60-100g tinned spaghetti and 100g new potatoes.

Lunch 60-100g any readymade low-fat pasta salad with 3-4 slices of ham and some red pepper slices.

Salad Grated carrot, spinach or lettuce, some beetroot and diced red onion.

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3 Ryvita crackers topped with half an avocado, smashed.

60g pasta, any shape, with 1 tablespoon basil pesto. 150g white fish like cod or sole, grilled or pan-fried.

Lunch 60g spaghetti tossed (warm) with 1-2 teaspoons of Marmite. Add 25g grated cheese and plenty of lettuce.

Salad Spinach, red pepper and cucumber. Add 3-4 olives.

SATURDAY Breakfast

Dinner

Half a bagel topped with half a banana, mashed.

100g chicken and half a red and green pepper. Slice and toss with 60g pasta bows. Add a little low-fat yoghurt and/ or hot sauce.

Lunch 150g fresh prawns mixed with a ¼ of an avocado, chopped. Served with 60g pasta shapes.

Salad Lettuce, carrot and mushrooms.

SUNDAY Breakfast

Dinner

Smoothie of 150ml skimmed milk, 1 banana, chopped, and 4 handfuls of berries.

60g pasta shapes tossed with sliced cherry tomatoes, 25g pan fried chorizo and 100g prawns.

Lunch 60g spaghetti topped with 150g sardines in a tomato sauce.

Salad Rocket, spinach and cucumber. Add a few cubes of avocado.

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N E E U Q K C A B H S A C THE SARAH WILLING£H’SA! M SAVES YOU ££ GOING SHOPPING? Heading to a different aisle can make all the difference to your bill For bargain beauty products, try the baby aisle. Instead of posh adult moisturiser, try Waitrose Bottom Butter at £2.31 per 100ml. Baby wipes cost 1p each, and baby oil is 45p per 100ml. Cotton buds and cottonwool balls? Same product at a lower price!

To save on clothes, bear in mind that, in most high street shops, the only differences between the adult and teen ranges are the way they’re marketed.

Kids’ clothes are not liable

For more bargain hunting, go to the men’s department.

It’s sad but true that products marketed specifically at women routinely cost more than similar or identical products for men.

For example, a pack of twin-bladed razors for men costs £1, while the same pack (in pink) costs £2. Wardrobe basics like vest tops, T-shirts for VAT, so they’re at least and sweatshirts are usually 20 per cent cheaper. always cheaper You don’t have to in the men’s be tiny, either – department.

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sitting on them. If you no longer need yours, you can get a refund of both the deposit and any remaining pay-as-you-go credit either online, over the phone or at a station.

products cost on average 37 per cent more for women.

The trend starts early.

Halfords has been known to sell a pink balance bike for £10 more than the blue version, and a Playmobil Pirate Ship aimed at boys costs £10 less than the toy company’s Fairy Queen’s Ship for girls.

Deal of the Week Until 28 Dec, Health & Beautycard customers can get 20% off nail bar treatments at Superdrug.

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Price of being a girl

Gillian Jenkins, 56, thought it was too late for her to lose weight – until she started to wiggle her hips…

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How I danced away 14st The mum-of-two hid her figure in baggy clothing

ifty, fat and frumpy – that’s what I was. There was no getting away from it. I hated my 23st 10lb, size 30, blobby body, and covered it up with baggy tops and stretchy trousers.

If I could avoid having my photo taken, I would, and I never, ever dared to look at myself in mirrors.

My husband of 32 years, Nick, 54, loved me whatever weight I was. As did my kids, Matthew, 28, and Helen, 24.

But I was deeply unhappy with my size.

The problem was, I’d been big for so long, I really didn’t know where to begin to change things.

I’d always eaten the same foods. And, growing up having stodgy, home-cooked meals, like shepherd’s pie, for dinner, I’d

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always been a bit on the chunky side.

Then, when I had my own family, I carried on making the same sort of carb-heavy meals and, over the years, my weight had just crept up and up.

Working long hours as a chef in a hospice kitchen didn’t help – it meant I was constantly surrounded by food.

Every so often, I’d try to diet. I’d lose a bit, then give up and pile it all back on – plus a bit more.

My unhappiness about my weight deepened when Helen and her partner, Stuart, had my first grandchild, Lily, a few months before my 50th birthday in January 2009.

Lily was the light of my life and I loved spending time with her. But I couldn’t get down on the floor to play with her, because otherwise I’d never get up again!

And once she was up and toddling, I was really going to struggle to keep up with her. Yet I felt like it was too late for me to change anything.

Then, in February 2010, when Lily was one, Helen and Stuart came over to our house in Penarth, South Glamorgan, to tell Nick and me the happy news that they were engaged. They’d set the date for two years’ time, in May 2012.

‘If there’s one thing I’ve learnt’

But, ing Exercise is never go rk wo while I was rd ha it’s to be easy – on ati dic de me absolutely so es tak and ng thi me so – but find thrilled for you love doing and them, beneath go for it! my happiness, dread set in.

I was going to be the mother-of-the-bride, and that meant finding an outfit I didn’t feel completely hideous in, while spending all day in front of a camera.

Helen must’ve sensed my concern as, a few days later, she suggested we get fit together by joining a local Zumba class.

I’d never heard of it before, but anything was worth a try.

So the next week I pulled on a huge, baggy T-shirt, black leggings and trainers and went to my first class.

I tried to hide at the back, but when you’re the biggest person in the room, hiding yourself isn’t easy.

When the music started, I did my best to follow the instructor’s moves, but I felt really clumsy and uncoordinated.

I’d always loved Strictly Come Dancing but, as I puffed my way through the routine, I couldn’t have felt further from the glamorous dancers on the television…

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‘I hardly recognise the fat, unhappy, hopeless woman I was five years ago’ Within minutes, I was sweating profusely and felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest.

But, despite that, I absolutely loved it and went back again the next week.

A fortnight on, I weighed myself and found I’d lost 7lb, which motivated me to keep going, even when Helen stopped coming with me.

‘I don’t want to be a short, fat old lady,’ I told myself.

At 5ft nothing, there wasn’t much I could do about my height, and I definitely wasn’t going to get any younger! But, for the first time in years, I really felt as though I could do something about my ever increasing size.

So, as well as upping my Zumba classes to five times a week, I made a conscious effort to overhaul my diet, too. I ditched

my heavy dinners and calorific snacks and started eating more fruit, vegetables and lean meat.

It was slow and steady but, by the time I went shopping for my wedding outfit with Helen, two years on, I’d lost nearly 8st and dropped six dress sizes.

Trying on a beautiful size 18, red satin dress with matching bolero jacket, I burst into tears.

‘You look amazing, Mum,’ Helen said, crying too.

The wedding was absolutely beautiful and I felt so good and confident in my outfit. But, while I was happy to have got down to a size 18, I still wanted to lose more weight.

It was easy to keep up the Zumba classes, because I loved them so much.

I’d lose myself in the Latin music and dance moves.

Then, when my weight loss started to plateau, I joined a gym and got a personal trainer.

It’s been hard work, but I’m now down to 9st 12lb, a dress size 8.

I’ve got so much energy now, I don’t have any problems keeping up with Lily, now seven, or her baby sister, Isla, seven months.

And, looking back, I hardly recognise the fat, unhappy, hopeless woman I was five years ago.

Discovering Zumba changed absolutely everything for me. It helped me to shake and shimmy my way to a healthier and happier life – for good.

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The big day: (L-R) Nick, Helen, Stuart and Gillian

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Candid shots don’t worry the feisty blonde

pregnancy pressure fter struggling with her weight for years, TOWIE’s Gemma Collins is proud to be leading the charge for curvier women.

Having fluctuated between a size 10-18 after a string of relationship break-ups, a devastating miscarriage and a secret abortion, the Essex star, 35, has learned to love her body. She now has her own successful clothing range, the Gemma Collins Collection, and launched her new autumn/winter line at the recent star-studded Curve fashion festival in Liverpool. best catches up with Gemma to talk love, life and dieting – and find out why the pressure is on for her to have a baby.

You recently posted an Instagram photo showing

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‘I’m 35 now. Everyone wants me to settle down, and I’d really love kids. But I’m taking it slow’ a new mystery man in your life. Who is he?

No one knows him. Let’s just say he’s had his eye on me for a while.

Is it your TOWIE co-star, Jon Clark, or barman JJ Goodman [who Gemma was previously linked to]?

It’s neither of them. And it’s not Rami [Hawash, Gemma’s ex-fiancé] or Arg [TOWIE’s James Argent]. He’s totally

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normal. He’s not in showbiz.

It’s early days, though, so I don’t want to jinx it.

Could he be ‘The One’?

You never know! But I’m in the best place I’ve been in.

I’m 35 now – everyone wants me to settle down, and I’d really love kids, so there’s huge pressure on me. But I’m taking it slow. It’s just so nice to roll around belly-laughing and enjoy someone’s company.

How do you feel about your body these days?

I’m a plus-size girl. If people aren’t used to it by now, they never will be.

You’ve tried every diet going, haven’t you?

Yeah. When I was first on TOWIE, I was only a 14-16 – watching it now, I’m like, ‘Jesus!’ Everyone ripped into me, so I did all the boot camps and dieting. It was just a sick circle – I got bigger and bigger. But I haven’t got high blood pressure or diabetes, so I’m happy as long as my health is good.

In 2011, Gem did boot camp to get into shape

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Larging it in style at the Curve Festival

Beauty, brains and a ‘designer vagina’ Despite having had two procedures – no nsurgical 3D lipos uction and a £2,000 ‘d esigner vagina’ op – the TOWIE star insists she wo going back unde n’t be r th knife any time so e on.

‘With surgery, th thing I always sa e one y is that you’ve got to ke ep it real,’ she explains. ‘If yo coming away fro u start m who you are, forget it – I think I’d be too scared . I’ve never had Boto x.’

Gemma also be lie it’s too easy thes ves e days for celebrities to have plastic surgery, and that the decision to do so is not always take n for the

right reasons. ‘I see so many celebs ch ange who they are, just to fit a trend,’ she says in on . ‘It seems as though having surgery is like go in the McDonald’s g to drivethrough now.’

Do you watch your diet?

I do. I cut out the sugar, but life gets in the way sometimes.

You have parties, holidays, you go out for a curry. I don’t want to be constantly worrying about what I’m putting in my mouth. If I go to a party, I’ll have a few drinks and a fry-up the next morning. It’s about being mindful and sometimes taking the healthy option.

You recently posted about doing a juice cleanse…

When things are very hectic, my throat comes up and I feel really sluggish. When that happens, you do a day’s juicing and you feel amazing.

So you’re not on a new diet?

Nah. I did day one and then had pizza on a photo shoot!

I’m off to film TOWIE in Marbella and want to feel lighter on camera, so I’ll juice for 10 days before then. It’s not just about losing weight – your eyes are brighter, and you’ve got more energy. If you eat too much sugar, neck Red Bulls and drink coffee 24/7, you feel like a slug. Juicing picks me up.

You often get papped without make-up…

Oh, yeah – I always look a right mess. But what do people expect? I’m not a model and I’m far from perfect, I’m just a normal girl who’s been given a great opportunity. Do you see what I’m saying? I’m past caring. We have so much fakeness with collagen and fillers – it’s good to be natural.

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Caffeine fix Coffee is the new way to wake up your beauty regime… hether you’re an at-home kettle kinda gal or love a barista-made brew, coffee warms us up and gives us the kick-start we need to face our hectic routines. But did you know it also has the ability to boost your beauty? Well, trust us, it can – whether you buy it, or try a DIY treatment. So, if dull skin, dry hair or £6.75 cellulite are your beauty bother, a caffeine concoction could be just the pick-me-up you need…

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DIY Brew: Mix together a teaspoon each of coffee granules, brown sugar and olive oil. Smooth the mixture all over the face.

Massage in circular motions for a minute or so, then rinse with warm water, before gently patting dry.

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Headlam Hall, Darlington (headlamhall. co.uk), has the Enrich Body Scrub, £32 for 25 minutes. This leaves skin more sheeny than it’s ever been. It’s not 100 per cent comfy – but then this kind of treatment never will be!

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Adding coffee to your face mask will re-awaken skin, especially after a long week or night out. It revives, ten-fold.

DIY Brew: Blend coconut oil with diluted coffee granules to form a creamy paste before smoothing all over the face. Avoid the nostrils, mouth and eyes, then wash off after 20 minutes.

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Regular coffee treatments on hair have been found to stimulate growth and make tresses super-silky.

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DIY Brew: Work ground coffee, sea salt and shower gel over the problem areas in firm, circular motions to help banish toxins, which cause bumps.

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If you suffer with flaky bits, coffee can take care of them in one quick, pre-shower move – it really is the ultimate head-totoe exfoliator!

DIY Brew: Fill an exfoliating glove with coffee grains, then dry buff it all over the body. It’ll make the skin red temporarily, but the silky smooth effect is worth it.

Roasted fruit salad Intensely flavoured and– colourful, this hot fruit medley makes a lovely autumn pudding.

SERVES 4 PREP 10 mins COOK 20 mins Per serving

Cals 100, fat 0g, sat fat 0g, carbs 22g 4 plums, halved 2 pears, halved 3 sticks of rhubarb, sliced diagonally 3 figs, halved 2 oranges, quartered Handful of fresh cranberries (optional) Pinch of sugar (optional) Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg Handful of pomegranate seeds (optional) YOU WILL NEED

A lightly greased roasting tin

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1 Preheat oven to 190ºC /170ºC fan/gas 5. Add plums, pears, rhubarb, figs and oranges to a roasting tin, spreading them out as much as you can. Scatter over cranberries, if using.

2 Add sugar, if using, and nutmeg. Shake the tin to coat, then put in the oven and cook for 15-20 mins or until fruit begins to soften and turns a pale golden colour.

3 Arrange fruit in serving bowls and scatter with a few pomegranate seeds, if using. Serve alone or with a dollop of fat-free Greek yoghurt.

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Add lime and lemon halves to the mix and squeeze over fresh orange juice, or a drizzle of liqueur if you’re feeling naughty!

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RECIPES Blood orange sorbet with cinnamon biscuits Spiced biscuits and zesty orange ice – delicious!

SERVES 4 PREP 15 mins COOK 20 mins Per serving

Cals 157, fat 2g, sat fat 1g, carbs 32g FOR THE SORBET

300ml freshly squeezed orange juice 75g caster sugar FOR THE BISCUITS

(makes about 12) 100g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 1tsp baking powder 2tsp ground cinnamon 50g muscovado sugar 75g light butter 1tbsp skimmed milk Icing sugar, for dusting

longer grainy. Bring to the boil, then let it cool and pour into a freezer-proof container. Freeze, stir until smooth, then freeze until ready to serve.

2 For the biscuits, preheat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas 4. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar to a bowl. Rub in the butter, add the milk, form into dough. Chill in the fridge.

3 On a floured board, roll out the dough. Using the cutter, cut out 12 rounds.

Put on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 10-15 mins. Remove, cool on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar to serve.

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1 For the sorbet, add the orange juice and sugar to a pan. Heat gently and stir until the sugar has dissolved and it is no

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The biscuits in this recipe would also taste great served with low-calorie vanilla ice-cream.

Plum clafoutis A fruity French classic.

SERVES 4 PREP 10 mins COOK 30 mins

Cals 210, fat 7.5g, sat fat 1.5g, carbs 29g 250g plums, halved 25g light butter 250ml skimmed milk 1 star anise 2 eggs 50g caster sugar 50g plain flour Icing sugar, for dusting

2 In a pan, add butter, milk and star anise. Bring to a simmer and cook until the butter has melted. Put to one side.

3 Whisk eggs, sugar and flour together, then slowly pour in the warm milk mixture and stir using a fork (remove star anise). Pour over the plums and put in the oven for about 25-30 mins, until pale golden and beginning to set around edges (the middle should still wobble slightly). Remove from the oven and leave for 5 mins or so before serving.

Dust with icing sugar to serve.

YOU WILL NEED

A shallow openproof dish COOK’S TIP

1 Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas 4. Sit the plums in an ovenproof dish with the cut side down. Put to one side.

Leave the star anise in the mixture while it bakes for a stronger flavour, if liked.

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Jalapeño and lime salmon

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Made using the same recipe as the cookies found in M&S bakeries, each batch is frozen straight away to keep them fresh. Delicious!

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• Juice of 1-2 limes 5cm piece of fresh ginger, grated • Pinch of sugar (optional), or use 1tsp honey • About 3tbsp sesame oil • 1 jalapeño pepper or regular green chilli, sliced • Few coriander leaves, chopped • 4 salmon fillets, skinned and cut into chunky pieces • 200g pack of sugar snap peas • 3 spring onions, white only, roughly chopped • 300g pack rice noodles

1 Add lime juice, ginger, sugar if using, half the sesame oil, chilli and coriander to a bowl and season well. Add salmon and turn to coat.

2 Heat a work or frying pan, then add remaining oil. Scoop out salmon pieces and add to wok.

Cook for about 2-4 mins, turning, so each side is cooked. Remove and put aside.

3 Meanwhile, fry the spring onions and prepare the noodles.

4 Tip the marinade mix into the wok or frying pan.

Then throw in sugar snap peas and toss to coat well.

Divide between serving plates, and top each with salmon. Serve piping hot.

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COMFORT FOOD WITHOUT THE EXCESS CALORIES As autumn kicks in, keep a couple of Weight Watchers Lincolnshire Sausage and Root Vegetable Mash ready meals, £2.59, handy. At just 294kcal each, and counting as one of your five a day, they look set to be the ultimate guiltfree winter warmers. Perfect for cosy nights in.

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Try egg or soba noodles with this filling dish.

They’ll both taste delicious.

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PER SERVING CALS 564 FAT 17g PREP 10 mins COOK 15 mins SERVES 4

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The Fall NEW SERIES, THURSDAY, BBC2, 10PM

Eye candy Jamie Dornan returns in this dark thriller as serial killer Paul Spector, and detective Stella Gibson, played by Gillian Anderson, has finally arrested him. Unfortunately, though, it doesn’t go to plan – he’s been shot by jealous husband James Tyler, and the staff at Belfast General Hospital are battling to save his life...

There’s trouble ahead for Stella, too, as the shooting hits the headlines and powerful people question her handling of the case. Meanwhile, Paul’s young sidekick, Katie, plots to help him, and it’s seriously nail-biting stuff. Speaking about his character, dad-of-two Jamie said, ‘I’ve always wanted to avoid the “monstrous” tag in my portrayal of him. When Spector is with his children, I’ve always played those scenes as a father, with no undercurrent of menace – even though he’s a psychopath.’

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World Of Weird

After her departure from Loose Women, Vicky Pattison returns to join a team of hosts reporting on some of the weirdest people, situations and phenomena from across the globe. In the first episode, we meet Pricasso – the world’s only artist to paint with his, erm, penis.

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Sharon arranges a meeting at the school to discuss Dennis’ bullying, and Dot’s alarmed when she hears that she has to re-interview for her job at the laundrette.

Pam makes an attempt to see Paul’s killers...

EMMERDALE Paddy asks Rhona for

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a divorce, much to the surprise of Pierce. Cain and Charity get back together – and Adam lets the news slip to Moira. Kerry is devastated by a positive pregnancy test.

CORONATION STREET Maria and Kirk are distraught by the death of a close family member, while Cathy and Roy set a date for their wedding.

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Comic Jo Brand co-wrote and stars in this six-part comedy about two long-suffering social workers at fictional Elm Health Council. The series also stars Alan Davies. In the first episode, Nitin (played by comedian Romesh Ranganathan), an ex-copper-turned-social-worker, is tasked with spying on the rest of the team...

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Bridge Of Spies

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FROM FRIDAY, SKY CINEMA ON DEMAND AND SKY CINEMA PREMIERE

Steven Spielberg’s gripping Cold War spy thriller garnered British actor Mark Rylance a Best Actor Oscar last year.

But equally brilliant is Tom Hanks as James B Donovan, an insurance lawyer roped into defending Rylance’s suspected Russian spy, Rudolf Abel.

MEET THE PARENTS Holly Willoughby plays cupid on ITV’s newest reality TV dating show.

Singles are paired up with the help of their parents – and nothing is off limits!

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In the first show, hunky Justin Timberlake joins co-star Anna Kendrick to chat about their upcoming animated movie, Trolls. Daniel Radcliffe puts in an appearance, and Robbie Williams performs his single.

SEE HOW THEY GROW...

We had to do a double-take when we saw this picture of Tina O’ Brien’s daughter, Scarlett, on her dad Ryan Thomas’ Instagram page. We swear, it was as if Tina was staring right back at us through those big brown eyes!

Ryan obviously felt the same, writing, ‘No denying this one @tinaob83 sometimes I feel you’re looking straight at me! Not sure [if] that’s a good thing or a bad thing.’

Ozzy Osbourne and his son, Jack, travel across the globe to explore the history behind landmarks including Mount Rushmore. On history. com/shows now.

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...On her new series ‘People don’t tend to have the opportunity to have frank and honest conversations any more, so in this new reality TV show, people are invited to an English country tea room to get their secrets off their chest. It gives viewers an insight into other people’s lives – it’s going to make an emotional watch.’ …on not being able to keep secrets ‘Much to my poor husband’s dismay, I confess everything to some newspaper by accident, or on Twitter, because I’m chatty. I wear my heart on my sleeve, and most people know everything about me. Oh, God! I regret it all the time.

Every week, I sit on the naughty step because Chris puts me there.’ … on flirting ‘Flirting is genetic for me, and I think it can be the secret to looking good.

My grandmother flirts and is very tactile. My mother is, too, and definitely my sister Debbie. We can’t help it!’ ...on renewing her vows ‘We absolutely loved getting married, but we’re happy just to do it once.’

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The Level

. .. d e p ip r g e b o t y d a Get re s the nights draw in, there’s really nothing better than closing the curtains and turning to a good crime thriller – and here’s a series to keep you hooked. With a gritty Brighton setting, this tightly plotted six-part police drama has a great cast including Downton’s Rob James-Collier, Philip Glenister, EastEnders’ Lindsey Coulson, Amanda Burton and newcomer Karla Crome as heroine Nancy.

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Handsome Rob JamesCollier, 40, melted a million hearts as Liam Connor in Corrie, before playing troubled butler Thomas in Downton Abbey. Now Rob, who lives with his girlfriend, Lauren, and their five-yearold son, Milo, plays DS Kevin O’Dowd in The Level.

This is your first role since Downton Abbey – what attracted you to it?

I wanted my next role to be different. And this was

a modern cop show about homicide – something fresh, new, and worlds apart from Downton.

How did you get the part?

I auditioned, like everyone else! This is a tough game – better actors than me are out of work all the time.

I was at home for seven months after Downton, and I could have been waiting three years! But this came along and it was a nobrainer. I didn’t have to

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sleep with anyone to get it, either [laughs].

Any awkward moments during filming on set?

On the first day, we did a scene where O’Dowd and Nancy are trying to get into bed, but they’re struggling as he’s in a cast and on crutches. We were laughing our heads off so much anyway, because of how ridiculous it all was. It was a funny scene – passion interrupted by clumsiness.

...AND OUT ‘O’Dowd and Nancy are struggling to get into bed.

It was a funny scene – passion interrupted by clumsiness’

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MICHAEL BUBLÉ – TOUR STOP 148 This behind-the-scenes documentary, filmed during the charming Canadian crooner’s recent To Be Loved concert tour, includes unprecedented footage,

including live renditions of all Mr Bublé’s biggest hits, such as Home, Haven’t Met You Yet, Cry Me A River and Feelin’ Good. The Grammy Award-winning musician is irresistible to watch.

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Did you get a sense of how difficult being a police officer is?

It must be horrendous. It’s all very well saying you have a cut-off between work and home life, but no human can do that if they care. You have to take that emotional baggage home with you.

How many of the police chases did you do?

More than I wanted to. I’m a terrible driver. I shouldn’t be let loose on the roads.

I learned too late. It’s a miracle I’ve never crashed.

The Level begins on Friday, ITV, 9PM

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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Maxine Peake, from Dinnerladies, is getting rave reviews for her bittersweet turn as lonely, disintegrating Southern belle Blanche DuBois – her portrait of naked desperation is gripping.

In the past 15 years, some

truly heavyweight stars like Glenn Close, Rachel Weisz and Gillian Anderson have taken on Tennessee Williams’ tragic heroine.

Maxine may not be as big a name, but her performance is every bit as breathtaking.

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RONAN KEATING THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Entertaining retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Ruby and Ethan were made for each other – then they split. 10 years later, old feelings resurface at a family wedding. Out now (£7.99, Penguin).

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Catch Irish hunk Ronan Keating on his Time Of My Life tour. The ex-Boyzone singer will perform some of his greatest hits, including Life Is A Rollercoaster, at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on 27 September and London’s Eventim Apollo on 29 September. Visit ronankeating.com/shows

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Tony Cowell BEST’S CELEBRITY INSIDER TALKS TO MATT GOSS

You’re best known as part of 80s boyband Bros, but you’ve just finished a seven-year run headlining your own Las Vegas show.

How did that come about?

Just by luck! A producer at the Palms Casino in Vegas saw a video of me and asked to see me, and the next thing I know, I have my own show.

Nine months later, Caesars

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changed something inside me’ He’s sold over 16 million records in his long career but Matt Goss, 47, is no stranger to heartbreak…

Matt (left) and twin Luke were 80s sensations

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‘Losing Mum

Palace [another Las Vegas casino/hotel] said they wanted me. Seven years on, I’ve only just left!

Has your success in America surprised you?

Yes – I’ve been humbled by it.

To have an audience for my show every night for over seven years was incredible, considering how many big stars play that town. I’m still

Mum Carol is missed every day

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He’s a hit in Vegas

just a south London boy doing what I’ve always wanted to do.

It was my late mum who gave me the strength. She always pushed me on and gave me the confidence. She was my inspiration. Only the other week, I was asked to sing for the US Vice President, Joe Biden – so I feel very blessed.

Your mum, Carol, lost her battle with cancer in 2014.

How did it change your outlook on life?

When your mum dies, that daily phone call doesn’t happen any more. Your mum always has this way of making you feel everything will be fine,

and when she’s gone, you realise you’re on your own, and there’s this deafening silence.

All you want is for that phone to ring, but you know in your heart it won’t, ever again. You have to be a man about it, and something changes inside you.

When I’m in London now, the first place I go to is St James’s Park, to sit by the same tree where I used to sit with Mum when she was having her chemotherapy.

I just feed the birds and

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The style’s changed but Matt looks as good as ever

Performing with Nicole Scherzinger in 2013

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think about her.

Are you driven by success, or is your love of music your only motivation?

It’s always been about music.

I learnt so much playing Vegas, and to be able light up a room just by singing means so much to me. I enjoy the fame, and I am paid a lot of money, but that’s not what motivates me. I lost a lot of money, too, in the Bros days.

You still have a huge fan base in the UK – does that surprise you?

It certainly encourages me.

I love it when a black cabbie says, ‘All right, Matt – how’s your brother?’ I’ve been in the spotlight for over 30 years, but it’s still the most comforting thing when someone comes up to me and says they’re proud of what I’ve achieved.

I think the Brits respect someone who has been on a bit of a journey.

You’re back in London at Wembley next month.

Will this be a showcase for your new music?

No – it’ll be a bit of everything; a sort of celebration. I have a huge choir backing me, so it’s going to be fun. I’m lucky enough to have this special audience. The fans are more like old friends – they know each other and me, so it’ll be like a homecoming.

Your new single is about to come out, isn’t it?

Yes – it’s called Gone Too Long, and it’s quite a personal song, written when I was in a relationship and wasn’t happy.

But I’ve tried to make this track a little more youthful, more urban. I’ve been very inspired by people like Justin Timberlake – I’m a big fan.

There’s been talk about a Bros reunion. Is that still a possibility?

There are so many ideas and offers on the table at the moment, and while I’m in London, I’ll be working out the best plan… so you don’t want to rule anything out!

What do you make of music shows like The X Factor and The Voice?

I’d love to spend some time in Britain and be a judge on The Voice because, if anyone knows how to make a career out of singing, I do. And I wish the judges on these shows would tell the contestants that they must continue with their journey even though they’ve been rejected on the show – because they may go on to become living legends. No one could have told me or Luke that we wouldn’t have hit records with Bros, because we were so determined to succeed.

O Matt Goss plays Wembley Arena on 1 October (tickets from ticketmaster.co.uk).

His new single, Gone Too Long, is released on 2 October

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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck added glitz to the famous steps

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TRAVEL SNAPSHOT With over 2,000 years of history on offer, it’s not surprising that over seven million tourists flocked to Italy’s capital last year. Peak season for tourism is between June and August, but with temperatures reaching over 30°C then – and outdoor sightseeing the number-one appeal – it’s better to visit in spring or autumn, when it’s cooler for a stroll around the city. Getting around is easy enough and can be done by various means of transport, including by boat and even by Segway! You’ll need at least a few nights in the city to tick off the major must-do’s – Rome wasn’t built in a day, as the saying goes!

INSIDER’S GUIDE The secret keyhole of Rome

Historic landmark: The Colosseum

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Thanks to a generous €1.5 million donation from fashion house Bulgari, Rome’s Spanish Steps, made famous in the 1953 flick Roman Holiday, have been undergoing restoration.

Although originally due to finish in spring, they are now scheduled to open at the end of the month, so best check for updates if you want to channel your inner Audrey Hepburn. The rest of the best snapping spots are usually extremely busy, so if you want a ‘perfect picture’ of the Pantheon without someone else’s selfie stick in shot, get down there early. Head to the church of Santa Maria, in Cosmedin, to test the honesty of your travelling companions, too!

Legend believes the antique stone face in the portico of the church, the Bocca Della Veritá, bites the hand off those who lie…

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