Innholdsfortegnelse for 12 August 2025 i Bella

Martine McCutcheon’s estranged mother Jenny Tomlin has reached out to her daughter, begging for a reconciliation. The former EastEnders star, 49, and her author mother, 69, were once close, but their relationship broke down following the tragic death of Martine’s brother LJ in 2022. Jenny shared, ‘I detached. I was so heartbroken I couldn’t talk to Martine. There was no big row – Martine tried to contact me for months, but I didn’t answer. I was so wrapped up in my own grief that I was neglecting my other child.’ It comes after a tough few months for Martine, who was recently declared bankrupt following her split from husband Jack McManus.…

Soaking up the sun on a recent jaunt abroad, Charlie Brooks looked sensational. The former EastEnders star has been showing off her amazing new figure this year – and these latest pics of the actor in a tiny bronze cossie while on holiday highlight her amazing transformation. She kick-started her latest fitness journey in 2024 when she started training for this year’s Dancing On Ice – a goal she has clearly maintained. ‘I’m excited about getting a nice, strong, fit body,’ she said. And wow, has she got it. Sharing the latest pics on Instagram, Charlie wrote that she had the ‘best company and food’ as she enjoyed a showbiz trip abroad with the creator of self-tan brand James Read Tan, who she said made her ‘GLOW all weekend!’. ‘I…

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Having lost over 14st in recent months, Alison Hammond, 50, has never seemed happier. Last week, the TV presenter gave an insight into how she’s living her best life as she shared a photo of herself with her boyfriend David Putman, 27, on their summer holiday. ‘Happy holidays to you all. Remember always choose love,’ she wrote alongside the picture. The This Morning host – who’s mum to son Aidan, 20 – has been wowing viewers with her latest look and getting plenty of praise online. ‘You’re looking incredible! Inspirational,’ one commenter said, with another adding, ‘You look amazing Alison.’ A source has revealed she’s been really ‘focused’, and that it’s paying off. ‘She’s feeling happier and sexier than ever… she’s lost an incredible amount of weight.’ Alison – who…

My sister Karla and I clinked our glasses of fizz together as we sat on her sofa. ‘I’m so glad you moved here,’ she said. ‘Me too,’ I replied. Karla was a year older than me, and we’d always been close, but for the past 10 years I’d been living in Spain with our two older sisters, Renee and Juliette. Now I’d moved to Harlow, Essex – just 20 minutes away from Karla’s home. She was a social butterfly and even when we were little, I’d tag along wherever she went. Over the next few years, we made the most of living near each other and had lots of fun nights out. Then one night in January 2023, Karla rang to ask if I could drive her to a doctor’s…

Get even Is your skin lacking that smooth, even glow? ‘Your melanocytes, the skin’s pigment-producing cells, are incredibly sensitive,’ explains Dr Nina Bal, skincare expert at AlumierMD. ‘Heat, hormones, stress, inflammation and even aggressive skincare can overstimulate them.’ However, sun exposure remains the primary cause of summertime skin discolouration. To reduce those dark patches, cleanse skin with La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Cleanser, £22, which contains Melasyl and has a micro-peeling action to stimulate cell turnover. Use a brightening vitamin C serum in the morning, such as Simple Booster Serum 10% Vitamins C +E +F, £9.99, and No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Serum, £39.95, at night. And don’t skip sunscreen! Dr Bal adds, ‘UVA penetrates through clouds and windows, meaning you should wear broad spectrum or high star-rated sunscreen.’ Avoid…

BALANCING BOTANICALS After battling postnatal PMS, Casey Batchelor channelled her wellness obsession into 222 Collective. The first launch, Balance Me (222collective.co.uk, £34.99), is a hormone-support supplement designed to work with your cycle. Packed with 12 natural ingredients, it’s a plant-powered pick-me-up for everything from perimenopause to PMS. PROBIOTIC POWER Not all kefirs are created equal. Ki Kefir (kikefir.com, £3.90) is the real deal – made using traditional methods, living grains and organic milk from a regenerative Sussex farm. It’s bottled fresh every week and is teeming with good bacteria to boost gut health. Small-batch, simple and seriously strong, this is proper fermented goodness. Bella loves FIT FUEL Meal prep, but smarter. Calo – the world’s fastest-growing healthy meal delivery brand – has landed in the UK. With chef-made dishes, nutritionist…

Skipping through the park with a football under my arm, I felt a tap on my shoulder. Glancing up, I saw a man I didn’t recognise. ‘Do you know who I am?’ he asked. I shook my head. ‘I’m your Daddy, Lou-Lou,’ he announced. I was certain we’d never met, yet he seemed to know my middle name was Louise. I ran home and told my parents. It was 1996, I was seven years old and, as far as I knew, I’d always lived with my mum and dad in Stockport. But my mum muttered a vague reply. ‘Let’s talk about this another time,’ she said. A few days later, a social worker came to visit. She explained that I had been taken away from my birth parents aged two,…

It’s been a rough few months for the Loose Women panel, who have now seen themselves rocked by yet another scandal – with Nadia Sawalha and Coleen Nolan both revealing they have been targeted by a sex tape scam. Speaking on the ITV panel show, Nadia and Coleen, both 60, described how they have received threatening messages demanding money to stop intimate videos of themselves being released – despite no such sex tapes actually existing. Nadia revealed how she was left fearing that scammers would use deep fake and AI technology – in which videos are digitally altered to appear as someone else – to fake a sex tape. Recalling the first ‘sextortion’ email, she shared, ‘The email read, “We have all the videos of you having a happy time…

The nation was left shocked last week when Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty announced they had split after 13 years together. While they were believed to have one of the strongest marriages in showbiz, which followed a decade-long friendship, the presenter power couple released a joint statement to share the sad news. ‘We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved,’ it read. ‘We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected.’ But behind the scenes, friends close to Cat, 48, and Patrick, 54, – who share sons Milo, nine, and sixyear-old James – tell Bella that the split has been coming for some time,…

When we catch up with Kimberley Walsh during the height of the recent heatwave, she is gearing up to spend the last few weeks at home with her youngest son Nate, four, who will be starting school after the summer holidays. And while the 43-year-old’s youngest son is about to hit a new milestone, her eldest son Bobby, 10, is embarking on a new venture too, as the Girls Aloud singer reveals he’s getting ready to follow her into the limelight. Here, Kimberley – who also shares Cole, eight, with husband Justin Scott – reflects on the girl group’s mammoth reunion tour in memory of late bandmate Sarah Harding, and shares if she’ll be joining her soap star sister Amy on Emmerdale… ‘I adore being on stage’ How did you…

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Dark ’n’ stormy granita Serves 2 Takes 5min, plus freezing 330ml can ginger beer 50ml Goslings Black Seal Rum Lime slices, to garnish 1 Pour the ginger beer into a freezer proof container and freeze for 3hr. Every 30min, break up the ice with a fork. 2 Spoon the slushy mix into glasses and tip the rum on top. Garnish each with a slice of lime. Strawberry gin smash Serves 10 Takes 15min 2 limes, cut into small pieces 1tbsp coconut sugar (to taste) 250g strawberries, hulled, plus extra to garnish Ice cubes 500ml Hernö Pink BTL Gin Small handful of fresh basil, plus extra to garnish 750ml soda water 1 Put the lime pieces into a cocktail shaker with the coconut sugar. Muddle well to help release the oils from the peel and incorporate the sugar into the…

£50 Star letter Through thick and thin I’ve been reading Bella for years, it is so enjoyable. But I was disappointed by Eamonn Holmes’ comments about his new love being there for him. Ruth Langsford has been there, got the T-shirt and stood by him through thick and thin. It’s good to see Ruth looking so well and glamorous! I hope she gets out there and finds a new man who appreciates her, and shows her how she deserves to be treated. Mrs. Orr, Northern Ireland, by post My heart goes out to Fiona Having witnessed the deterioration and subsequent death of her father at the hands of Alzheimer’s, broadcaster Fiona Phillips is now battling the disease herself. It just goes to show the impact the UK’s biggest killer has,…

How do I get my son to talk? Q When my 14-year-old son’s best friend was leaving ours the other day, he popped his head into the kitchen and said, ‘I think he might need to talk.’ He asked me not to mention that he’d said anything to me. I went up to my son’s room later and asked him how he was and he said ‘fine’. I asked him how his weekend had been and he said ‘fine’. I don’t want to betray his friend’s trust, but I don’t know how to help him if he won’t tell me anything. I don’t want to make a big deal of something if there’s nothing going on, or if he doesn’t want to talk to me about it. Should I leave…

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LISA VANDERPUMP AND SOME WELL-DRESSED POOCHES Lisa, 64, has her own foundation, Vanderpump Dogs, which not only rescues and rehabilitates pups, but grooms and pampers them too. She also provides some chic designer clobber! PARIS HILTON AND DIAMOND The 44-year-old socialite loves to spoil her pups with outfits and even has a £293k dog mansion. When her Chihuahua Diamond went missing in 2022, she was devastated. SIMON COWELL, SQUIDDLY AND DIDDLY Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon, 65, stayed on brand during a 2014 launch of the show, dressing his Yorkshire Terriers, Squiddly and Diddly, in Union Jack outfits. AMANDA SEYFRIED AND HENNY PENNY Actor Amanda, 39, has a large number of animals on her farm, including goats, peacocks, a donkey and a roost of chickens, which she likes to dress…