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Saturday nights are about to get a whole lot more exciting thanks to a new show that sees Gary Barlow search for the next Take That! BBC1’s Let It Shine, presented by Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc, will see wannabe singers vying to become the next Gary, Robbie, Jason, Mark and Howard. The winning group will then perform Take That hits in a nationwide musical stage show called The Band. Says Gary, ‘The five of us [in Take That] had a real chemistry. Now we’re looking to form another unique group who can recreate that magic.’ 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.…

TV’s Davina McCall has admitted that arguments with her husband, Matthew, can last for six months and that they seek marriage guidance when things gets really bad. The fitness fanatic was opening up about her life at home when she made the astonishing confession. ‘Matthew and I are always happy to work at it. If something’s going bad, and we’ve been arguing for maybe six months or so, we say, ‘OK, let’s go and talk to someone because we need some help to get past this.’ ‘It has always been things we’ve got stuck on and just needed help to get over. And it has really worked.’ Davina, 48, married former TV presenter Matthew Robertson, 47, 16 years ago and the pair have three children together, Holly, 14, Tilly, 12,…

‘I want to pluck him off the stage and take him home’ ‘Going on television and talking about my private life is not something that interests me’ It’s been a busy year for former Loose Woman Denise Welch. Not only has she impressed everyone with a guest role on EastEnders , she’s also been spending lots of time in LA, filming her hilarious BBC2 comedy Boy Meets Girl , and working on her second novel. We caught up with the TV star, 58, who’s married to artist Lincoln Townley, 43, and mum to Matthew, 27 – lead singer of band The 1975 – and Louis, 15, for a good old catch up. Hi Denise! You seem to be in LA all the time…

1 Ditch your normal cuppa and drink green tea (with a slice of lemon) instead. Research from Lipton found that drinking four cups of green or white tea throughout the day increased metabolic rate by 100 calories a day. 2 Take a multivitamin every day. Your carb cycling diet is balanced, but just in case there are any tiny nutritional gaps that could be slowing down your metabolism, a basic A-Z style supplement is a good idea. 3 Shake over some chilli flakes. It’s not an old wives’ tale – spices like chilli are thought to raise metabolism by up to 50% for up to three hours after eating, as they increase your heart rate. 4 Do a set of squats, lunges, push-ups and one plank every day. These common…

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Pimm’s and strawberry drizzle cake SERVES 10 PREP TIME 25 MINS PLUS COOLING COOKING TIME 25 MINS YOU WILL NEED 175g Stork, at room temperature 225g golden caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract 175g self-raising flour ½tsp baking powder 3 eggs 2tbsp milk 150ml Pimm’s No 1 6tbsp strawberry conserve 200g strawberries, halved, plus extra to decorate 300ml double cream 200g icing sugar Pink food colouring HOW TO DO IT 1 Heat the oven to 190°C/ Gas 5. Grease two 18cm sandwich tins and line the bases with baking paper. Place the margarine, 175g golden caster sugar, vanilla, flour, baking powder, eggs and milk into a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Divide the mixture between the two tins and spread evenly. Bake for 20-25 mins until pale golden,…

‘I hated plus size stores’ ‘I felt like a new person’ Holding the letter in my hand, I felt tears forming in my eyes. I’d just got a new job in a call centre but, for me, it was the worst news ever. It wasn’t that I didn’t want the position. I’d prepared for the interview, nervously answered each question and politely smiled during each pause, hoping I’d done enough to impress the panel. But now instead of celebrating I was sat on my bed, feeling so depressed… I first started putting on weight aged 18 when I went to Leeds University to study psychology. I wasn’t much of a cook, so breakfast was a greasy fry-up, lunch was thick white sandwiches and dinner was kebab and chips followed by…

Cheryl CANCER (30 JUNE) 1D’s Liam might be 10 years younger than Cheryl, but when you put their charts together, you get the classic signifier of true love. It looks like it really could be third time lucky for the former Girls Aloud star. Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr Your go-getting ruler Mars has been travelling backwards since mid-April, calling a halt to important projects and making you feel you were getting nowhere fast. On Wednesday, he shakes himself off and turns himself around. And so can you. For more call 0901 609 4780* Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May Those of you who have found partnerships to be strained for the past couple of months will feel it get easier after Wednesday. Especially if an ex has…

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Kym Marsh, you look stunning! Congratulations on your 40th birthday! Janet Dickinson I don’t get the obsession with looking younger! Be happy in your own skin then maybe the next generation will be, too. Melanie Hughes I loved Mr Whippy ice cream – it’s a shame that there aren’t many ice-cream vans going round now. Sarah Lindley I still have clothes from the 80s – there’s no way I can part with that amazing time in my life! Michelle Jarvis I’m all for homemade wedding cakes – my son made mine, and I know it was baked with love! Helen Ryan…

WHAT A DAREDEVIL! Zoe Ball completed the challenge of a lifetime recently when she took to the skies. The Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two host revealed that her brother Jamie Clark encouraged her to do a skydive to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease Association after they lost their stepfather Rick to the condition in 2012. ‘It’s horrible and it’s incurable,’ Zoe, 45, explained. ‘Most people lose their life within two years of being diagnosed. It was very hard to see what Rick went through.’ Good on you, Zoe! SUMMER NIGHTS Relive the 1950s this summer as Channel 4 airs its very own Grease-inspired high school prom! Hosted by Alan Carr, Prom Night Live will feature music performances and even the crowning of a prom…

You’re back in black comedy Sensitive Skin as a wife and mum having a midlife crisis. I’m 60 in August and I wanted to do something that could cause a ripple. This story is happening to me, and if it’s happening to me, it’s happening to other women. Do you worry about ageing? Ageing in my generation is considered a disease and you have to be seen to get rid of it. That doesn’t sit well with me. Is it tough getting older in the spotlight? That’s one of the reasons I became an executive producer and wanted to tell the story of Sensitive Skin, because it’s reflecting and examining what’s going on in real time for me. Women that I know from my generation are…

‘I’dnever feltlike thisbefore’ ‘I knew it then… he was lying’ When I took my car to the mechanic, the last thing on my mind was romance. Back then, in July 2014, I was a single mum to Molly, then 11, and running my own business as a weight loss consultant. I was too busy to find love – or so I thought. As soon as I saw Simon, my heart started to race. Dressed in overalls, he was ruggedly handsome, with deep blue eyes. But surrounded by broken down car parts and oily engines, it was hardly the most romantic of settings – and after all, he was a stranger. Falling in love I left Simon with my phone number so he could call me when the spare part arrived…

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1 Take action. Bullying behaviour doesn’t just stop. Keep notes of what’s happening and report it to someone who has power to make changes. 2 Don’t fight fire with fire. Resorting to the same tactics as a bully is the worst way to handle bullying at work. Don’t give them ammunition to use against you. 3 Never blame yourself. It’s common to feel a sense of shame – as if you let this happen. But you didn’t. Remember that only the bully is ever to blame. 4 Don’t avoid work or let them push you into a place where you’re no longer doing your best. That’s what they want. Instead, be proactive and seek help. 5 Know your rights. Harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. This includes unfair…

1 FLAVONOID HEAVEN It’s the anthocyanins found in strawberries that give them their red colour and give you a hefty health boost. Anthocyanins are a type of flavonoid – powerful antioxidants thought to protect against heart disease, inflammation and cancer. 2 VITAMIN KICK They’re a great source of vitamins C and K, as well as potassium, folic acid and manganese. Chuck a handful on your breakfast cereal to get a portion of your five a day. 3 FIBRE PROVIDER The tiny seeds (each strawberry has around 200) give you a fibre fix and, coupled with the fruit’s low fructose content, help slow digestion, thus regulating your blood sugar and making you feel fuller for longer. 4 TOOTH CLEANER Brighten your smile naturally by rubbing the flesh of a strawberry over…

Watch out for... TICKET SCAMS Half of all ticket scams take place on social media sites, with footy fans and concert-goers losing out on hundreds of pounds each time, according to new research. Last year, we were fleeced of more than £5m by online fraudsters – up from £3.35m the previous year. On average, fans lost £444 on dodgy tickets. If something seems to good to be true, then it usually is. You can protect yourself even further by paying for tickets using a credit card – this means if anything goes wrong you’ll be able to get your money back. You’ll need to spend more than £100 (and less than £30,000). And, remember the golden rule – if in doubt, don’t buy. HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM ANYTHING INCLUDING…

‘We were devastated and happy’ ‘At last, he was bigger than Bunny’ Some people can’t wait to be parents – and I was one of them. I couldn’t imagine my life without children. So when I met Bobby, aged 19, at Leeds football ground, where we both worked, one of our first conversations was about the future. Luckily he felt the same as me. But first we wanted to get some savings behind us and move into our three-bed terrace, with room for a nursery. We’d been together six years when we married in November 2005 in a church ceremony – me in a big white Cinderella-style dress with a tiara and him in a smart suit. As soon as we went on honeymoon to the Dominican Republic, we started…

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Animal lover Alan Davies is back with a new series of his Channel 5 show The Dog Rescuers , where he follows the RSPCA as they deal with heartbreaking and dramatic rescue stories. We caught up with Alan, 50, who’s married to writer Katie Maskell, 37, and dad to Susie, six, Robert, five, and Francis, nine months, to learn more… What can we expect from the new series? There are quite upsetting stories about the mistreatment of dogs but also uplifting ones about some being rehomed. And new for this series, at the end of each programme, there will be a dog that you can actually offer to rehome. What was the most dramatic rescue? The dramatic ones are where they find a dog and you wonder…

It was an offer I couldn’t refuse! Imagine my delight last October when an email pinged in from my agent with the headline, ‘Tell me you can do this!’ It was an invite from none other than Jennifer Saunders to play myself in the upcoming Absolutely Fabulous movie. At first, I thought it was a joke – until the script thudded through my letter box days later. Within a month I was on set rubbing shoulder pads, sequins and spangles with some of the biggest names in show business, and I can’t wait for you all to see... LIGHTS! It was a damp, blustery night when I pulled up at the Ab Fab unit base. Clambering out of my car, dragging a suit carrier, I spotted Jerry Hall emerging from…

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YOUR CARB CYCLING PLAN WHAT TO DO The plan takes place over seven days and then repeats: Monday, Wednesday and Friday are low-carb days Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are higher-carb days Sunday is your day off 1 Simply pick the relevant high- or low-carb meals depending on what day it is – eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and one snack every day. 2 On both high- and low-carb days, you’re also allowed a 40g block of firm cheese (eg, Cheddar or Edam), which you can have as an additional snack or eat with meals as you please. 3 Every day, do the simple muscle-building resistance exercises and tricks explained in the All-Day Fat-Burning Tricks section. Team with three good half-hour sessions of cardio (eg, running, cycling or an exercise DVD that…

I HATE HIS SHOUTING My partner and I moved in together 10 months ago. He has two children from a previous relationship and so do I, and so far everything has been great – apart from one thing. I’ve never noticed it in the two years we’ve been together, but he shouts a lot . I’m not afraid of him, but the shouting really upsets my kids and is beginning to annoy me. His kids do it, too – they can’t seem to talk without yelling at each other. I’ve asked him to keep his voice down and he says he’ll try, but then five minutes later he’s at it again. Marie, 48, Kent We all learn to communicate in different ways. Some people grow up…

I CAN’T GET NO… A recent survey by Lady Prelox has shown that 72% of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives, only 15% have sex more than five times per month and eight in 10 have experienced a loss of libido at some point. 1 CHANGE THE ROUTINE ‘The easiest way to rekindle the spark is to shake things up a bit,’ says psychologist Dr Pam Spurr. ‘It’s very easy as a couple to slip into a routine doing the same position at the same time, same day, every week. So, instead of the ‘spoons position’ on a Sunday morning, go for something different on a Friday night instead. Have a giggle leafing through the pages keep of a sex guide and men. In encourage each other it was…

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One Sunday evening last summer, I’d settled down on the sofa and logged in to my online bingo account. I’ve been a member of Woman’s Own Bingo for over three years – I love it. I’m retired, so I keep busy catching up with friends and family, but I usually log in to play a few times a week. Once you’ve joined Woman’s Own Bingo and made your first deposit, you can take part in a daily play game. That Sunday night, I decided to give it a whirl. I was happily playing my game as usual, and before I knew it, I’d won £10! It started at £10 I decided, I’d use the extra £10 to buy tickets for the Tiki room. Tiki is one of my favourite 90…

PICK A PARK One of the world’s greenest capitals, London has parks at its heart. Watch the daily Changing of the Guard at 11.30am at Buckingham Palace by St James’s Park. There’s also a pretty lake, pelicans and views of Whitehall and the London Eye (right). Pack a picnic and check out south London’s Battersea Park’s Peace Pagoda and wallabies, while north of the river you’ll find a rose garden in Regent’s Park and you can go Japanese in Holland Park. Enjoy some unbeatable views from Greenwich Park out across the river. Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath looks down out over the London Eye, Parliament and St Paul’s. GETTING AROUND Order a Visitor Oyster card (£3, tfl.gov.uk) for all-day central bus and Tube travel for £6.50, plus up to £150…

Craving sleep People talk about the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. Well, I would if I wasn’t seven months pregnant, the mother of a toddler, wife of a snoring husband and owner of a little Labrador who’s terrified of storms! Selena Longworth She should find a job So, Cheryl Prudham is planning her 13th child, all the while living on benefits? I think it’s disgraceful that she’s allowed to get away with it. I’d have loved to have been a stay-at-home mum to my only child. But I went back to work when he was nearly two so my husband and I could earn a bit extra. She needs to find a job and pay for her kids, not expect the rest of us to do it for…

HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 5-10 JULY, BBC2 Get a closer look at the breathtaking displays and gardens at this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show as Monty Don and his team bring you all the news and gossip from the annual event. RICH KIDS OF INSTAGRAM MONDAYS, E4 This new series delves into the world of the mega-rich. The show follows a diverse group of wealthy kids from across the globe as they share their everyday experiences on social media and enjoy the kind of lives that most of us can only dream of. Wild France With Ray Mears MONDAYS, ITV Ray Mears explores the geography, flora and fauna of six dramatic French landscapes, including the high mountain ranges of the Alps, the coastal waters of Brittany and the…

She may be an Olympic champion, but nothing could have prepared pro swimmer Becky Adlington for her latest adventure – being mum to adorable one-year-old Summer. Since retiring in 2013, she’s starred in I’m A Celeb… and now she’s getting behind all the athletes competing in the Rio Olympics this summer! We caught up with Becky, 27, to find out some of her secrets… If you could save one item from your burning house, what would it be? I would save my Olympic medals. You can’t insure them and you can’t replace them. They will send you a replica but it’s not the one you were given on that day. It’s just not the same at all! What’s making you laugh at the moment? I’ve been…