With our list of the best dopamine-boosting fashion, beauty, and home purchases starting at just £7, we can help you get in the mood for January.
Officially known as the most depressing day of the year, it’s officially Blue Monday. It can be challenging to remain optimistic with the chilly, grey winter days and the post-Christmas slump. And if the holiday season makes you feel down, we’ve got some dopamine-boosting items on the high street that will make you feel upbeat.
Although the term “Blue Monday” was almost certainly used as a cheap marketing ploy to promote more holidays, these low-mood emotions can definitely manifest themselves throughout January and at this time of year.
Inject some color into your life, whether through clothing, accessories, or home goods, is a great way to combat the blues of January. Whether you think it or not, bright, warm colors can help us feel up and feel a little dopamine-boosting. Whether you think they can or cannot, it can hurt to try.
Piers Morgan, who was taken to a hospital by Susan Reid, has received a health update from Susan Reid, but it doesn’t seem to be him wanting any visitors.
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Susanna Reid wanted to visit a former hospital employee.
Susanna Reid claims Piers Morgan turned her down after she helped him after his operation.
The 60-year-old presenter stunned fans after sharing a picture from hospital and announced that he had fractured his femur so badly that he required a hip replacement. Piers explained he had tripped while dining at a restaurant and would have to use crutches to aid his mobility for several weeks.
But Susanna says her former Good Morning Britain co-host wasn’t in need of her help. Speaking on the show today alongside Kate Garraway and Ed Balls, Susanna remarked that it was “blue Monday”, calling it “the most miserable day of the year”. She said: “Not a great morning for our good friend Piers Morgan, although I have to say, he is recovering well in hospital.
“That was the picture he posted on Instagram. He has a new hip, so good luck with your recovery. I think he’s going to be in the hospital for a few days as he recovers. I think he’s going to be in the hospital for a few days as he recovers.
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I made an offer to bring grapes, but he claimed he had enough to start a vineyard, so I was turned down. She continued, “There was a restaurant involved, a stumble, and a whole new hip. So, Piers, get well soon.
Piers fronted Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna until his explosive departure in 2021 following controversial remarks he made about Meghan Markle. Last year, during an appearance on BBC Breakfast, he reflected on his stint presenting the ITV show, admitting there was one element he “hated” when asked how he “managed” the early morning wake-up calls.
He said, “I hated it, it’s the honest truth,” “It’s like having constant jet lag.” He continued, “I spent five years getting up and managed to get a 4.30am/5am start by the time I woke up,” but it was brutal. Hats off to you guys because, contrary to popular belief, morning television is a brutal activity.
“And then you watch two or three hours of live television,” which expels all the adrenaline, puts you to sleep, and leaves you exhausted by midday”!
Piers shared a photo from a hospital bed, as well as a close up snap of his X-ray, and said: “Breaking news! 1. Tripped on a small step. 2. In a London hotel restaurant. 3. Fractured femur. 4. So badly I needed a new hip. 5. Recovering in hospital. 6. Crutches for 6wks. 7. No long-haul for 12 wks. 8. New Year off to a cracking start! 9. I blame Donald Trump.”
The relationship between them all started when Piers participated in The Celebrity Apprentice 2008, which was then led by Trump, and now it is blamed on Donald Trump. Trump told him, “Piers, you were tactless, ruthless, aggressive, hard, possibly brilliant, you knocked them all out one by one – you win.” Piers eventually won in the end, with Trump saying, “You were tactless, ruthless, aggressive, hard, possibly brilliant, you knocked them all out one by one. Piers has previously claimed that because of their similarity, they can’t get along.
Former Made In Chelsea star, Louise Thompson, told fans she wants another baby this year despite the traumatic birth of her first child, Leo Hunter, in 2021
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Louise Thompson has shared a huge update after revealing she desperately wants another baby. The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, suffered a traumatic birth with her first child, Leo Hunter, in 2021 during which she lost ’12 and a half litres of blood’ and ended up with PTSD as a result.
Despite her agonising ordeal, Louise told fans at the beginning of the year she hoped 2026 would bring her a baby. And she’s now revealed her first steps to making it a reality, announcing that she’s had her first round of IVF, telling followers she was “obsessed” with thoughts of the “embryos dancing around”.
Louise, who was diagnosed with Lupus, Asherman’s syndrome, suffered a second hemorrhage, and has also had a stoma bag fitted since giving birth, admitted she was “exhausted” after completing her first cycle of IVF as she shared photos of herself, Ryan and Leo.
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Captioning the cute carousel on Instagram, she wrote: “What a start to the year. I’m exhausted even putting this post together. Probably why I’ve put off uploading anything for over a week.
“When I shut my eyes with the ‘hormonal crash’ all I can see is embryos dancing around. I really think that dancing is the answer to all my problems, but if only my embryos could dance as well as me… and Leo.2”
Listing her itinerary for the last few days, Louise said she has “managed an IVF cycle, obsessed over cell division, fragmentation, compaction and had an overnight hospital stint with Leo with Scarlett fever”.
Before her egg retrieval, the columnist told fans she felt “really rank” as she started her IVF journey. Taking toTikTok, Louise shared: “‘I have had a really rank 24 hours and I don’t want to wax lyrical about it because I’m aware that I’ve had a complicated week. I’ve had a complicated four years and I really don’t want to hear all the negativity.”
She continued: “Tonight is trigger night. I had another scan today at the clinic and I’m going to have the eggs retrieved on Tuesday morning, which feels really exciting.
“I’m so relieved. I’m ready to get these puppies out of my body. I feel like a brick s**t house. I feel disgusting, I feel heavy, I feel sore and I’ve had a fever for 24 hours.”
Claiming that her “twitch” was back, adding that she’d ‘barely slept’, Louise carried on: “I’m fine taking all these injections and stuff because it’s prescribed and I know why I’m taking them.
‘I don’t love taking medication if I don’t have to, so I didn’t know whether I was allowed to take any paracetamol during this IVF cycle or whether it was going to affect the egg quality, so I didn’t and I suffered all night shivering in so much pain, like agony. It was so triggering. I’d wake up every 20 minutes and feel like I was back in the hospital following recovery from surgery. Awful.'”
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Thankfully, the reality star, who is the sister of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! winner, Sam Thompson, said she was feeling better, signing off: “I feel a lot better now that I have had some paracetamol, which has brought the temperature down. I’ve had some reassurance from the scan.
“I felt like I was being slightly neurotic yesterday, wanting answers and to try to control anything that I could around this whole crazy situation, but now I just feel really relieved that there’s a timeline and a plan.”
Country music legend Dolly Parton marks her 80th birthday today — her first without husband Carl Dean following his death aged 82 last year
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Dolly Parton has opened up about the death of her late husband, Carl Dean, as she marks her first birthday without him. Carl died aged 82 in March 2025. While a cause of death was not disclosed, he was reportedly ill for some time before his passing.
In a statement shared on her Instagram page at the time, Dolly wrote: “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
Today, Dolly turns 80, and to mark the milestone she has released a reimagined version of her 1977 song Light of a Clear Blue Morning, featuring Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson, Queen Latifah, and Reba McEntire.
Tying her milestone to giving back, proceeds from the song and accompanying video are being donated to pediatric cancer research at Vanderbilt’s children’s hospital.
In the lead-up to her special milestone, the singer sparked health concerns after cancelling many shows, though she is scheduled to return to the stage in September.
It’s not known whether Dolly will hold any private celebrations for her birthday, though in a new interview, she admitted that staying busy has helped her cope with her grief.
Reflecting on her first 10 months without Carl, she told Hello! Magazine: “I feel emotional. People have been so kind and supportive, but it’s all very emotional for me.
“I was 18 years old when we met and we were together for 60 years, that’s a long time, so it’s hard to adjust,” she added.
“It still feels so strange to not have him with me. I miss him so much, but I’ll be fine. I’m keeping busy. I’m working every day. That has been the best thing for me.”
Dolly and Carl married in 1966 at a small service in Georgia two years after they first met. The pair crossed paths when she moved to Nashville at just 18 years old to pursue her singing career.
In previous interviews, the singer has often joked that Carl was the first man who ever really looked at her face instead of her body.
The late businessman largely stayed out of the spotlight, something Dolly has said helped keep their marriage strong.
Opening up about their relationship before his death, she gushed: “It is important to have someone there in your corner and you know they’ll love you for just who you are.
“There’s a great comfort in knowing that someone loves you exactly for who you are, because he fell in love with me before I became a star,” she added to E! News.
Sharing why leading separate lives worked well for them she added: “Because we both do different things and it’s exciting when we are together. We just enjoy each other.
“One of the things that we like to do – not necessarily a date night, we have a lot of date days – we have our little RV and we like to travel around.
Ant and Dec revealed their anxiety, parenting, and long-running TV careers in their first podcast appearance.
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In their first podcast interview, Ant and Dec addressed the audience (PA Archive/PA Images).
Declan Donnelly has made his first public comments regarding his battle with silent health.
The TV personality admitted that he “can never sit down” and that he “should always be doing something.
Donnelly revealed that he had sought therapy about five or six years ago and found it to be incredibly beneficial. Anthony McPartlin, Fearne Cotton’s co-host, and him making the revelations during an appearance on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast.
The duo, famously known as Ant and Dec, rose to stardom in their teenage years. They discussed fatherhood and how they’ve grown to appreciate their enduring careers more as they’ve aged. When questioned about his mental health, I’m A Celebrity host Donnelly confessed: “I struggle a bit with, it’s kind of a low level, constant anxiety about ‘should be doing this’ or ‘I’ve got to be doing…
I never feel like I can sit down and watch TV; instead, I feel like I should be doing something else. There is the skepticism that I should be performing a task somewhere.
I have a lot of trouble with that, trying to calm the voice in my head that says, “No, you should be using this time more productively.” About five, five, or six years ago, I had therapy. I really enjoyed it a lot. I really enjoyed it.
Donnelly shared that when he attempted to book a second session with the therapist, the therapist informed him that he couldn’t see him after taking a break from therapy.
He continued, “He did recommend someone else, and I have those details still; I haven’t managed to schedule an appointment yet.”
In his first podcast appearance, Donnelly emphasized that they take their roles “extremely seriously.”
The Geordie duo has fronted numerous primetime entertainment shows over the years, including Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain’s Got Talent and Ant And Dec’s Limitless Win.
According to Donnelly, “We always look at how can we bring the entire family together” when we’re looking at projects.
It’s a challenge to try to engage the entire family, which is a no-brainer. You have to try to engage each and every generation. We take it very seriously despite the fact that it’s entertaining and enjoyable.
McPartlin chimed in: “We do the best job in the world. We have a laugh every day.m We’ve hosted some turkeys over the years. It hasn’t always been a success. t’s a privilege to be in someone’s living room on a Saturday night hosting a big show.”
McPartlin acknowledged that he now has to think about his 19-month-old son in terms of fatherhood.
He admitted that he frequently gets scolded for swearing in the house. Isla, his daughter, Isla, requests to watch I’m Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Donnelly revealed on the podcast. but he resents the watershed’s aftermath. He also mentioned Jack, the son of three years old, and said, “I’m not sure my kids should be watching my TV show.”
Additionally, the duo revealed that Hanging Out With Ant &, Dec, their own podcast series, will debut later this week.
According to Donnelly, “It’s really exciting,” revealing that they had actually recorded a pilot for a podcast in a pub “about 15 years ago,” but hadn’t taken it further.
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After promoting the new podcast with a video that received criticism for its “suicide imagery,” which depicts feet dangling above the ground, the pair apologized last week.
In a statement to BBC News, they said: “We did not mean to cause any offence with this promo video and we are sorry if it upset anyone.”
The three-part series, which will debut on Netflix on January 27th, 2018, follows the legendary boy band from the UK.
Netflix has revealed a first-look trailer for its new no holds barred Take That documentary. The three-part series, which will launch on Tuesday 27th January, tells the remarkable story of the UK’s most iconic boy band and will go behind the scenes with Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams.
One band member reflects on how “crazy” it was for young people to travel the world while watching the clip, which includes a lot of unreleased footage of the band. However, a voiceover is later heard saying that “the band’s comeback as a band came to an end… the more successful we became, the bigger the audiences…
Before recording Robbie’s exit, Gary also mentions feeling “an unbelievable pressure” and realizing that the band had become “a money making machine” for many people.
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It also provides an explanation of the band’s decision to reunite, with a member revealing that despite being “scared” and “lack confidence,” he realized they “needed each other. The band gained popularity among packed arenas and a huge UK No. 12 chart dominance. 1 singles and 45 million albums sold worldwide.
This series offers an intimate look at the highs, the heartbreaks, and the enduring legacy of one of the UK’s most successful bands of all time, according to a synopsis for the show: “This series offers an intimate look at the highs, the heartbreaks, and the enduring legacy of one of the most successful bands of all time. It features 35 years of rare archive, never-before-seen footage, personal material, and brand new interviews with Gary, Howard, and Mark.”
“From their early beginnings as five piece formed in Manchester to becoming pop superstars, relive the camaraderie, chaos, and resilience that fuelled their meteoric rise, dramatic split, and one of the greatest comebacks in British music history. Told in their own words, this is the deeply personal and definitive story of Take That. “
Fans received a minute-long teaser featuring early band members in December. Nothing beats being in a band, the group members could be heard saying. There is a buzz and a strength. Something about us from the beginning wanted to prove something. I thought we were the kings of the world because of how close we were to one another.
Some of the band had previously appeared on the documentary Boybands Forever, which examined the rise, difficulties, and legacy of UK boybands in the 1990s and 2000s. Robbie, who left the band in 1995, was featured in the factual series, which covered issues he and his bandmates had, including eating disorders and alcohol abuse. When he joined the band, he was only 16 and his departure was 21.
Take That and East 17 were in a race for teenage adoration and chart dominance shortly after their formation. The band won the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2012 after achieving worldwide success with 56 number-one singles and 42 number-one albums.
One of the most fascinating stories in all of music was previously the subject of producer Gabe Turner’s previous statement, saying: “After creating the soundtrack for so many of our lives for the past 40 years, Take That has one of the most fascinating stories in all of history.
“At Fulwell 73, we want to bring the most interesting stories to life in the premium factual space. Using unseen archive and new interviews, we hope to do their unique tale justice. We couldn’t be more excited and honoured to partner with Netflix for this new original documentary.”
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On January 27, Netflix will show the Take That documentary.
