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Linda Robson attended a screening of Disney’s Wish with her granddaughter, just days after the ITV Loose Women star confirmed her 34-year marriage to Mark Dunford is over

Linda Robson has made her first public appearance since announcing she has split from her husband of 34 years, Mark Dunford.

The Loose Women star was snapped attending a screening of the new Disney kids’ flick, Wish, on Sunday (November 19) with her six-year-old granddaughter, Betsy. Linda, 65, dazzled in a hot pink maxi dress featuring an irregular leopard-print pattern and completed her look with a black leather jacket and matching sandals.

Following months of speculation, the former Birds of a Feather actress confirmed the break-up with window-cleaning company owner, Mark, 63, earlier this week. The couple share two children – Louis, 31, and Roberta, 27.

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Speaking to Woman magazine, Linda admitted: “He’s a really good dad and we had some good years, but enough is enough.” Adding that she won’t be dating again any time soon, she continued: “I’m not interested honestly. I can’t be a***d with all that.”

Instead, the star is keeping busy by spending time with family and friends and embarking on her travels. Reassuring fans of her well-being, Linda explained: “I’ve got my family and my kids around me. And I’m going on a cruise with [former co-star] Lesley Joseph in November. I’m keeping busy. I feel fine. I’m just going away on trips all the time.”

Prior to the split, meanwhile, a source told the Sun: “Linda has been quite open behind the scenes about problems in her marriage. They hit a bit of a rough patch before Christmas but they’ve managed to work through it. Linda turned to her family and close friends who supported her through it all.”

Linda previously sparked speculation of marriage woes with several comments on Loose Women – one of which saw her discuss her sex life as she revealed she and Mark had not been intimate for two years. She confessed on the daytime show: “Can I just say I’ve been celibate for two years?” before Denise Welch chimed in to add: “I know, but you’ve got to get with it.”

It came after Linda had dismissed concerns in June – insisting rumours she and Mark were no longer together were “rubbish”. Discussing the speculation, Linda said: “We’re still living together. We both love our kids more than anything else in the world, obviously, you have a few hiccups in every marriage. We’ve been married 33 years so it’s not going to be all plain sailing, but we’re still together at the moment.”

Two months later, however, Linda made a cryptic comment suggesting nuptial struggles were in fact an issue as she discussed how she spent her weekend. Speaking to her fellow Loose ladies, Linda revealed she took herself out for dinner as all the kids had flown the nest and the only people she was home with was her dog and her husband.

“Notice the order!” she joked, as the panel broke out into hysterics.

TV star and disability advocate Sophie Morgan has revealed that she broke down in tears after being left sitting on an airplane for over an hour after assistance staff ‘forgot’ about her

Loose Women panellist Sophie Morgan has revealed her anger at being ‘left’ on an airplane for over an hour.

This happened on more than one occasion – after all the other passengers departed the aircraft. Sophie, 38, recalled that she burst out crying on one occasion after being left for an hour because she needed assistance due to her wheelchair.

The disability advocate, who was paralysed from the waist down in a car crash when she was 18, was deep in conversation about whether or not one should ever act in anger before she revealed that it is that boils her blood the most. Explaining what makes her the most angry, Sophie revealed that being ‘forgotten’ or being made to feel ‘invisible’ due to her disability is the thing that most angers her.

“Personally, I’m a very impulsive person and I find that to be helpful at times but at other times, it doesn’t get me anywhere. Sometimes when I’m in situations where I feel there is injustice, like when I’m sitting on an airplane and I’ve been left there at the end of the journey and everyone else has gotten off – but I’ve been left sitting there for over an hour.

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“Everyone would be gone and I would just be sitting there waiting, and getting angrier and angrier. My default emotion is anger and I respond in anger but I remember one time, it was a friend or someone in my family who said ‘why don’t you respond differently and get upset instead and see what happens’,” Sophie explained.

She continued: “And instead of me getting angry in my chair and shouting, I got upset and started crying, which is what I actually wanted to do but I’m more comfortable being angry. Everyone’s reaction was so different and they all went out of their way to help me and reassure me.”

Sophie celebrated a massive victory earlier this year when the Government announced planned legal changes in response to her Rights on Flights campaign. She launched the scheme after her wheelchair was broken when it was put in an aircraft’s hold.

In June, a report proposed measures to protect disabled flyers, such as scrapping a cap on compensation when airlines damage equipment, and giving the Civil Aviation Authority more power to punish airlines and airports treating disabled flyers unfairly. But Sophie was not happy that the changes will only be passed into law when Parliamentary time is available.

“I’m getting increasingly frustrated,” she previously told The Mirror. “What are we waiting for? If we don’t start to see some action after the promises we’ve been given, there will be consequences. We can’t keep waiting… we are in a crisis. “At the moment, we are trusting the Government, but there’s only so long that trust will last. We will hold them to account.”

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Sophie launched her Rights on Flights campaign in January after arriving at Heathrow following an 11-hour flight to find her wheelchair and its battery-powered attachment smashed. She said it was like “an assault on my physical person” because her wheelchair acts as her legs. Her experience sparked an outpouring of similar stories from disabled people, but she claims forcing the Government to recognise the problem saw her branded a troublemaker.

“When I started this campaign, I was told people thought I was causing trouble for trouble’s sake,” she said. “There’s a sense that when you’re raising awareness, you should be told to ‘pipe down’. But I didn’t go away. I gathered a group of experts and started to really level up in the campaigning.

“It became less about fighting and raising awareness and more about finding solutions. “I don’t feel the fear of p***ing people off. I’m, like, ‘Let’s just see what we can do’. “There’s that saying, ‘well behaved women never make history’.”Well, it’s true. And I’ve had this drive to improve things ever since I left hospital in my wheelchair for the first time, because there are so many barriers. “I never knew until then that disabled people couldn’t do things.”

Loose Women panellist Linda Robson announced her split from her husband Mark Dunford after 33 years of marriage as she admitted ‘enough was enough’

Linda Robson appears to be back to business after announcing her split from husband of 33 years.

She confirmed her separation from Mark Dunford earlier this week as the Loose Women star said “enough is enough” in a tell-all magazine interview. But since spilling on her break-up, the 65-year-old admits she’s “feeling fine” and is attempting to “keep busy”.

Linda says she’s surrounded by family and is taking regular trips away in a bid to take her mind off the split. Linda and Mark first met when they were teens but didn’t begin dating until years later. They tied the knot in 1990 and the former couple went on to welcome two children together; Roberta, 27, and Louis, 31.

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Giving an update on her current situation, Linda admitted: “I’ve got my family and my kids around me. And I’m going on a cruise with Lesley Joseph in November. I’m keeping busy. I feel fine. I’m just going away on trips all the time.”

Linda had sparked speculation of marriage woes for months as she spoke about her and Mark’s relationship on Loose Women. Speaking in September, Linda said she was “not looking for anyone”, before swearing and saying she “can’t be f***ked”.

Now, the star has confirmed to Woman magazine she is single. She said of her ex-husband Mark: “He’s a really good dad and we had some good years, but enough is enough. I’m not interested [in dating] honestly. I can’t be a***d with all that.”

Linda sparked further speculation of marriage woes with comments on Loose Women – one of which saw her discuss her sex life, as she revealed she and Mark had not had sex in two years. Linda said on the ITV show in June: “Can I just say I’ve been celibate for two years?”, before Denise Welch chimed in to add: “I know, but you’ve got to get with it.”

Linda then went on to say: “I know, you got me a lady friend,” before Denise confirmed she did make the purchase. However, Linda had previously dismissed concerns over her marriage – insisting rumours she and Mark were no longer together as “rubbish”.

Discussing the speculation, Linda said: “That’s a load of rubbish. We’re still living together. We both love our kids more than anything else in the world, obviously you have a few hiccups in every marriage. We’ve been married 33 years so it’s not going to be all plain sailing, but we’re still together at the moment.”

Then, in August, Linda made a cryptic comment about Mark and her marriage struggles as she made a dig at her husband when she discussed how she spent her weekend. In a chat about her weekend on the programme, Linda revealed she took herself out for dinner as all the kids had flown the next and the only people she was home with was her dog and her husband, before she added: “Notice the order!” She had mentioned her pet pooch before her husband, making the other Loose Women stars break out in hysterics.

Loose Women viewers couldn’t believe their eyes when the panel discussed a controversial new Balenciaga skirt worth up to £750 which ‘looks like a towel’

Dame Kelly Holmes left Loose Women viewers in hysterics during Wednesday’s show as she modelled a viral towel skirt.

The 53-year-old former athlete showed off the Loose Women panel’s version of Balenciaga designer Demna Gvasalia controversial towel skirt which is being sold for a staggering £750.

ITV viewers were left in disbelief as the panel debated whether or not the Balenciaga designer was ‘trolling’ consumers with the seemingly ridiculous new fashion trend – which many have argued simply looks like a ‘dirty bath towel’ wrapped around your waist.

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The designer brand is well-known for it’s scandals and it’s controversial and random trends that it sets, however, the latest towel skirt addition has left people scratching their heads.

In a bid to jump on the bandwagon, the Loose ladies decided to recreate their own version, but for less than £20 as Dame Kelly stepped out in her own take on the look with a Marks & Spencer cotton towel.

After witnessing the sheer fashion chaos on Loose Women, viewers flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their reactions.

“I have a towel I’ve had for twenty years and it’s in bits and it looks better than this s***. What is going on in the world of fashion!! This is a joke,” one fumed.

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“OMG there are people literally starving on the streets and some idiots would actually fork out that much money to wear a TOWEL??? Come on now,” someone else echoed.

Another Loose Women viewer quipped: “Even my £5 Primark towel looks better than that. But you won’t catch me wearing it outside of the house.”

“This is an absolute joke,” another viewer snapped, while someone else added: “What the heck????? Surely this can’t be real.”

Speaking to Vogue Magazine back in February, the controversial designer said: “I have decided to go back to my roots in fashion as well as to the roots of Balenciaga, which is making quality clothes – not making image or buzz.”

Scottish singer Michelle McManus shot to fame on the ITV talent show in 2003 and has since ditched her brunette hair for gorgeous bright orange locks

Former Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus broke down on Tuesday’s instalment of Loose Women as she recalled how she was treated due to her appearance after winning the singing competition.

The Scottish singer, 43, now looks very different after undergoing an incredible hair transformation. Michelle, who is now a mum-of-two, shot to fame on the ITV talent show in 2003 and has since ditched her brunette hair for gorgeous bright orange locks.

Appearing on the Loose Women panel alongside Coleen Nolan, Charlene White, Frankie Bridge, and Janet Street-Porter, ITV viewers couldn’t quite believe their eyes when Michelle walked out onto the panel as they ‘gasped’ over her age-defying looks. Several viewers flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to gush over Michelle’s new look as they insisted that she hasn’t changed or aged in over twenty years.

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However, as Michelle looked back on her time on Pop Idol, she revealed that her time on the show was dominated by her appearance as she recalled the cruel fat-shaming she endured, when she was aged just 23 at the time. While viewers at home couldn’t help but gush over Michelle’s appearance past and present, the singer broke down while reliving how she felt at the time when she was being judged for how she looked during the competition – rather than her incredible voice.

“It was really difficult. I don’t know why I’m getting emotional now, it was twenty years ago,” Michelle said as she fought tears before Charlene intervened and diverted the conversation. Following the emotional moment, ITV viewers took to social media to gush over Michelle. “Michelle is such a sweetheart!!! She also doesn’t look 43. The woman hasn’t aged in twenty years,” one enthused.

“Wow poor Michelle. So sad that twenty years on the abuse obviously cuts deep,” another echoed. “Michelle McManus looks incredible omg!!!!” someone else swooned. While another complained: “It’s horrific this woman is still so affected by the hate she got. Love her.”

Michelle signed to Sony BMG record label after her Pop Idol victory, before releasing her debut single All This Time and debut album The Meaning of Love in 2004, which soared to number three in the charts.

The star has appeared on Channel 4 dieting programme You Are What You Eat in 2005, which was followed by a book and DVD about weight loss. Michelle is married to Jeff Nimmo, who she wed in 2017 and they share two sons together.

Sharing her own experience with dealing with money after the death of a loved-one, Loose Women star Gloria Hunniford revealed that she had to make a snap decision about her grandchildren when her daughter, Caron Keating passed away after a breast cancer battle

Gloria Hunniford has opened up about the heartbreaking decision she was forced to make when her beloved daughter passed away.

On Monday’s instalment of Loose Women, the Rip-Off Britain star, 83, and the panel spoke about inheritance money, and the taxes placed upon it when loved ones die.

Sharing her own experience with dealing with money after the death of a loved-one, Gloria revealed that she had to make a snap decision about her grandchildren when her daughter, Caron died.

Debating whether or not it’s a good idea to skip ones kids in a will, Gloria shared her own experience as she explained: “In France, it goes to the grandchildren, as opposed to the next of kin. I think no matter how much or how little you have, you have to sort it out in advance.

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“When you’re the grandparent, it’s your job in a way. You should make a will, no matter what you have. I have left some money aside from Caron’s book for my two grandsons but I put it in a trust, because I don’t think they should get money no matter who is leaving it for them when they were only 16 and 17, because they don’t usually have enough value.

“I put age 26 on mine so they could have it once they turned that age and that bit older. I think, for me anyway, that’s a good age because they could have been thinking about buying a flat or getting married. But one has taken some money and the other hasn’t” Gloria explained.

TV presenter Caron died in 2004, and left two sons behind her Charlie, 30 and Gabriel, 28. Caron was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 and fought it until her death in 2004. Caron had conventional and complementary treatments but died at her mother’s house in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Last year, Gloria marked what would have been Caron’s 60th birthday with an intimate dinner party alongside her loved ones and family. At the time, Gloria said: “It was a lovely day full of every kind of feeling that you can imagine. She would have loved it.”

Gloria said the 15-strong party met at Caron’s grave in Hever, Kent, in the evening. She said: “It’s pretty dark at half seven so everybody brought a candle or a torch. I said, look, I have all the food and everything organised, all you have to do is show up and bring flowers and balloons. and that’s what they did”.

They later went over the road to a pub, where Gloria said Caron would have been the first to get the party started. “She used to dance down the middle of the table and I have got a very strong memory of that. You have to mark these occasions … celebrate life as well as mourn it,” she said.

Relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, 42, has been on a number of outings with GB News presenter Eamonn Holmes in the last 12 months and has told friends she doesn’t want to be seen as a ‘marriage wrecker”

The supportive woman comforting Eamonn Holmes after his marriage split has told friends she is in for “the long haul”.

Relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, 42, has been on a number of outings with the GB News presenter in the last 12 months as well as being pictured at his home.

It is thought she hopes their close friendship could now become a long term relationship in the coming months. In recent weeks she has been helping Eamonn through the split from Ruth, but her friends are at pains to point out that their friendship has only grown close once the marriage was over.

One source close to Katie said: “She is helping Eamonn through the tough times but doesn’t want to be seen as a marriage wrecker. The friendship has grown in recent months but Eamonn’s marriage has been over for some time. She wants to help Eamonn with his situation and their friendship has grown over a period of time. She feels she will be close to him for a long period and is in this for the long haul.”

Katie Alexander’s friends are at pains to point out that their friendship has only grown close once the marriage was over

In May it emerged Eamonn and Ruth have split after 14 years of marriage and are to divorce. Cracks had started to appear in their relationship and they had not been photographed together for two years.

Katie is a mother-of-three and a marriage counsellor. She was spotted driving to and from his luxury flat last week and was named at the weekend as someone helping him through the pain of an impending divorce.

According to reports, former This Morning host Eamonn moved out of his marital home in Surrey last month after wife Ruth Langsford found messages between him and another mystery woman on a laptop.

Katie met Eamonn on X formerly known as Twitter in 2015 after she commented on a post and it sparked a conversation. Last October he att­ended a charity fund raising event in Yorkshire — close to Katie’s home — and be­came a patron. The counsellor has worked for the charity as a therapist.

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As well as his marriage breakdown, Eamonn has problems walking – and has been suffering chronic back pain for almost two years. Speaking in January the presenter said the “harsh reality” could be that he may never be able to walk alone again unaided.

Discussing his woes, he said: “It’s as if somebody up there is playing with my life. In the past year I’ve had an operation on my back which went wrong and has confined me to a wheelchair. I’ve fallen and broken my shoulder. Honestly you could not make it up.” He added: “I have tried every treatment, but you go, ‘Maybe I’ll never get out of it,’ which is a harsh reality to face.”Eamonn and Ruth met in 1997 when they were introduced by mutual friends and they then dated for over a decade before Eamonn popped the question and they married in 2010.

Loose Women star Linda Robson announced her split from husband Mark Dunford after 33 years of marriage, and the actress has now been seen out for the first time still wearing her wedding ring

Loose Women star Linda Robson has been seen for the first time since news of her split from husband Mark became public, and the actress is still wearing her wedding ring.

Linda and husband Mark have been married for 33 years, but announced their separation this week. Linda and Mark first met when they were teens but didn’t begin dating until years later. They tied the knot in 1990 and the former couple went on to welcome two children together; Roberta, 27, and Louis, 31.

Since announcing their split, Linda has claimed she is keeping busy but has kept herself out of the spotlight. She was seen in North London running errands still sporting her gold wedding ring on her left hand.

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Spotted out with shopping bags, Linda wore black flip flops with a blue floral dress and green coat. The 65 year old chose to wear no make up as she carried a Sainsbury’s carrier bag in her left hand, where her gold wedding ring was still visible.

The ITV star confirmed the news of her split to Woman magazine this week, as she spoke of Mark: “He’s a really good dad and we had some good years, but enough is enough. I’ve got my family and my kids around me. And I’m going on a cruise with Lesley Joseph in November. I’m keeping busy. I feel fine. I’m just going away on trips all the time. I’m not interested [in dating] honestly. I can’t be a***d with all that.”

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I’m A Celebrity star Nella Rose has been furiously defended by Loose Women star Janet Street Porter as she slammed ‘patronising’ Fred Sirieix after their jungle spat

Janet Street Porter has defended Nella Rose over her row with Fred Sirieix on I’m A Celebrity.

The Loose Women star has furiously defended the YouTuber over the comments she made to the First Dates star. During a conversation on yesterday’s show, Nella took issue with a comment he made to her.

Explaining what happened, Nella revealed: “Last night after dinner Fred made a comment about him basically how he could be my dad. I took offence to that because one of the first conversations we had together was me opening up about the fact that my dad’s passed away,” before the row was shown to viewers of the programme.

During the furious row, Nella fumed: “u know that my mum’s dead, and you know that my dad’s dead. You know that, right? I’ve come to find out that every time I wanna get creative around the fire, or I want to have something my way, my own food that I am entitled to, my way, you tend to get an attitude, right?

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“So yesterday, when I wanted to burn fat that you were going to throw away anyways, it’s not even something that we needed to survive in camp, you turned around to me, with an attitude and said, ‘You know I could be your dad, right?’ To me, I don’t care how you said it to me, it’s disrespectful and I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to be around you. I only allow people to disrespect me once. You hurt my feelings. I was very upset… you keep trying to speak to me when I don’t want to speak to you. I would rather stay away from you, I don’t want to eat your food, I don’t want to talk to you. We can just live, you live on that side, I live on this side.”

Fred then replied: “I am so sorry. Can I just say? First of all, I am sorry I’ve offended you. I am unaware that you felt offended. I am unaware that what I said would lead to this conversation, I only said that in a way because I am older than you, I am 51 and you’re 26.”

“I’m not stupid, you’re not going to little girl me, you’re not,” Nella fumed back.

Speaking on the show today to defend Nella, Janet said: “But he was a weirdo to her. In her defence, I found Fred incredibly patronising. He’s not serving food in a restaurant now, he’s not dealing with difficult customers.

“I can see that what he said to her could offend her, and also looking at her back story, her parents came from the Congo and went to Belgium. Her parents both died within a few months of each other.”

Jane then chimed in: “But that’s not Fred’s fault,” whilst Janet went on to add: “It’s not Fred’s fault and he will not be aware of it – but that would inform how she reacts to him. And also, I would hate to see – as a result of this – she gets voted out of the camp.

“To me, to make the show work, we need people like her. I’m not saying that in a patronising way. I think she has a voice that other people don’t have, but I think Fred is more of the same frankly.”

Kate Garraway today revealed her husband Derek Draper is back in hospital as the 56-year-old continues to struggle with the impacts of debilitating Long Covid

Kate Garraway has announced her beloved husband Derek Draper has suffered a health set-back as she shared her concerns following he re-admission to hospital.

Admitting recently that he’s “not doing great” after battling a nasty infection, Good Morning Britain presenter Kate today provided a worrying update to the Loose Women panel. The former political adviser, 56, contracted Covid-19 back in 2020 and suffered serious complications.

He spent months needing 24 hour-a-day care after even after returning home, he still requires a full-time nurse. He now uses a wheelchair and has little strength in his arms, with his cognition and speech also affected. But now he’s back in hospital and emotional Kate says his battle with Long Covid shows no signs of ending yet.

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GMB presenter Kate opened up on Loose Women this morning ( 
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She explained: “He’s actually back in the hospital at the moment, I haven’t talked about this, but not the horrific drama fortunately, because there have been lots of, as we all experience, referrals and cancellations.” He’s gone back in for something that he began last year which he needed the second part of which will hopefully mean he has more movement, physical fractures.

“So it’s a positive hospital thing. So he’s actually not at home at the moment. So when the visiting game, but hopefully won’t be in for too long.” She the panel to discuss Carer’s Rights Day as she gave an update on Derek’s health. He was discharged on a trial basis in April 2021 but has been readmitted to the wards multiple times with numerous health issues, including kidney failure, brain inflammation and liver damage.

After speaking about her new book, focusing on her care for her husband, she explained: “It’s not that you want to be a ‘poor me’ about it because on the one hand I feel incredibly fortunate because so many hundreds of 1000s of people, everyday people lose people.

She demanded a meeting with the Health Secretary to discuss problems within the health system

“I talk in the book about grief and it took me a long time to admit that as a family we were grieving because I felt guilty because actual bereavement, so many are going through, that you feel that this is a lesser degree, but really, it is a kind of grief because you go through mini deaths when someone’s very ill.”

In September, the mum tore into the Health Secretary and demanded a meeting to discuss problems within the health system. She said: “I don’t want to ambush you on air, but I have been trying to contact you and I have been trying to contact [social care minister] Helen Whately as well and I haven’t been able to.

“I have been able to contact your equivalents on the shadow side and I have met with them and talked to them. I’d like to come and talk to you – not about Derek, by the way, this is not trying to get something for him. “This is about representing millions of people across the country who, like me every day, in one hand feel like they are holding the life of their loved one and in the other hand – I don’t want to cry – are just punching and punching away at a system.”

She added: “It isn’t about money. I’ve got five points, if you or Helen would return some of my attempts to make contact with you, to talk to you about it, because it’s not just about social care but health care and the way it’s interrelating. It would be wonderful if you could.”