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I TV’s talent show Britain’s Got Talent will reach new heights when it returns this week for its all-star series The Champions – bringing winners, finalists and former contestants from around the world to compete against each other.  BGT 2009 contestant Susan Boyle, who lost out to Diversity, will be hoping to steal the Champions crown this time around. Once again, judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell will make up the panel. Tune in every Saturday to see which other familiar faces will be taking to the stage... Get six issues of WOMAN’S OWN from £1* Subscribe online at magazinesdirect.com/18AA or call 0330 333 1113, quoting code 18AA Save up to 51%…

2011 Katie kicks it off Rylan’s first taste of fame was all thanks to Katie Price. As a fresh-faced 22-year-old, he formed a close bond with the glamour model on reality competition show Signed By Katie Price. His striking then-blond hair and perfectly pouting lips took him all the way to the final, where he landed second place. Coming soon... His two biggest gigs yet? After trying his hand at pretty much everything in TV land, the star is set to cha-cha his way onto the Strictly… set as Zoe Ball’s It Takes Two co-host on BBC2 this year. He’ll also be taking over from the late Dale Winton to host the reboot of iconic 90s show Supermarket Sweep. Is there anything Rylan can’t do? 2012 The…

Sliding into someone’s DMs now makes you a love cheat, evidently. Yes, privately messaging someone online means that you’re obviously up to no good. Consistently liking the posts of someone you fancy – even if you have no intention of doing anything about it – is ‘micro-cheating’ according to 30% of us. I can sort of understand the trust issue, but really? Though, I’m fairly safe with the husband. He still thinks DM stands for Dr Martens boots. What’s your opinion? Tell Dawn on Twitter @DawnNeesom…

Marvin, 34, and Rochelle Humes, 34 The presenting duo put on a stylish show as they attended a film premiere in London. While Marvin stuck to wearing head-to-toe black, Rochelle showed off her fashion credentials in a patent trench coat. Victoria, 45, and David Beckham, 44 The Beckhams recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and it’s no secret they’ve both suffered a certain amount of wardrobe faux pas over the years. But, luckily, the days of matching outfits are finally behind them. Vernon Kay, 45, and Tess Daly, 50 Making a rare joint public appearance, the showbiz duo really know how to glam it up. Tess looks like she’s ready to hit the dance floor in this gorgeous red ruffle gown. Wear it YOUR WAY…

deal with someone who is self-harming 1 TRY NOT TO overreact. The way you respond will have an impact on how much the person self-harming opens up to you in the future. Remember that self-harm is usually someone’s way of managing strong feelings. 2 DOWNLOAD THE Calm Harm app. This provides tasks that help people to resist or manage the urge to self-harm. The four categories target the main reasons they self-harm and the focus is to help them manage their ‘emotional mind’. 3 OFFER TO HELP find them support. Contact harmless. org.uk for extra help and advice on how to support someone who is self-harming.…

Like most mums, as I spend the summer preparing my daughter for her first day at school, I feel proud – and amazed at how quickly time has passed. It seems like only moments ago that Augustyna, now four, was a tiny baby, small enough to fit in the crook of my elbow. ‘I can’t wait to go to school,’ she tells me. But as we go out and buy her a uniform, or pack up her pencil case, it’s a time tinged with sadness, too. Augustyna should have two parents waving her off at the school gate in September. But, instead, there’s only me... When my fiancé, Alex, proposed in March 2004, I couldn’t have been happier. We’d met three years earlier, when he came into the computer shop…

New York Co Bagel Thins (Asda) LITTLE ITALY LUNCH Serves 2 You will need ✽ 2 New York Bakery Co. Tomato and Herb Bagel Thins ✽ 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped ✽ 12 basil leaves ✽ 80g grated mozzarella ✽ Pinch chilli flakes How to do it 1 Scatter the tomatoes and basil leaves over the four halves of the Bagel Thins. 2 Cover with the grated mozzarella (be as generous as you like!) and grill for 2-3 minutes until melted. 3 Top with chilli flakes and serve. WHAT’S POPPIN? Metcalfe’s multipacks (Morrisons) Whether sweet, salty or a mix of the two is your favourite popcorn flavour, head down to Morrisons to stock up on this pop-tastic deal. FROZEN FREEBIES! Oppo Ice cream (Waitrose) Until early September, you can head to…

The Moments by Natalie Winter, Orion, HB, £12.99 With her poetic style, Natalie Winter captures a sense of two perfectly matched people, eternally intertwined. Myrtle and Matthew are born into very different families, each struggling to navigate difficult situations and find their true place. There are so many times their paths miss each other. Alternating narrative perspectives provide the perfect insight into each vivid and relatable character. A mesmerising read. The Souvenir Out 30 August Newcomer Honor Swinton Byrne, daughter of actress Tilda Swinton and artist John Byrne, puts in a stellar performance in this loosely autobiographical, enthralling drama from art-house favourite Joanna Hogg. It’s London in 1982, and shy, upper-class film student Julie is trying to find her vision as an artist while conducting an intense but unstable relationship…

Nico Mirallegro BBC1’s military drama Our Girl returns for a fourth series, and the former Hollyoaks star plays a new recruit as 2 Section heads back to Afghanistan. Lisa Kudrow The Friends actress will guest star in E4’s six-part comedy drama Mae and George about one young woman’s complicated love life and battles with addiction. Lisa plays Mae’s unlikeable mum Linda. Tim Minchin In Sky Atlantic comedy Upright, the Australian comedian stars as a gifted pianist who sets off on an epic journey across the outback to see his dying mum – with a battered upright piano in tow……

Katie told... ‘It’s not healthy, stop the surgery’ It’s been 21 years since Katie Price first went under the knife, but now ex-husband Peter Andre wants her to stop, for the sake of their children. A source says, ‘Whenever their mum has surgery, it’s distressing for the kids, who are that bit older now and more aware. Pete, like any father, wants to protect his children and he’s concerned for his ex’s health.’ ‘It’s been going on too long’ Pete’s concerns come as some of the kids reportedly cried after seeing their mum return from Turkey recently with a bloodied body following a face and eye lift, a D-cup boob reduction and reversed bum lift. Psychotherapist Noel McDermott has warned Katie needs urgent intervention to tackle her body dysmorphia issues,…

After all these years, Bianca is back for Whitney’s wedding! It’s been five years since she left for Milton Keynes. I can’t tell you what she’s been up to because I don’t want to spoil it for you – but, as you can imagine, Whitney’s is a typical Walford wedding. Is she happy for Whitney? ‘We’ve got the best of both worlds’ I think she is, yeah, really happy. She loves Callum, he’s sweet and seems perfect, but you never know in Albert Square… She doesn’t know everything that’s been going on behind the scenes. Whitney’s had such a hard time with everything that’s happened to her over the years, bless her heart, so Bianca is hoping for the best. You’ve been living in LA with the family for some…

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CRUELTY-FREE The gold standard for cruelty-free products (and recognised around the world) is the Leaping Bunny logo. All products bearing this mark have to meet watertight criteria, including ongoing audits, to make sure no animals come to any harm in their production. Proof that making more conscious choices won’t leave you out of pocket, Aldi’s cosmetics line Lacura is certified, as well as purse-friendly skincare brand Yes To. We like: Yes To Coconut Mistified Moisturiser, £9.99, lookfantastic.com. REEF FRIENDLY Even if you know your UVAs from your UVBs, you might still be stumped by the term ‘reef safe’. While UV filters are great at protecting your skin, the chemicals they contain (oxybenzone and octinoxate) wash off your body when in the water, causing fatal damage to coral reefs. All Soltan…

Is it more than just misbehaving? Q My daughter’s eight-year-old is under threat of being excluded from school. I’m convinced she has ADHD, but the school says she needs a referral from her GP and the doctor says it’s better arranged by an educational psychologist through the school. How can I help? A Sadly, this scenario is not uncommon. Assessment for ADHD involves several specialists and it may be useful to ask the school and the doctor to discuss things together first. They will need your daughter’s consent, but will then hopefully be able to work out the best way forward. What’s up with my cervix? Q When I was having my recent smear test, the nurse struggled a bit to find my cervix and told me it was because…

• UPSIDE-DOWN SPOON-SHAPED OR CLUBBED NAIL Caused by less oxygen in the blood, it can indicate lung disease, including some lung cancers. • WHITE MARKS A zinc deficiency or a long-forgotten minor injury. • DISCOLOURATION If nails are half brown and half white, it could be a sign of kidney failure. If white, it may indicate liver disease. • PALE NAILS Usually due to anaemia. If you’re short of iron, they may become thin and concave, too. • HORIZONTAL RIDGES Could be a sign of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. • VERTICAL RIDGES This is often related to getting older, but is sometimes due to rheumatoid arthritis and certain circulation problems. • THICKENED AND YELLOW Typically fungal infections can cause ridging, flaking, splitting and white, yellow or grey discolouration. • BLACK…

1 Boost thinning hair Losing your crowning glory? ‘Low iron can be a trigger, particularly if you’ve had heavy periods over the last few months,’ says nutritional therapist Alison Cullen. ‘Stress is also a factor.’ Products with caffeine can help stimulate an essential protein called keratin. Try Plantur 39 Phyto-Caffeine Shampoo (£9.75, Boots). 2 Increase energy levels Putting on weight? Coupled with poor sleep, a drop in oestrogen means excess pounds can settle round the waist – which can lead to a lack of get-up-and-go. ‘Kelp is rich in minerals, especially iodine, which is important for normal production of thyroid hormones,’ says Alison. ‘This helps your body burn up food, giving you energy.’ Try Nature’s Garden Sea Kelp Tablets (£5.99, Holland & Barrett). 3 Calm itchy skin…

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Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr If you need help with a broken heart, reach out. Not only can gentle, positive insights help soften the blow, but as the days go by there’s potential for a huge realisation. Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May Life’s been pushing for change. The whole thing steps up a notch on Friday with the new moon. It’s a great time for making differences you initiate yourself, too. Gemini 21 May – 20 Jun After Thursday, some areas of life start falling into place and people are finally listening and getting onside. Plus you express yourself more easily, which is useful. Cancer 21 Jun – 22 Jul Some of you will have conversations this week you’ve needed to have for years. It’s a brilliant time…

1 Loose Women, ITV Celebrating 20 years of heated debate, fruity banter and all-star interviews, the boldest broads on the box mark two decades of the hit lunchtime show with unseen bloopers, backstage confessionals and a host of celebrity tributes. 2 Celebrity Masterchef, BBC1 My Tuscan broth took me to the quarter-finals of the first-ever series back in 2005! This time, EastEnder Adam Woodyatt, reality TV star Joey Essex, Greg Rutherford and Dame Zandra Rhodes will cook up a storm. 3 EastEnders, BBC1 The bells are ringing for him and his gal! Expect a right old ding-dong in Albert Square for Callum and Whitney’s wedding, as secrets and lies shroud the big day and stepmum Bianca makes a splash after coming down from Milton Keynes.…

‘Was it a recipe for disaster?’ There’s no fool like an old fool, especially one who thinks he’s hot enough to get any girl fancying a quick roll. Yes, step forward Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood, a man who not only enjoys a spotted dick, he also appears to think with one. If you’ve been living under a rock (cake) for the past two weeks, you may have missed the front-page news that Hollywood has been dumped by his new and much-younger lover, over his insistence she sign a non-disclosure agreement about their relationship. Paul is 53 with an IQ to match. The girlfriend is Summer Monteys-Fullam, 24, a former barmaid with a taste in skin-tight jeans, skimpy cropped tops and a knack for knowing which side her…

Television presenter Anthea Turner has revealed she’s cleared out her wardrobe of all ‘skimpy’ clothes because she feared being mutton dressed up as lamb. Well, hold the mint sauce because this scrag end is still hoping to be frolicking in a mini skirt until the cows come home. It’s 2019 not 1919 and surely there’s no such thing as ‘age appropriate’ dressing. But according to Anthea, 59, there is. She recruited her twentysomething stepdaughter Claudia to help her cleanse her closet. ‘I didn’t want to worry whether a skirt is too short for me,’ she admits. ‘I felt relieved after and now I have plenty of room in my wardrobe for new clothes.’ ‘I would probably kill the person who tried to prise me away from my vintage denim hot…

Scrutinising my reflection in the mirror, I pick up my foundation and begin applying a thick layer on my face. It’s hard not to get upset when I see my disfigured left eye, uneven skin tone and cheek smothered in scars. But as I desperately try to cover up everything with make-up, I remind myself that things could have been so much worse. ‘I wanted to scream but no sound would come out’ I’d always been image conscious, styling my long, dark hair and wearing make-up every day. When I met David, then 22, in June 2004, he always commented on how beautiful I looked. We married in June 2007 and our daughter, Makennah, was born in 2008, followed by little Presley in 2012. But shortly after, I was blow-drying…

I feel so angry with her Q Three months ago, my mother died. I had a complicated relationship with her for most of my life. She was demanding and prone to fits of anger. For three years after my father died, she wouldn’t talk to me, and when we made up, she would make me feel guilty and reduce me to tears over things that happened in the past. Now she’s gone I feel even angrier with her and even more guilty about what happened between us. What do I do? Dawn, 47 A When someone you have had a problematic relationship with dies, their relationship with you remains difficult even after death, especially when things haven’t been resolved. What makes this worse is knowing it’s now too late to…

Beach waves L’Oréal Paris Stylista The Beach Wave Mist, £5.99 If you want to add some volume to your hair without attempting a blow-dry, opt for a texturizing spray. This one works best if you have a natural wave that can be amplified. Mist this through your lengths and scrunch gently with your hands to encourage kinks. Brushing up Denman D91 Dress-Out Brush, £3.50 Backcombing can look over-done, but buy a dress-out brush and you can get a subtle effect. Focus on the crown of your head, adding volume here gives the illusion of lifted features. Fix it Schwarzkopf Got2B 2 Sexy Big Volume Hairspray, £4.19 If you regularly finish your styling with a spritz of hairspray, switch to a volumising one. This offering from Schwarzkopf builds height and volume…

1 Don’t assume they’re covered ‘Most standard contents insurance policies include a small amount of cover for garden items, but specifics can vary wildly – so check to ensure that your items are fully covered,’ says Helen Chambers, head of home insurance at MoneySuperMarket. 2 Lock away valuables ‘One of the first questions your insurance provider will ask in the event of a claim is if your valuables were locked in a shed or outbuilding, and you’ll often be asked for proof of forced entry,’ explains Helen. 3 Take extra care of bikes And if you have bikes, you need to be even more careful. ‘Even if you put bikes inside your locked shed, lock the bikes themselves or chain them to an immovable object. Some policies…

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