Issue 25-May-2020 - Woman's Own (2025)

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In This IssueThis week we’re lovingEMMA WILLIS: SPECIAL BIRTHSThe Voice host returns to our screens for a special two-part programme following on from her popular Delivering Babies series. Each episode features never-seen-before footage of births filmed last year on the maternity ward at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Emma also goes along to meet the new parents and their newborn babies six months after filming to see how their lives have unfolded since leaving hospital.● Mondays on the W channel, UKTVGet six issues of WOMAN’S OWN from £1* Subscribe online at womansownsubs.co.uk/54AY Save up to 52%…1 min

CelebritySally Dynevor ‘I’ve been trying to bake sourdough’Corrie legend Sally lathers up for a new Cobbles chapter…It’s your birthday soon. How will you be celebrating?The kids are keen to do something. I’m hoping it will be a sunny day so we can do what we did on Phoebe’s birthday: walk the dogs along the canal and come back and have a cocktail and a lovely meal and chill. Phoebe made margaritas on her birthday and they were gorgeous.The whole family is under one roof now…Yes, which has been really lovely. I do think in this time we will learn so much about ourselves and each other. Phoebe doesn’t live at home anymore, Hattie is doing GCSEs and Sam and my husband Tim are usually working, but now suddenly we are all together and there is something lovely…2 min

CelebrityBACKSTAGE GOSS!DRESSING DOWNA lockdowned Kym Marsh has been clearing out her closet to raise money for the charity Refuge, as well as keeping an eye on her parents. ‘I’ve been taking them food every now and again,’ she says. ‘My mum has been offering to do my ironing. I’ve been like, ‘Yes! Please take it!’’STRICTLY MORE ROOM!Craig Revel Horwood insists Strictly will go ahead and, if restricted, there are so many dances – like the Charleston – that couples can do as individuals. As for the judges’ panel: ‘The desk will have to be bigger if we’re social distancing,’ he says. ‘I can’t wait to be at least six metres from Bruno!’…1 min

CelebrityYou’ve been PAPPED!A 50 SHADES STAR WHO WANTS TO BE FREED?During lockdown, hunk-turned-daddy Jamie Dornan has swapped learning scripts for dressing up for his daughters, Dulcie, six, and Elva, four. The Fifty Shades actor, 38, got into role-play when he popped on a red floral dress, golden heels and a wig during a home play date. He explained, ‘Dressing up with my daughters took a turn. Meet Jenny (with the blue hair). She’s sweet.’ And it looks like the star, who is married to Amelia, has been pulling out all the stops to keep their kids entertained. He even celebrated his birthday with a solo game of Twister, which he called a ‘Birthday Party for 1’ and seemed to regret offering to build a Lego Friends campervan. ‘And you thought Rome took…1 min

CelebrityPIERS: ‘It’s all nagging and bickering with us’ SUSANNA: ‘He’s just insufferable and so opinionated’Every morning Susanna Reid receives sympathetic messages from viewers offering their condolences about the fact she has to sit next to Piers Morgan again at work.And it’s no real surprise as, in her own words, Susanna, 49, describes Piers, 55, as ‘insufferable, opinionated’ and ‘domineering’, thanks to his controversial outbursts.Yet, off air the pair are the best of friends.It’s been five years since Piers joined Susanna on Good Morning Britain. And, with GMB figures booming, it seems the duo have just about got their ‘love/hate’ relationship under control.Here, we take a look at how their friendship has developed over the years...A SLOW BURNERIt’s no secret that in the early days, Susanna was less than impressed with her new co-host. ‘Oh, we’re friends,’ she says. ‘I mean genuinely good friends. It…4 min

CelebrityLocked down dressed up!CAPRICE BOURRETCaprice, 48, got dressed up for dinner with her husband Ty Comfort in her Notting Hill home. And clearly keen to get back in front of the camera, she staged a photoshoot with sizzling snaps taken by her stepdaughter Isabella, 12, with styling by her sons Jett and Jax, aged six.AYDA AND ROBBIE WILLIAMSThe A-list couple know how to keep themselves entertained during quarantine by dressing up on Fridays. They said, ‘Shave your legs, wash your hair, cause it’s officially formal Fridays at the Williams House.’ The pair even let their daughter Teddy, seven, style them!STACEY SOLOMONLoose Women panellist Stacey enjoyed dressing up for a garden date with partner Joe Swash. The 30-year-old explained, ‘For the first (and probably the last) time since the lockdown began I’m wearing a…1 min

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