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Look who’s coming to the UK – none other than Queen B herself, Beyoncé! She’s performing six shows as part of her The Formation World Tour, kicking off in Sunderland on 28 June. And if the reaction from her US fans is anything to go by, it’s going to be big. While in New York, she even made headlines by sneezing on stage. The audience chorused back, ‘Bless you,’ and posted the moment on social media. ‘Didn’t even know Beyoncé could sneeze, yo!’ tweeted one fan. Who’d have thought it? Beyoncé is human after all! 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.…

Fern Britton has made a surprise confession about life at home with her husband, TV chef Phil Vickery, admitting that they can have ‘humdinger’ rows. The TV presenter was opening up about about their 16-year marriage when she said, ‘he is my life’s great love, a really amazing husband, partner, friend. Yes, we have humdingers, but we’re normal. ‘Anyway, that’s good for the children to see,’ she continued. ‘This is a real relationship. You hear people say, ‘Thirty years and not a cross word.’ Sorry, I simply don’t believe that. But, if it is true, how boring.’ Fern, 58, and Phil, 55, met through work a year after splitting from her first husband, TV executive Clive Jones, with whom she has twin boys Harry and Jack, 22, and daughter Grace,…

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Many of us are already thinking about Friday – and that glass of wine we’ll have at home before hitting the local pub. But did you know you could be risking your health by pre-loading before a night out? A study commissioned by Alcohol Research UK found that over-35s sink around 14 units of alcohol on an average night when pre-drinks and nightcaps are included. That adds up to 1½ bottles of wine and is the max advised alcohol intake for a week . It can have dangerous consequences. ‘Women absorb more alcohol than men and take longer to metabolise it,’ explains Dr Carol Cooper. ‘This makes them more prone to the effects, like liver damage, fragile bones and heart problems. ‘A binge can even trigger…

1 Don’t bicker all the time. Are you a couple who has forgotten how to talk to each other? Don’t snipe and bite back to everything – stop and think before you speak. 2 What causes most of your fights? Tiredness, resentment, or the kids’ behaviour? Work out and tackle the root of the problem and you’ll stop fighting all the time. 3 Figure out what all the fighting gets you. Does it make you feel connected or less stressed? If you can acknowledge why you’re doing it, it will make it easier to change. 4 Ask yourself if fighting is a habit. If so, be the one who tries a different tactic. Suggest a date night when you’ll both be on your best behaviour. 5 Take time out. If…

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‘I burst into tears as I realised’ ‘I thought it was a joke’ Ever since we had met through a dating website, in December 2012, Darren had always loved playing silly tricks on me. Whether it was hiding in wardrobes to make me jump or putting joke spiders all around the house, he was always full of surprises. But while he loved having a laugh, Darren had a soft side, too. A devoted dad to his own three children, after moving in with me in 2013, he’d become a loving father figure to my boys – Jacob, then aged seven, and Oliver, five. We worked as a team to look after our blended family and, with Darren away for days at a time with his truck driver job, he’d transfer…

IN THE NEWS Last month, a dad won a High Court case against Isle of Wight council after he refused to pay a fine for taking his kids out of school in term time. Jon Platt argued against paying £120 for taking his family on holiday to Florida in April last year. He won the case because his daughter’s regular attendance was 93.2%. At the moment, holidays are only allowed in ‘exceptional circumstances’, but the Department of Education said the ruling may lead to them changing the law, so watch this space. How to become an expert haggler Bartering down the price could save you £££s – here’s how to become a pro! BEST COMPANIES TO HAGGLE WITH More than half of people try to knock money off their shopping…

‘You can set yourself abudget’ Sitting in bed one evening this February, I logged into my online bingo account. As usual, my husband was watching sport or sci-fi on the telly! But it didn’t matter to me as I had my laptop and Woman’s Own Bingo to have a relaxing evening. My favourite room is Sapphire Bingo – a 90 ball bingo room – and I spent £3.50 on tickets for an evening of games. I’d not been playing for long when all of a sudden I was bounding out of bed and jumping with joy. ‘What’s wrong?’ my husband asked, looking at me, amused. ‘Nothing’s wrong!’ I beamed. ‘I’ve just hit the jackpot!’ ‘Not again!’ he laughed. ‘Yes! I’ve won £2,000!’ I said. I couldn’t wipe the smile off…

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It’s not right A married mum has revealed she still lets her 11-year-old sleep in her bed. Personally I have never – and would never – co-sleep. There’s a difference between falling asleep watching a film in bed with your kids and putting them to bed in your bed every night. I don’t think it’s healthy for the child’s development because they then might not be able to sleep alone. I don’t think it’s healthy for a marriage either. Claire Boughen, via Facebook He was the greatest! We have lost another icon this year, an incomparable one. Muhammad Ali, the three times heavyweight boxing champion, was loved by millions around the world. He was an intelligent man, who always stuck by his principles and coped with adversity. His unique quotes…

Leanne and Nick are getting close again! There will always be something between them – he was her first love and that doesn’t go away. So when she sees how much he’s hurting after his split with Carla, Leanne wants to be there for him. Feelings are resurfacing, but I don’t know whether Leanne will allow herself to act on them. Do you think they belong together? I think there’s something very special about their relationship and the history they share. I love working with Ben [Price], so personally I think it’d be great if Leanne and Nick got back together. What would be her fantasy life? Leanne’s focus is Simon and I think she’d like to see herself with a more settled family life – surely they both deserve…

‘When it first started it was scary and I worried about my safety. Now, I don’t engage’ Most of us would be in emotional tatters if we were on the receiving end of the trolling that fitness expert Chloe Madeley is bombarded with each day on social media. It is all deeply personal, much of it criticising her muscled body, of which – as a result of countless hours of weight-lifting and high intensity workouts – every sinew is clearly visible. There’s one particularly evil person who takes the depravity to a whole other level. ‘He or she, I don’t know which, threatens me with rape, death and pretty much anything you can think of in between. It’s very graphic,’ says Chloe. Branded a ‘phoney’ And it’s not just Chloe…

‘I watched him aim the rifle’ ‘Insteadof sadness, I felt anger’ Looking at the photos of my sunny beach holiday, I’m smiling as I relax on the sun lounger. But just moments later, our perfect getaway was thrown into chaos. Now, a year on, I still bear the scars of that trip… My fiancé Brad* and I had been together eight years when we decided to treat ourselves to a getaway. We’d both been working hard – Brad was a bricklayer and I was a nursery nurse. A friend suggested Tunisia, and after scrolling through pictures of the beachside Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel, we booked our two-week break. The sound of gunfire In June 2015 we flew three hours to Sousse, in Tunisia. Arriving late at night, we checked into…

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WE HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON I’ve been married for 45 years and while the kids were growing up my husband and I got on with things and were happy. But now it’s just the two of us, and since we’ve retired it’s made the problems in our relationship more apparent. We have nothing in common and there are days when we don’t even talk to each other. He doesn’t want to do anything and as a result he’s got nothing to say for himself. I see friends and volunteer but he just sits at home and does the garden. The only time he’s happy is when the grandkids come round. This has been going on for five years and though I care about him, I’m not sure how much longer…

‘I admired so much about her’ To see my sister and me together, the similarities between us are uncanny. We have the same laugh, the same mannerisms, and we enjoy the same things too – from shopping to baking. But while you might put it down to years spent growing up together, that couldn’t be further from the case... I’ve always known I was adopted. For as long as I could remember my parents would tell me how they’d chosen me when I was just six weeks old. As their only child, I was doted on and it never bothered me that I didn’t know anything about my biological parents. After leaving school aged 18, I got a summer job in a sports shop and there I met Rick. We…

‘I didn’t expect it to work’ For me, the first sign of sunshine meant one thing. It was time to find a beer garden and drink the day away. I could sit in the sun for hours with my friends, downing pint after pint. I’d knock back booze without a care in the world. And a trip to the pub was always followed by an Indian takeaway, accompanied by extra poppadoms, naturally. My weight had been a concern for years, ever since I was child. I’d always been able to polish off second helpings at every meal and I’d snack constantly. By the time I turned 10, Mum was really worried. She tried to get me to eat healthily – making salads and low-fat meals for dinner – and she…

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I like BBC’s Versailles . I love costume dramas and a bit of naughtiness makes it even more fun! Cheryl Golden Alesha Dixon looks beautiful. This outfit is so tastefully done, sexy without revealing too much. Sue England My morning coffee is a one shot skinny decaf latte. Sheena Dunn I’ve been married for 49 years and never went to bed on an argument. Mary Johnstone Best friends are there for life, it doesn’t matter how much time has passed. Carole Whitehall The picture that’s got you talking… Officer Peter Getz attends the graduation of Josibelk Aponte 18 years after he rescued her from a burning building aged five. Visit our Facebook page to see what else has got you commenting.…

Casualty celebrates 1,000 episodes this week with the return of an original cast member – Lisa ‘Duffy’ Duffin, played by Cathy Shipton. ‘After returning last year for two episodes, many asked if Duffy was sticking around long-term and I replied, ‘The door is wonderfully wide open!’’ Cathy, 59, said. ‘The response was so positive that I’ve stepped through.’ Even better, from August she’ll be back permanently!…

It’s been a Saturday night fixture since 2011, but could The Jonathan Ross Show be coming to an end following rumours that Jonathan, 55, is heading to the US for 2017? His spokesperson says the show will be back in the autumn of next year, but a source revealed, ‘He’s taking a break, which could run and run.’ The comedian joined ITV after a decade at the BBC, but may be ready to quit the UK at the end of the next series. ‘Jonathan is extending his hiatus into the early part of next year to travel the US,’ his spokesperson explained.…

Ferne McCann has been busy since finishing third on I’m A Celebrity last year. She’s traded in her role on TOWIE to dish all the showbiz gossip on This Morning and even has a movie with Margot Robbie in the pipeline. We sat down with Ferne, 25, to find out more of her secrets… If you had 24 hours to yourself, what would you spend it doing? I’d be at home with my mum, my sister and my four-month-old nephew Ronnie. I’ve got amazing friends, so I’d have them all over and I’d wear pyjamas and slippers with no make-up. I would cook for them all, and cuddle my nephew and not leave the house. What’s the bravest…

SCHERMAZING! It looks like X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger is in the money after it’s been rumoured she’s being paid a whopping £1.8 million to appear on the next series of the show - a mighty £125,000 more than her co-star Sharon Osbourne! The huge pay packet for Nicole, 37, is said to be the only way bosses could tempt her away from reprising her role as Grizabella in the Broadway revival of Cats . ‘During negotiations Sharon stipulated that she had to be the highest paid judge other than Simon,’ an insider revealed. ‘But what she doesn’t know is Nicole is set to pocket an extra £125,000. This will surely anger Sharon, who feels she’s worth more.’ Louis Walsh, meanwhile, who’s also returning for this year’s show, is rumoured…

‘It was a light-bulb moment’ Television presenter Ruth Langsford has confessed how a holiday video led her to make a startling decision about her weight. Her admission came as she was chatting about the pressure mums face to drop the pounds after giving birth. Talking openly with her fellow Loose Women panellists, she confessed that she’s never been able to shift the baby weight she gained after having son Jack 14 years ago. ‘I kept some pre-baby jeans thinking, ‘Of course I’ll get back into them,’ said Ruth, who’s married to her This Morning co-host Eamonn Holmes. ‘And every time I moved I had those jeans and I was thinking, ‘Oh maybe…’ and eventually I had to accept that they wouldn’t.’ She then went on to explain how it was…

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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 decided I’d join up myself and give it a go. The day after I signed up, 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 checking them, and I like the…

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‘I really got to play at being in Hollywood… I’m glad we did it, but that chapter’s closed and I’m here now’ After she landed a role in Ricky Gervais’ hit show Extras in 2005, life was never to be the same again for Scottish actress Ashley Jensen. A year later, she left her London home to crack the US, starring in Ugly Betty until 2010. Now she’s back on home soil in Agatha Raisin , playing a PR guru cum sleuth. We sat down with Ashley, 46, who’s married to actor Terence Beesley and mum to Francis, six, to find out more. You play an amateur detective in Agatha Raisin . Would you make a…

She’s not exactly known for keeping her thoughts to herself, and now Katie Price is preparing to reveal her most explosive secrets yet in a new tell-all book! The Loose Women star’s new autobiography will be out in four months and promises to spill the beans on her husband Kieran Hayler’s affair with her best friend Jane Pountney in 2014 and her recent court battle with ex Peter Andre. ‘The truth will come out,’ Katie, 38, revealed. ‘I’m going to use my experience from what happened with Kieran – I wish I’d clocked it before.’ Watch this space!…

EAT WELL FOR LESS? MONDAYS, BBC1 Gregg Wallace and greengrocer Chris Bavin are back to continue their mission to help families across the UK get control of their food bills. They’ll also be sorting the truth from the food myths. If you miss it, catch up on BBC iPlayer. Most Haunted THURSDAYS, REALLY Get ready to be spooked as ghost hunter Yvette Fielding and her team return, this time to visit the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe, which is known to house more than its fair share of things that go bump in the night. Outdaughtered: Busby Quints MONDAYS, TLC In 2015, a team of 12 doctors took less than four minutes to deliver the first female set of quintuplets in the US. This eye-opening new series follows parents Adam and…