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Our favourite celebrities will be going head to head on Saturday night at The British Soap Awards 2016, hosted by Phillip Schofield (left). All the best actors and storylines will be up for awards with Tina O’Brien (top left), who plays Corrie’s Sarah Platt, nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance. After her recent engagement to boyfriend of five years Adam Croft, there’s no doubt that winning would be the icing on the cake. Good luck to everyone taking part. It’s going to be a great night! The British Soap Awards, 29 May, ITV Join us online Head to our fabulous website, womansown. co.uk , to get all the latest celeb gossip, great competitions and deals, plus beauty, fashion, easy recipes and health tips.…

She’s slimmed down and never looked better, and now it’s been revealed just how former Emmerdale star Lisa Riley lost the weight – and it wasn’t a gastric band. The actress shocked the nation when she stepped out earlier this month 8st lighter, leading many to question if she had undergone weight loss surgery. But Lisa, 39, has remained adamant that it was all natural and now it’s emerged that the dramatic change was down to a gruelling fitness bootcamp owned by diet guru Galia Grainger. ‘It annoys me when people say she’s cheated,’ said Galia. ‘I watched her transform before my eyes and I can tell you she did it through sheer determination and hard work. ‘It’s not easy at the retreat and detoxing can…

‘She’s seriously got other things happening. You’ve got to be fit’ If there’s anyone who can understand the difficulties Sheridan Smith is currently going through, it’s her good friend Martine McCutcheon. The former EastEnders actress has spoken up for Sheridan after she was criticised for having to cancel performances of her hit London show – something Martine, 40, has been through herself. ‘I see a lot of myself in Sheridan,’ she said. ‘I think she’s going through a hard time. Her dad’s unwell. We’ve spoken a few times and she’s like, ‘The show must go on!’ ‘But she’s seriously got other things happening. It’s a three and a half hour show. You’ve got to be as fit as a fiddle.’ Taking time out Earlier this month it was announced that…

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1 Grieve in any way you choose. The break-up of a relationship is like any ending and, in order to move forwards, you have to feel sad, cry, get angry and mourn what you have lost in your own time. 2 Focus on the here and now. Don’t imagine an empty future without them or relive the past. Instead, focus on the present, and work on getting through the hour, the day and the night, step by step. 3 Turn to friends and family but don’t let them tell you how to feel or what to do. Tell them what you need – someone to stay over, make meals or even someone to help clear out your ex’s stuff. 4 Get rid of things that remind you of your ex,…

Chicken tikka masala SERVES 4 PREP TIME 10 MINS COOKING TIME 30 MINS YOU WILL NEED 4 skinless chicken breast fillets, cubed 3tbsp tikka masala curry paste 2tbsp vegetable oil 2 onions, sliced 2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks 2 cloves garlic, crushed 400g can chopped tomatoes 2tbsp tomato purée 4tbsp single cream Fresh coriander, to garnish HOW TO DO IT 1 Place the chicken in a bowl, add the tikka masala curry paste and mix to coat. Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and red pepper and cook for 5 mins to soften. 2 Add the chicken and garlic and cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the tomatoes and tomato purée. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20…

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£40,000 That’show much a mum with two kids inchildcare wouldneed toearneach year to not be outofpocket, according to a study byKillik. Thousands of people are embracing new advances in technology, including cameras that can be used as evidence in the event of a crash and software that improves car safety. Here, we explain more: 1 DASH-CAM DISCOUNTS Footage from dashboard cameras – or dash cams – can be used as evidence if you’re in a car crash. They can also record the time, date and location of your car. The kit costs from £20 to £200. Some insurers, including Axa, SwiftCover and RAC, also give a discount of up to 12.5% if you have one. However, your insurer might require you to buy a specific model to be covered.…

‘Mydogs gotknitted jumpers!’ Tucking into a delicious steak with my new husband Steve in a fancy restaurant in Malta, we toasted my success. The special treats we were enjoying during our two-week honeymoon were all thanks to me winning an amazing £1,000 with Woman’s Own Bingo. I always buy Woman’s Own and love reading the stories about people who have won the bingo jackpots – so much so that I thought I’d join up myself in January. Ready to play The day after I signed up, on 15 January, I was off work, so I thought I would try out one of the games online. I played Sapphire bingo on my phone, which is really easy to do. The numbers are marked off automatically, so you don’t have to keep…

‘She’s now in the driving seat’ TV star Tess Daly hasn’t had the easiest year so far and now it looks set to get even tougher, as close pals reveal that she’s feeling added pressure after Vernon lost his latest job. The Strictly host has been caught up in a media storm since March after it emerged that her husband, Vernon Kay, had been back in touch with Page 3 girl Rhian Sugden, the same person he was said to have had a ‘sexting’ relationship with six years earlier. Following these revelations it was then announced last month that Vernon’s latest TV show Drive has been axed after it failed to bring in enough viewers. ‘With Vern’s career now in the balance it’s down to Tess to fight for her…

‘In our relationship I wear the trousers, but she picks which ones I’m going to wear!’ Loveable performer Peter Andre has some big secrets he’s been hiding from us. Not only is he a massive prankster, but the star has also admitted to being a bit of a party boy, as well as a fan of some cringey chat-up lines! And we love him all the more for it. Here the Aussie star, 43, who’s married to doctor Emily MacDonagh, 26, and dad to Junior, 10, Princess, eight, and Amelia, two, tells us some tantalising bits of gossip… 1 MOMENT FROM YOUR NINETIES HEYDAY The day that Flava went to No 1 in 1996, I’ll never forget that. It was my first ever No 1 in the world, and it…

I READ MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER’S DIARY My 14-year-old daughter won’t talk to me about anything, so I started reading her diary. I thought it was the only way I could work out what’s going on in her life but, rather than relieving my fears, reading it has made me worry even more. She’s been writing about being in love with an older boy at school and she’s been thinking a lot about sex. She even wrote about a friend who is talking about having sex. How I do I confront my daughter without getting mad, or making her angry with me? SL, 48, Swansea The problem with reading someone’s diary is that you have no way of knowing what’s real and what’s fantasy. Diaries are rarely a real representation of…

1 DO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF Anywhere you sweat, your sunscreen slips off. No sunscreens are totally waterproof, though ‘water-resistant’ types offer more staying power. The backs of the knees are especially perspiration-prone. ‘The legs are the most common site on the body for melanoma in females,’ says Dr Anjali Mahto, consultant dermatologist and spokesperson for the British Skin Foundation (britishskin foundation.org.uk). 2 PROTECT EARS Hair in a ponytail to keep cool? ‘The ears are a high-risk area, particularly for non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma,’ says Dr Mahto. Smear sunscreen all over them, not forgetting the rims, lobes, and even inside the ear. 3 WATCH YOUR LOWER LIP Most of us forget our lips when it comes to sunscreen. In one study of…

‘I wish I’d huggedher tighter’ My daughter, Addie, was always so full of energy. From the moment she was born, in September 2006, she’d never lie still, wriggling around in her cot. And by the time she could walk, aged one, she’d toddle after her big brother, Alec, then six. The older she got, the more she’d tear around the house – and no cough or cold would ever stop her. She’d battle through anything if it meant she could play in the garden a little longer. But then, one afternoon in August 2011, she started being sick. At first my husband, Darrell, and I put it down to a tummy bug, but the next day, Addie, then four, complained of dizziness and a headache, too. So worried We took…

‘To be honest, I felt used’ ‘I DREADED TELLING HIM I WAS PREGNANT’ Tricia Morgan, 33, conceived a baby on a one-night stand. The couple have since fallen in love and had another son together. ‘When I met Neil online, we got chatting and when I discovered that he lived around the corner, I invited him round one night for something to eat and a few drinks,’ says Tricia. ‘One thing led to another and we had unprotected sex.’ Because she’d had two long-term relationships that had not led to pregnancy, Tricia secretly suspected she might be infertile. Still, when she woke the next morning feeling a little worse for wear, Tricia, from Cardiff, instantly regretted her tipsy night. They parted company, happy never to see the other again. But…

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Trolley rage My real bugbear is seeing children sitting in the bit of the shopping trolley where you put your food. I know little ones can get tired walking round, but sit them in the proper trolley seats! The trolleys are meant for food, not dirty shoes and wellington boots. Sheila, via email They’re both so talented Sheridan Smith and Suranne Jones are amazingly gifted and by far two of the most talented actresses we have. But I do wish we could just celebrate how fantastic they both are instead of trying to point out why we personally believe one is better than the other [Suranne pipped Sheridan to the Leading Actress TV BAFTA recently]. Us women should be standing together and toasting all the fabulous things we do, not…

Spellbound The gymnastics troupe won in 2010 and have performed at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, charity events and TV shows. Collabro The boys sang their operatic songs on BGT in 2014, winning hands down. Their first album Stars flew to number one in the UK charts and their second, Act Two , wasn’t far behind. The five-piece boyband show no signs of slowing down! Jai McDowall The Scottish crooner sang his way to victory in 2011. He released an album with Syco, but was later dropped by the label. Jai still performs around the UK. Attraction Hungarian shadow theatre group Attraction won the show in 2013. Since then they’ve been performing all over the world, with rumours…

TOM’S 007 TALKS With rumours that Daniel Craig (inset) could be hanging up his little blue shorts, the name on everyone’s lips for the next James Bond is Tom Hiddleston. And it looks like he’s one step closer to the part after he was spotted at London’s Soho House meeting with director Sam Mendes and producer Barbara Broccoli just a few weeks ago. After playing spy Jonathan Pine in hit BBC drama The Night Manager, it’s not hard to see why they think he’d be perfect! But when asked, sadly Tom, 35, denied the rumours. ‘The position isn’t vacant as far as I am aware,’ he said. Hmm, watch this space. My secret anger She might come across as cool, calm and collected on screen, but Andrea McLean, 46, has…

2001 The couple met when both their careers were starting to take off, with Vernon describing the moment as love at first sight. ‘The spark between us was instant,’ he has said. SEPT 2003 After he popped the question on Christmas Day in 2002, Vernon and Tess got hitched in Horwich, with the bride in a stunning strapless dress. OCT 2004 Not long after they wed, Tess gave birth to their first daughter, Amber Isabella Kay MAY 2009 They welcomed their second child, daughter Phoebe Elizabeth Kay, a few years later. FEB 2010 Vernon admitted to sending sexts to model Rhian Sugden. He also confessed to contacting four other women and felt ‘embarrassed’. MAR 2016 News broke that Vernon had reportedly been back in contact with Rhian, supposedly asking her…

‘I’d strip off under the covers’ Some people plan for a night of romance by lighting candles, pouring wine and wearing their sexiest lingerie. My routine was always a little different. It was lights off and a leap beneath the covers before my husband Scott could see my wobbly body. I’ve always been big and I’ve always hated the way I looked. In fact, one of my earliest memories is being called lardy by the other kids in school – another is squeezing into a size 16 uniform when I was just 15 years old. I never weighed myself, I never had the nerve, but by the time I was 18, eating second helpings at every meal and snacking on crisps meant I was wearing a size 18. At just…

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KELLY BROOK admitted to punching her ex-boyfriend Jason Statham. According to Kelly, she attacked the actor after he embarrassed her at the December 2000 wedding of Madonna and Guy Ritchie. ‘In my defence, I don’t think he felt it,’ says Kelly. ‘He’s a martial arts expert.’ That’s not really the point though, is it? CHERYL (formerly Fernandez-Versini, Cole, and Tweedy) was convicted of assault after punching a female toilet attendant in a Surrey nightclub. The then 20-year-old singer was ordered to serve 120 hours of community service and pay her victim £500 compensation. MELANIE SYKES was arrested and cautioned by police over an assault on her then husband, Jack Cockings, in 2013. The TV presenter was led from her London home in handcuffs and spent the night in police custody.…

I’ve been with my partner for 18 months and for the most part I’m really happy, but I’m annoyed about his relationship with his ex-wife. They were married for 20 years and have been divorced for two, but he still sees her a couple of times a month and, when he has a problem, she’s the first person he turns to. She’s with someone else so I know there’s nothing going on but I hate how he relies on her. He recently had a family bereavement and spoke to her about it, rather than me. I know I shouldn’t be jealous, but I am. Steph, 49, London Habit makes us do many things and if there was no acrimonious reason for your partner’s break-up, it’s likely he turns to his…

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In the days that followed, surgeons drained the fluid that had built up on Addie’s brain. Our family took it in turns to look after Alec, so I didn’t have to leave Addie’s side, and Darrell would go home only to fetch us clean clothes. We’d tell Addie about the exciting things she had to look forward to – her fifth birthday, and starting big school. But as much as we tried to stay positive, Addie looked so tiny in that big bed, her pink blanket laid over her. And with each day that passed, I grew more desperate, more scared, wondering if I’d ever hear her voice again. Six days later, doctors checked Addie’s brain activity. I sat with her as wires were attached to her head – willing…

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ASK AN EXPERT Q Should I buy euros for my holiday before the EU referendum on 23 June, or after? DJ, via email TARA SAYS The possibility of the UK leaving the EU – known as Brexit – has already damaged the value of the pound, and it’s only going to get worse as we approach voting day. If it’s an ‘out’ vote, then the UK will begin negotiating individually with countries about the process and this could take at least two years. If we vote to stay in, it will probably strengthen the pound and you’ll get more euros for your cash. Nicholas Laser-Ebisch, an analyst at currency firm Caxton FX, says: ‘If you believe the UK will stay in the EU, then it would be best to wait…

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Here’s what you’ve been talking about on Facebook this week… Thelma & Louise is one of my all time favourite flicks! Ann Sharp How could I forget troll dolls? My nieces and I even had a wedding for ours – complete with all the trimmings! Cynthia Lovaas So McDonald’s are trialling garlic fries in the US. I would have to do a taste test before I could make my verdict. Nancy Smith Oh, I’ve loved Absolutely Fabulous for years and can’t wait for the movie, Darling. Mary Healy I read The Time Traveler’s Wife and hated getting to the end so much that I went straight back to the beginning and started again. Paula Beckett The picture that’s got you…

JACK’S SMOKIN’ There’s a new craze sweeping the Corrie cobbles – and it’s far more exotic than Betty’s hotpot! Actor Jack P Shepherd, who plays bad boy David Platt, has taken to smoking a shisha pipe between scenes! And he says several of his co-stars join in too. ‘It’s a bit of a chill-out thing I suppose,’ Jack told us. ‘If it’s a sunny day, you go outside, shades on. And people pop in and have a go. I have my own shisha, and I bring it in and keep it in the smoking shelter.’ Jack, 28, who is dad to Nyla, seven, and Reuben, two, adds, ‘I don’t have one at home because of the kids. I just keep it here, so after filming I’ll do it.’ ‘I’m excited…

PROJECT RUNWA Y LIFETIME, THURSDAYS Who will be the next biggest model? Sixteen hopefuls will compete for the crown in the new series of Project Runway , with judges Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen monitoring their every move. We can’t wait! New Girl E4, THURSDAYS Zooey Deschanel returns as Jess Day for this new series, kicking off with the wedding plans of Cece and Schmidt. Brilliantly funny, this is laugh-out-loud TV. Missed it? Catch up on All 4! Top Gear SUNDAYS, BBC2 The long-awaited return of Top Gear is finally here with Chris Evans taking the helm. With a team that includes Friends star Matt LeBlanc and German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, we can't wait to see…

We’ll miss Downton so much this year! I am so happy to be part of Downton and all of its success. Many people will know me from it or Lovejoy, which was also a great job. It is great to be associated with something you can be proud of but I want my next role to be a bit more glamorous than Mrs Hughes was. Do people recognise you as you look so different? I do get recognised sometimes, but it’s the voice that’s the giveaway. Everyone recognises me for that. I remember this lady who was such a big fan she had Mrs Hughes’ household keys tattooed on to her hip, and she showed it to me! Everyone loved Mrs Hughes and Mr Carson –…

After spending her childhood on a dairy farm in Cumbria, it was only natural that presenter Helen Skelton would end up working in wellies. Helen, 32, moved to London in 2006 and soon landed her two dream jobs – as a Blue Peter presenter, a show she hosted until 2013, and as Countryfile host. We caught up with Helen - mum to Ernie, 11 months, and married to rugby player Richie Myler, 26 - to find out some of her secrets. What makes you happy? My family. We just chill out when we’re together and we never talk or stress about work. We never really plan ahead, we just enjoy the moment. That sounds like a cliché, but my husband is very…