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This former footballer married his childhood sweetheart in 2005 and has since welcomed three children and has now made a move into the horseracing world

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An England footballer was seen looking completely unrecognisable at his daughter’s birthday bash this week. The sports legend dressed up in a Hulk Hogan costume while he celebrated his youngest daughter’s 18th birthday on Saturday.

The former footballer was best known for being a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Stoke City, as well playing for as the England national team.

Michael Owen retired back in 2013 and has since made a move into horse racing as a breeder and owner. He has also worked as a sports pundit and commentator since his retirement from football.

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Michael was worlds away from his usual look as he wore his American wrestler costume for the special event. He completed his look with a blonde wig and moustache.

The star was joined by his whole family for the 18th bash. Love Island star and eldest daughter Gemma looked as glamourous as ever as she dressed as a flapper girl in a metallic dress.

She went all out for her costume as she wore a pair of long black satin gloves, pearl necklaces and a rhinestone headband. Meanwhile her mum Louise dressed as Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The mum-of-three looked stunning in a simple but elegant black dress which she teamed with sunglasses, black long gloves and pearl necklaces.

Son James was seen dressed as a jockey while birthday girl Emily stole the show as Marilyn Monroe. She went for her iconic white halterneck dress look as well as a blonde curled wig.

The celebrations come as Gemma looked loved-up in holiday snaps with her horse rider boyfriend Red Morgan this summer. The former Love Island star Gemma made her first public appearance with Red at Wimbledon back in June.

Red is the son of entrepreneur Steve Morgan, 72. Steve is known as the founder of construction business Redrow, which lists Michael among its celebrity clients on its website.

Steve – whose net worth is estimated to be £915 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2024 – shares his son Red and a daughter with his ex-wife Fiona Boustead.

Reports of Red and Gemma being in a relationship came when a source told the Mirror a few months ago that they have known each other “for a long time”.

The pair, who both have links to North Wales and Cheshire, are said to have spent much time together since reconnecting last year.

The source told us: “They have been friends since school age and are from the same area so have known each other for a long time.” The source continued: “Their mutual love of horses means they are often seen at the same equestrian events and have mutual friends on the equestrian circuit.”

The Strictly Come Dancing contestant and Gladiators star has opened up about how the health issue could impact his performances on the popular BBC One show alongside Karen Hauer

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Strictly Come Dancing star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey has revealed his concerns that a health condition he has suffered from for his entire life would “work against” him on the BBC show.

After finding fame while competing for Great Britain in the Commonwealth games, in more recent years, Harry has made his name competing in Gladiators under the name Nitro.

However, during an appearance on the Parenting Hell podcast, he told hosts Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe how he felt fearful that a medical issue could affect his chances in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Looking back over his time on Strictly, including a stint on 2024’s Christmas Special, Josh, who was also part of the festive episode, observed how Harry would excel at the routines that require greater physical strength, but joked he might be “too stiff for the romantic numbers” due to his muscular physique.

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In response, the 37-year-old said: “These are things I’m scared of. These muscles are actually going to work against me.”

He then opened up about a health condition that he has suffered with since birth: “I’ve actually got a deficiency of myostatin. That’s one of the reasons why I build muscle a lot. So that is just a genetic makeup.”

Myostatin deficiency is when the body struggles to produce myostatin protein, which in turn results in heavily increased muscle mass and small amounts of fat around the body. Therefore, it is common for people who have low to no myostatin in their body to have larger than normal muscles.

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The condition is said to be extremely rare, with some estimates suggesting that as few as one in four million people have been diagnosed with it.

However, despite his medical condition, Harry has been impressing fans with his performances in the competition, with the athlete and his dance partner Karen Hauer performing an American Smooth last night.

Unfortunately, the judges were left divided over their routine, which saw the couple score just 30 points, meaning that they finished second from bottom on the leaderboard.

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Away from the competition, Harry boasts an extremely impressive sporting career, having competed for team GB at the Olympics, as well as winning several European and Commonwealth relay gold medals.

The fashion retailer has discounted the popular velvet blazer in a special offer

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With Christmas nearly upon us, the party season will soon be underway. Shoppers searching for festive looks are loving a ‘glamorous’ velvet blazer on sale at Marks & Spencer. The high street fashion retailer is a favourite with many shoppers, thanks to its stylish ranges, and the chain could have a new crowd-pleaser on its hands.

Reviewers have heaped praise on M&S’s Cotton Rich Velvet Waisted Tailored Blazer, and it’s currently on sale for £64 from £80. The product description states: “This velvet blazer has a silky-smooth feel and a flattering shape.

“The cotton-rich piece is cut to a tailored fit, with added stretch for comfort. A double-button fastening and cinched waist provide a sleek silhouette. Finished with two front pockets for your essentials.”

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For shoppers looking for something different, M&S’s current offers include a £40 Single Breasted Blazer, a £48 Tweed Sparkly Collarless Blazer with Wool, and a £56 Satin Waisted Blazer.

Elsewhere, Next is selling a £48 Black Embellished Stud Ruched Sleeve Occasion Blazer, Monsoon sells a £95 Mila Single Breasted Velvet Blazer Blue, or Boden offers a £179 Stamford Velvet Blazer.

For shoppers interested in the Cotton Rich Velvet Waisted Tailored Blazer, M&S reviewers awarded the blazer an average rating of 4.6 out of five. The blazer is available in sizes 6 to 24, and customers report that it is true to size. While the blazer received lots of positive reviews, not all customers were impressed.

A happy reviewer wrote: “This is a beautiful velvet jacket. Well made, flattering shape, great material. Goes beautifully with velvet trousers. Also looks great with jeans. Great buy.”

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A second buyer said: “Unbelievable quality – thick luxurious velvet with a fabulous lining and cut – a great bargain at the price and I love the silver buttons as I wear silver jewellery and home can look very bling!”

But someone else with criticisms said: “Sleeves are far too long. The length of the jacket was perfect. The overall fit was good. So I paid to have the sleeves made shorter. This adds a lot onto the cost of a jacket that will probably only get worn over Christmas and New Year.”

Another shopper thought: “Glamorous jacket let down by the buttons. Stunning velvet, well fitted jacket with good length sleeves. Only downside being the cheap looking buttons.” A different customer with some negative feedback added: “Really like this jacket.

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“Well fitting. It’s a good shade of black too. The arms are possible a little shorter but that’s good for me. The only thing I didn’t like are the buttons. I’ve changed them and it looks much better in my opinion.”

Meanwhile, a customer with mixed thoughts said: “Nice jacket, well fitted, good quality for the price, will be wearing this over the Xmas season as will go with jeans as well as dresses. Fits on the slightly smaller side for me (size 14) so wearing it over bulky tops might be a issue.”

The eighties phenomenon is back with his Telekon 45th Anniversary Tour reveals why his fans’ fondness of nostalgia drives him mad and how he’s looking forward to performing with his daughter Raven

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Robotic tones and eerie electronic music were only matched in their weirdness by Gary Numan’s heavily kohl-lined stare and stage outfits straight from the world of sc-fi.

Now the eighties phenomenon is back with his Telekon 45th Anniversary Tour – celebrating the birthday of his third UK number 1 album – supported by his daughter Raven, who will be performing alongside him.

While he professes to hate anniversary tours, he says: “It is such a big milestone it would be arrogant to not do something about it. I will have my little moment of reminiscing with people. ”

Ever since he really caught the public imagination with his 1979 hit Are Friends Electric? when he was performing as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan has been something of an enigma.

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Now 67, he changed his name from Gary Webb to Numan after finding a plumber in the Yellow Pages called Arthur Neumann and then abandoning the German spelling. Born in Hammersmith, west London, but now living in Los Angeles, he is more concerned about what’s happening in the future than in taking a trip down memory lane.

Particularly worried about climate change and the future of the planet, he says: “It bothers me that we have got Trump and how the warnings about it [the planet] are getting more dire. The tipping point is coming ever closer and things are moving faster than they thought they were going to with the sea rising.

“We all know that and we have got Trump, who is systematically undoing all the things that have been put in place to try to help. None of it was enough, but instead of building on it he is getting rid of it. It is properly frightening and nerve wracking. I have got three little ones. As a dad it definitely bothers me.”

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But Numan is not all doom and gloom, he does celebrate creativity. “I got into music because I was interested in creating something,” he says. “Electric music was important to me. It not only gave me the opportunity to write songs, but the very sounds themselves were the sounds you had never heard before. I was obsessed by that. I have never lost that. I still wake up in the morning and my desire is to go to the studio and come up with the noises and the sounds that you have not heard before.”

Frustrated by his fans’ desire for nostalgia, the creative genius continues: ”Fans just want me to keep doing my hits Cars and Are Friends Electric? It has been a massive hassle to get my own following to accept the fact that we are just going to keep moving forward and we are not going to do many of these nostalgia things. If people want to work with me to do an 80s thing, I am not the one for it. I don’t think about it at all. I don’t actively think about it and I don’t want to work with anyone. I do my own thing. I want to be in the here and now.”

Numan’s dislike of nostalgia is mainly fuelled by his desire for life to remain a voyage of discovery. “For me it is the kiss of death,” he continues, on his anti-nostalgia theme. “It does feel like as though you are raising a little white flag and saying ‘I have nothing new to offer. All of my ideas are gone. I am just going to live off past glories.’ That is why I have such a problem with it.”

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For Gary, neither looking back, nor sitting still are acceptable options. He says: “I am as prolific now as the day I started. I am as passionate about things now as I was the day I started. I am not interested in the 1980s.” Known for his space age style clothing at the time of Telekon, Numan says most of his famous costumes have now gone. He says :”My mum kept a few up in the loft and then when my mum died we cleared everything out and half of them had rotted away. They were covered in mould. I do have the famous black leather jacket with the red stripe. I do have that one. “

Even his overly made-up face is no more. He says: “I have toned it right down now. I am getting too old for too much make up. I don’t think glam is essential. It is not a requirement now.” Gary, who has been open about his Asperger’s diagnosis, has three daughters – Raven, 22, Persia, 20, and Echo Moon, 18, with his wife Gemma, who he met at a signing and married in 1997.

He is clearly very proud that his children are all musical. He says: “They write their own music. My daughter Echo has a garage band. She is amazing at structuring four or five minutes of music. My daughter Persia has sung with me many times on stage. She has been on an album and has started to record her own stuff. And Raven did music and she went off it and now she is back into it again. She is really clever. She has an amazing ear for melody, I am all for it.

“Would I like them to date rock stars? What a terrible way to progress that would be! I am so massively family-orientated. If I am not working I am with my family.” And he loves nothing more than throwing everything in a big van and driving off together. I am slightly disconnected with the world, to be honest,” he says. “I have got my own little bubble and I love it. My family makes me really happy and my kids. They have not turned into those horrible zombie kids which some teenagers can. They are lovely and lovely to be around. I just try to keep the world at arms length from all of us.

Countryfile star Adam Henson has opened up about his family life at home with wife Charlie, who he shares two grown-up children with

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Adam Henson has opened up about an emotional ordeal that saw him welcoming a new edition to his family. The Countryfile star tied the knot with his wife Charlie in 2021 after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Charlie underwent a life-saving operation shortly after the intimate ceremony. She has previously explained that the diagnosis led her to realise a wedding was “the most important thing in the world”.

Adam and Charlie had however been together for over 30 years before tying the knot, sharing two children – Alfie and Ella – together. The couple also have four dogs, including one who was welcomed into the home after an emotional moment.

Speaking to K9 Magazine, Adam said: “Boo is a six-year-old Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla and was bought as a puppy as a present for my son, Alfie, so she is very much his dog. Olive is a one-year-old Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla who we had not really planned to get!”

Adam says the family had a companion for Boo, but they were diagnosed with cancer and died, leaving the pooch feeling lonely. He continued: “Boo found herself on her own and really missed a doggy companion, so we bought Olive as a puppy and as a Christmas present for my partner, Charlie.”

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TV presenter Adam juggles his work on Countryfile as well as running his Bemborough Farm, which doubles-up as the Cotswold Farm Park. The tourist attraction welcomes around 70,000 visitors each year.

Adam has previously admitted that he plans to swap the farm for a rural cottage once his tenancy has run its course. That is because neither of his children fancy following in his footsteps and taking on the 650-hectare estate.

Adam himself took over the farm from own father Joe. He said: “My dad was ahead of his time by opening a farm for people to come and visit, bottle-feed a lamb or hold a chick.

“While I was pulling on my wellies and chasing my dad out of the door to join him on the farm, my own children aren’t interested in a career in farming.

“Sure, they can lamb a sheep and drive a tractor, but my daughter lives in Perth as an events organiser and my son is a financial advisor in Leeds.

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“So when the tenancy runs out in 12 years’ time, Charlie and I are moving to a bungalow close by in Winchcombe, where we have a few acres and will keep a few sheep and the dogs. It will be the end of an era, but I will still be able to enjoy the lovely countryside.”

Adam will return to screens with Countryfile on BBC One from 5.20pm this evening (November 9). He will be meeting the three finalists competing for the title of Young Countryside Champion at this year’s BBC Food & Farming Awards.

Actress Michella Keegan and husband Mark Wright have been renovating their £3.5million mansion in Essex but it seems it’s not all smooth sailing at the property

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Michelle Keegan is reportedly struggling to live in her £3.5million mansion after a masked robbery took place earlier this year. The actress lives in the impressive Essex pad along with husband Mark Wright and their daughter Paloma.

Despite the house being stunning, it seems that the past trauma of the break in is now impacting Michelle. The mum-of-one was heavily pregnant with her daughter Palma at the time of the crime.

Mark and Michelle had to lock themselves in one of the bedrooms back in February when the masked criminals broke in. Due to what happened, it has now been said that Michelle prefers to be elsewhere now.

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The Sun reported that a source said that the house was her “dream home” and that she is “trying really hard to fall in love with being there again”.

Since February, it is reported that Michelle has been making an effort to keep her life more private now and keep off of Instagram. They said: “It’s the only way she can feel safe again, she knows they took things too far, they’ve flaunted too much.”

Mark and Michelle are no strangers to being in the public eye and the couple’s wealth apparently “sparked jealousy with the wrong people”.

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The couple found that they were being “laughed at” by mums who lived nearby them in Essex. The source said: “It’s really cruel, but in their eyes they were quick to flaunt their wealth, so of course they were going to become a target.”

Mark and Michelle are making a move to be more private since the raid. The pair have found that this is more of a priority for them since the birth of her daughter, Palma, in March of this year.

Michelle has been keeping her daughter’s face off of social media as much as she can and Mark is on board with that agreement. They are also keen to keep photos of their home offline now as well.

Michella has been taking inspiration from other celebs such as Jennifer Aniston and Adele who are on social media but on their own terms.

“Michelle likes that – these days she doesn’t post much, it’s never in real time, and she certainly isn’t showing off what she’s got or boasting about what she’s up to,” the source said.

They added: “She sees how they are hugely successful and respected in their careers and life without ever showing fans their private lives, and she wants that.”

This isn’t the only crime that Michelle has been affected by this year as just last month her Range Rover was targetted. In the short clip uploaded to her stories she pointed at the long scratch on her car door and wrote: “Hope the person who did this felt better bout themselves afterwards [thumb up emoji] scruffs.”

She then filmed herself sat in the car and wrote: “Smiling on the outside, screaming on the inside, working out how not to let it ruin my day. Why though??”

The Mirror have contacted Michelle’s reps for comment.