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Peter Andre and wife Emily Andre have always vowed to keep their children Amelia, Theo and Arabella away from the spotlight, but the doctor mum has given fans a rare glimpse of Amelia

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Peter Andre’s wife has delighted fans as she shared a string of very rare snaps of her and Peter’s daughter Amelia. Doctor Emily, 36, and husband Peter, 52, have always vowed to keep their three children Amelia, 12, Theodore, eight, and Arabella, one, away from the spotlight and have never shown their faces – and rarely share photos of them on social media.

But, Emily decided to make an exception to her strict parenting rule as she posted a string of snaps of Amelia’s childhood on Instagram – showing her daughter on days out, holidays and even showing off her gymnastic skills.

The string of snaps start of showing Amelia, who has been affectionately nicknamed as Millie by her parents, as a baby and show her throughout the years as she has grown into the tween she is now. The caption of the touching post saw proud mum Emily gushing over her daughter’s achievements as she celebrated her daughter’s birthday.

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Emily wrote: “Happy 12th birthday to our incredible girl Millie. Starting secondary school and taking it all in your stride, taking every opportunity you can and smashing it out of the park!

“We are so proud of everything you’re achieving and the kind, confident young person you’re becoming. A wonderful big sister, little sister, daughter, friend, niece, cousin… and so much more. We couldn’t be prouder. Happy birthday Mills” Emily ended the caption with followed by a red heart emoji.

The comments section was filled with sweet messages, including one from Amelia’s older sister Princess Andre, who penned: “How is my sis so grown”. Another wrote: “Aww Happy Birthday Millie!” While a fan said: “Happy 12th birthday Millie,enjoy your special day,even though it’s a school day”.

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However, one follower couldn’t help but criticise Emily for hiding her daughter’s face as they said: “Stupid photos with no face” but the troll was soon shut down as one person replied: “stupid comment with no point” while another said: “I know right how dare they want to protect their kids privacy”.

Meanwhile, Emily revealed she had opted to make daughter Millie’s birthday cake, which she said “went down like a treat”. She filmed the large chocolate cake, decorated with chocolate icing, flakes of chocolate and Maltesers and uploaded the clip to her Instagram story and wrote: “Millie’s birthday cake went down a treat, I would definitely use that recipe again! I’ve linked it for anyone interested” followed by a link for a recipe to a triple chocolate birthday cake.

It comes after Emily’s husband Peter addressed the idea of welcoming more children into their brood – almost two years after Emily gave birth to daughter Arabella. After Hollywood star George Clooney, who has eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander with Amal Clooney, spoke about becoming a dad in his early fifties, Peter has insisted that he is “happy” with what he has got and there are no plans to have any more children.

Writing in his new! magazine column, he said: “George Clooney has been talking about how it was easier for him to become a dad later on in life – and for some people it is. Some people want to get a lot of their career done and then focus on children.

“I felt at the right age to start having children. I could have waited a bit later, but you mature more as you get older and I’m happy with the amount of kids that we’ve got, I’m done at 52, I am happy with my brood!”

The social worker-turned- celebrity chef who wanted to ‘become the Oprah of the culinary world’ died aged 49, a decade after she was first diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer

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TV chef Elle Simone Scott has died at 49 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. The Michigan-born podcaster, presenter and author has been described by former colleagues and friends as a “trailblazer” who “helped open doors” as one of the first Black women to host a major American TV cookery show.

Her career in the kitchen began in her late 20s after she lost her job in social work during the 2008 financial crash. Early in her culinary career she said she wanted to become “culinary Oprah” so she could “take care of her family”. The news of her death was posted on the Instagram page of America’s Test Kitchen, a multimedia cookery company which creates the ATK television show on which Elle worked.

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Its tribute to the late chef, who joined the company in 2016 and became a long-time cast member on the television show, described Elle as “incredible human being” and paid tribute to the many “firsts” she achieved in her life, including co-founding SheChed Inc, which mentors young women of colour pursuing culinary jobs.

“Elle brought warmth and a vibrant spirit to everything she did and will leave a lasting mark on us as well as the millions of cooks who welcomed her into their home,” the tribute said. “Here at ATK, she will be remembered for her genuine appreciation for the people around her and the care she showed for her work and her colleagues. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family, friends, and all those whose lives she touched.”

The post received a huge number of comments from Elle’s devastated fans, including one who described her as “the best to ever to do it”, adding that she “gave so many people so much of herself to carry with them”.

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Elle was first diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer in 2016, shortly after she moved to Boston to work with ATK as a food stylist. She chose to speak openly about her diagnosis, and went on to raise awareness and perform cooking demonstrations of chemotherapy-friendly food for America’s National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.

In 2018 and while in remission she told the Boston Globe: “When I was getting chemo, I promised God two things: ‘God, if you let me survive cancer I will use my platform to bring attention to this cancer and any other women’s cancer, and I will give my all to SheChef and give my all to women who look like me.’ ”

Following her death, tributes also flooded in from other celebrity chefs, including Carla Hall, who appeared on American reality series Top Chef. In a heartfelt post on Facebook, she described her friend and colleague as a “trailblazer” and said her legacy would “live on in every kitchen” and within every other chef Elle inspired.

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“Chef Elle Simone Scott was a friend, a force, and a trailblazer. She showed up with excellence, generosity, and deep love for food and community,” Carla wrote.

“At America’s Test Kitchen, Elle helped open doors that had long been closed—becoming one of the first Black women audiences saw in the test kitchen, and doing so with grace, authority, and joy. She didn’t just test recipes; she changed what representation looked like in food media.

“Her voice mattered. Her work mattered. She mattered. Elle faced ovarian cancer with courage and honesty, using her platform to educate, advocate, and uplift even while fighting for her life. That kind of strength leaves a mark.

“We honor you, Elle. Your legacy lives on in every kitchen you inspired and every cook who finally saw themselves reflected back. Rest well my sister.”

Coronation Street’s Lisa Swain has had her fair share of drama and heartbreak on the cobbles, and the same can also be said for actress Vicky Myers’ real life

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Coronation Street’s Vicky Myers has had to deal with her own heartbreak over the years away from the ITV soap.

Actress Vicky shot to fame playing DS Lisa Swain, who made her first appearance in 2021 to assist with the Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) rape case.

Since then, the copper has become a major part of the Coronation Street cast and a firm favourite with the show’s loyal legion of viewers. She has also played a part in several big storylines, including the recent Corriedale episode.

From uncovering murders and putting villains behind bars, to even becoming a murder suspect herself, Lisa’s time in Weatherfield has not been short of drama.

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What’s more, Lisa, who shares a daughter, Betsy (Sydney Martin), with her ex-wife Becky (Amy Cudden), has also found love again with soap legend Carla Connor (Alison King).

However, the pair’s love story hasn’t been plain sailing, as Becky has recently managed to come between Lisa and Carla. And following the catastrophic Corriedale episode this week, Becky finally got her comeuppance when she was arrested for her crimes.

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However, fans hoping to see Carla and Lisa reunite were left heartbroken as things are still not good between the pair. In Thursday’s episode (January 8), Lisa shared a heart-to-heart with Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) about her relationship with Carla.

Away from the soap, though, Lisa actress Vicky has had to deal with her own share of heartbreak. In 2010, her life was turned upside down when she became a single mum. Just a few months later, doctors noticed a suspicious mark by chance while she was taking her nephew for a medical check-up.

Doctors ended up finding out she had skin cancer, and her ex-partner helped take care of their daughter, Meghan, while she got better from reconstructive surgery.

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Talking to the Mirror in 2024, Vicky reflected on the difficult years and said: “I don’t know if it’s my previous medical history, but I am so proud to be here and just to be living each day to the full.

“When my husband and I split up, I was quite down, bitter and vengeful, and when I was told I had [cancer], I remember thinking, ‘If this is it for me, I’ve missed out on all this time with my daughter, and I haven’t really been the best person that I wanted to be.’

“The diagnosis re-centred me and made me focus on what is really important and what makes me happy. Now, every time I go into work and see the Coronation Street sign, it’s quite overwhelming.”

The TV and theatre star said the death of her long-term partner was ‘by far’ the most difficult thing she had ever been through as she opened up about the lessons she has learned from grief

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Former EastEnders star Jill Halfpenny has described the death of her partner Matt Janes from a sudden heart attack as “the hardest thing she’s ever gone through”. The Gateshead-born actress, 50, also lost her father around 40 years earlier, when the 36 year old suffered a similar attack during a game of five-a-side football, when Jill was just four.

Reflecting on how she has coped with the compounded grief since losing Matt, 43, in 2017, the mum of one said she has tried to turn her emotions into something positive. “I guess what I’ve learned from it is that if I can get through that, and if I can try to come to terms with it and accept it, then… it’s not that I feel indestructible, but I feel I’ve worked a muscle, and I’ve learned something about myself,” she says in a new interview.

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The actress, who became a household name playing Nicola Dobson in the coming-of-age series Byker Grove, has previously shared that she first discovered Matt had died during a gym session after he failed to return home on time. After arriving at the gym, she discovered Matt lying on the studio floor. He was taken by ambulance to hospital but attempts to resuscitate him with a defibrillator were unsuccessful.

Jill said the first person she called was “her mam”, and she was very aware of triggering her own grief. “I could hear the fear in my mam’s voice. I was ringing her with the news about Matt, but I was still thinking about her, that she knows exactly how this feels,” she told The Sunday Times in 2024. “And I could hear it in her voice, I could hear that she knew I was about to go on that same journey.”

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She continued, “And as we heal, and as we talk, and as we communicate, and as we connect, then the space around the stone starts to get a bit bigger. I don’t think the stone necessarily gets smaller; I think the space around it does. Tiny, incremental wins happen, and then you go to bed that night, and you think, ‘Oh, maybe things are going to be alright’.”

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Jill, whose recent TV credits include main roles in the TV dramas The Cuckoo, The Drowning and Everything I Know About Love, also previously revealed that she and Matt were trying for a baby at the time of his death. She also has one son, teenager Harvey, from her marriage to actor Craig Conway, who she divorced from in 2010.

She is now in a relationship with partner Ian McAllister, after revealing that Matt once made her promise she would “meet someone else and find love again”. Speaking about the relationship in 2024, Jill said: “It sounds so cheesy, but I think Ian and I met at the perfect time. After Matt died, I didn’t know if I’d ever meet anyone again, but Ian is my cheerleader – I know I’ve met somebody who I love and who loves me.”