Make up/Aura/Susi Belianska

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Brunette studio shoot – Mazzega/Aura

Photos: Lorenzo Mazzega

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Eyes/Rizzoli/D’Erasmo

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Laughter/Rizzoli/Cassinelli

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Coach and Ex Footballer Ruud Gullit and family at home

Exclusive shoot By Alan Olley

Coach and former Footballer Ruud Gullit with his wife Estelle Cruyff and children Maxim and Joelle at home in Holland

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Footballers’ Wives and The Bill actor Ben Richards, 39, battling cancer

His acting career has blossomed, but behind the scenes Ben Richards has had a tough few years. Now, in the latest heartbreak for his family, the Footballers’ Wives star has revealed he is battling cancer.  The 39-year-old took to his Twitter page with the news at the end of last month.

He wrote: ‘After getting scariest news yesterday, I have to now postpone my LA adventure for at least six months. I was born a fighter and will fight this.’

Days later, the star, who played Bruno Milligan in the hit TV series, wrote: ‘Great meeting with oncologist today, lovely guy, v. positive, I was terrified he’d give me bad news.’

Mr Richards then thanked his wife Helen Richards, 37, calling her a ‘rock by my side.’

After the appointment he told his 8,576 Twitter fans: ‘Yep, time to battle the big C. Prognosis is good gang and should kick this into touch in about six months, well this should be a different journey xx’.

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TV’s Melissa Porter in new fight for her baby over abduction claims

Accused by a U.S. telecoms tycoon of abducting her own baby, TV presenter Melissa Porter had hoped her horrific tug-of-love battle over her 12-month-old baby would be over by now.

But just weeks after former White House aide Peter Rinfret lost his claim in the High Court that Melissa had abducted their son, the heartbroken former star of BBC’s Countryfile has learned he is now issuing similar proceedings in the U.S.

Melissa, who met financier Rinfret on a blind date in London — he was then married to U.S. interior designer Cindy Rinfret, whom he has since divorced — is exhausted and fearful over her former lover’s new court action.

It comes after she successfully fought off his abduction claim in the High Court and won an interim custody order.

The businessman claims that Cheshire-born Melissa, 39, abducted Pierce by bringing  him back to Britain to live with her in London.

However, to begin with Melissa believed that Peter wanted to move with her.

She told me at the time: ‘I want to come back to Britain to work and Peter wants to come with me.’ Sadly, her belief that Rinfret would be able to commute between a home in Chelsea and his company in Connecticut proved impossible.‘They separated, but on friendly terms,’ says a friend. ‘So the original court proceedings came out of the blue.’Melissa is said to be struggling to find money to pay for this latest legal battle. Friends say she will have to find £20,000 to fight the American action.‘The idea that Melissa would abduct her own child is just ridiculous. She is a brilliant mother and does not deserve to be treated like this,’ says the friend. ‘It is a warning to other people about the perils of having a baby abroad. She is so scared she might lose him.’

Rinfret’s U.S. lawyers said their client had no comment.

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Ian Paisley being treated for heart condition

The family of former first minister and DUP leader Ian Paisley has spent the night at his hospital bedside.
Lord Bannside, who is 85, was taken ill on Sunday. He is being treated in the intensive care unit of the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald.
It is believed he is being treated for a heart condition.

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Happy Birthday, Bob Marley

If he were alive, Bob Marley would have turned 67 today. Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6, 1945. He remains the best-known and admired performer of reggae music and is credited with helping spread both reggae music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.

Here we have a rare and unpublished shoot by photographer Alan Ballard of the great man himself.

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Tearful Denise Welch announces split from husband Tim Healy after 23 years of marriage

Denise Welch has separated from her husband of 23 years.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner, 53, revealed the news today on Loose Women, saying she split from Benidorm actor Tim Healy ‘some time ago’.

She was forced to come clean after allegations surfaced that she committed adultery by engaging in two separate affairs with toyboy lovers, when in fact it seems she was single the whole time.

A tearful Denise said: ‘I just want to say, this is going to be really difficult for me… My family made a decision that we would talk about this today. Tim and I separated some time ago.

‘So I’m not having an affair, we have been living our own lives for some time now.’

She added: ‘I just wanted to thank everybody. Tim and I feel a sense of relief that we don’t have to hide this anymore. We’ve actually become better friends since we’ve made the decision but we wanted to have Christmas with the family without telling anybody.

‘We’re all just going to move forward as a family. Tim and I are still going to be co-parents (to Matthew, 22, and Louis, 10) and we love each other very much.’

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