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Eamonn Holmes, a former This Morning star, and relationship councillor Katie Alexander, 43, have been dating since his unexpected breakup with Loose Women anchor, Ruth Langsford.

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TV star, Eamonn Holmes, is doing everything he can to save his relationship with girlfriend, Katie Alexander, 43, according to reports.

The 66-year-old stunned fans in 2024 when it was announced that he and former This Morning co-host, Ruth Langsford, 65, had called time on their marriage and were heading for divorce.

Leaving his loyal fans gobsmacked, Eamonn and relationship councillor, Katie, went public with their romance, jetting off to the party island of Ibiza for the summer and looking very loved-up indeed. However, it’s now been reported that the dad-of-three is worried his girlfriend’s head will be ‘turned’, particularly in light of their age gap

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A source told The Sun that Emma is determined to hold onto Katie because she is aware of his success. There is no denying that there is a 22-year age difference.

He wants to make sure that the woman’s head never turns and that she is “a gorgeous woman in her prime.”

Katie, who rocked up at the £270-a- night Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate with Eamonn on Boxing Day, was also seen by the star’s side at GB News host Nana Akua’s engagement party in the summer.

As they entered the opulent celebration in the capital, the couple seemed content in each other’s company. However, according to later reports, Eamonn’s agonizing health issues caused their relationship to end badly.

A source told the Mail that instead of moving closer to and settling in his hometown of Belfast and complaining that the veteran presenter has less mobility as a result of a botched back operation, he is spending more time with his family in Belfast.

Following the reports, Katie reportedly made an effort to comfort Eamonn, with the mother-of-one telling close friends, “It’s just us.” Always and forever. The couple were later seen in November at John Caudwell’s Mayfair mansion.

Eamonn is now said to be doing everything in his power to keep the relationship going and wants the therapist to be as happy as possible.

The source claimed that the broadcaster doesn’t want to “fear Katie off” and that this “weighing on him” makes him angry when things go wrong at work. However, he makes an effort to bottle all that up whenever he’s with Katie because he doesn’t want to offend her.

Eamonn recently received criticism from his employer on GB News for revealing details of his health condition.

The presenter was defending former British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter Mandelson, for urinating in a London street after he was sacked from his role over his links to paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

Following his spinal issues over the years, Eamonn acknowledged that he was absolutely in need of the restroom and that he is “getting over a medical condition and I just can’t wait.”

“And then (Mandelson) was walking.” What else should the man do, though? Would you let me leave your home and have a pee there, asks the doorknocker.

How dare you, most people will say, “How dare you?” I won’t do that, so I’m arguing that it’s difficult to decide where to actually lie down in public. That is the issue.

However, Eamonn was instructed to wrap things up by saying, “The giveaway is next, as my producer says in my ear.” They’re obviously not interested in this dilemma or how it relates to my identifying with it.

Eamonn’s representative has been contacted by The Mirror to comment on this story.

Following a tragic loss of a family, the dear Good Morning Britain star was left devastated a few months ago.

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A Good Morning Britain star has been supported by fans after opening up about where she has scattered a dear family member’s ashes.

Journalist Katy Rickitt joined the long-running ITV show way back in 2012 as a news correspondent, and has covered a range of stories ever since.

Away from the programme, Katy is married to actor Adam Rickitt, who is best known for playing Nick Tilsley on ITV’s long-running soap Coronation Street from 1997 to 2004.

The pair first met when Katy interviewed Adam back in 2011 on GMB. Three years later, the couple tied the knot in a winter wonderland wedding in December 2014.

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Katy and Adam also have successful individual careers and are the owners of Dexter and Jones, a artisan bottle store in Knutsford, Cheshire.

However, in December, the pair were left devastated when their beloved four-legged family member: Daphne sadly died – with both Katy and Adam left “blindsided” by her passing.

And on Sunday (January 4) Katy took to her Instagram and revealed they had scattered Daphne’s ashes. Alongside a video montage of clips of Daphne, Katy wrote: “Today we scattered our baby Daphne in our special place, Tatton park.

She now bears the branches and forms the base of Rufus, which she also shares with him. Our happiest dog walks as a family featured this dog attacking the gate and @adamrickitt’s feet!

We left, and the clouds gave the impression that she was finally Princess Daphne in the Wobble-bouncing through the Blancmond clouds. You will always be our true baby, and we will always be yours. With big brother Rufus, you can rest peacefully and content. Until we return, “xx”

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Fans expressed their support for Katy and Adam in the comments section. I’m so sorry, Katy and Adam, for sending you so much love.

Another phrase was added: “Aww Katy and Adam, I’m sure Princess Daphne and King Rufus are running free and will be waiting for you all to be together once more.” They are currently known to be peaceful and together. I sincerely love you all. A third chimed in, “Bless your hearts thinking of you.” Enjoy Rufus and Daphne together in heaven.

Following a difficult year marked by an unexpected family change and a tragic death, BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley expressed hope for a quieter 2026.

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Following a number of unexpected and heartfelt family transitions, Jo Whiley described 2025 as a “volatile year” for her. The Radio 2 presenter was struggling to contain her tears when she revealed that her husband had accidentally run over their cat, Simba, in August.

Jo became a carer for her parents, which caused other unexpected changes to her personal life in addition to the tragedy.

Reflecting on last year, she told her co-star Zoe Ball on their Dig It podcast: “Towards the end of the year, just to say, my parents have had loads of health issues, so I’ve suddenly hit that point of my life, which I know a lot of our diggers are at as well, so suddenly becoming a carer and sorting out lots of hospital appointments.

In addition, the second half of this year featured significant growth in the number of things that were important, such as caring for them and being a sibling of a person with a learning disability.

“I’m still on the rollercoaster right now, as we all are,” she continued. It’s been a rollercoaster of a year, it’s not been an easy year.

The 60-year-old said she is now anticipating a calmer 2026 after what she described as a “manic” year.

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She wrote, “Literally, I don’t believe I’ve ever had a day where I haven’t been doing anything.”

So next year, I’m trying to relax, spend more time with my friends and family, and do a little less, continuing to do the pod, radio, and my 90s anthems show, but kind of, not do so many, maybe.

I’m going to try to run and swim more, and I’m also getting back into shape.

She claimed that she had signed up for a half marathon in April, saying that the training required that you do. It’s undoubtedly the only way I can handle it.

While reflecting on 2025, Jo also revisited the heartbreaking loss of their family cat.

She recalled that her husband Steve had previously told her the depressing news to Zoe when she was returning from a vacation.

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Jo explained that Steve initially believed the cat had left after moving her out of the way on their driveway.

She said, “We just can’t figure out what happened.”

Jo continued, stating that the incident left her husband grieving, particularly because of the close friendship he and Simba shared.

“He’s in a world of pain,” she said. “We had to spend the whole day yesterday – luckily the kids weren’t at home when it happened – and a vet came over and put [Simba] out of her misery.

We simply had to wait and figure out what to say and tell the kids.

Archie and Lilibet were last seen in the UK in June 2022 during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but Harry’s friends claim they would like a reunion.

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Friends of Prince Harry claim he desperately wants King Charles to visit America this year to see his grandchildren. The King last saw Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in 2022 when they visited the UK as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. It means he has only seen six-year-old Archie a handful of times and four-year-old Lilibet only once.

Since then, Harry has been battling with the Home Office to reinstate automatic armed police protection for when he and his family visit the UK. He has not brought his children to the UK since – with Charles also not travelling to the US. But with the news before Christmas that the King’s cancer treatment is to be scaled back in the New Year, Harry has reportedly expressed a desire for his father to come to California to visit.

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When Harry and his son Harry visited Clarence House for tea while on a trip to the UK, the pair apparently last saw each other in person in September, but there haven’t been any reunions since.

A source told The Sun: “Harry has made it clear that he would love his dad to come and visit him and the family. He knows that they are strained, but he has mentioned several times a hope that his father can have a relationship with his grandchildren.” The Mirror has contacted Harry’s office for comment.

It comes amid reports that Harry is also ‘confident’ that his taxpayer-funded police protection when he visits the UK could be restored. The Duke of Sussex lost an appeal in May challenging the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office over the decision that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country.

After Harry and the Duchess of Sussex announced they wanted to step down as senior royals, they first moved to Canada and then California.

However, it has emerged that his security arrangements are now being reviewed after Harry wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is overseen by the Home Office.

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According to The Telegraph, sources say the feeling is ‘positive’ and that the Sussex camp is ‘cautiously optimistic’ that his automatic security would be reinstated. But Royal author Duncan Larcombe suspects that if the new threat assessment goes Harry’s way, Meghan will have to make some very uncomfortable decisions.

He continued, ” Meghan has essentially been used as an excuse for not visiting the UK in recent years.” However, many people believe that the public’s reaction to her over here is what is the real reason.

Given the new review, he continued, “She has no choice but to think about it if the protection is reinstated for Harry and Meghan when they are on UK soil.” She added, “She has no excuse for her to stay away.

Harry has made it abundantly clear that Meghan and him must avoid visiting his country because of the lack of official security, which typically includes round-the-clock armed security from top professional Met Police officers and access to top-level intelligence.

After losing his court case last year, he said a UK return for the family of four would be “impossible”, adding, “I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point.”

Meghan, 44, has spoken out about the security issue far less frequently than her husband, but she has given the UK a very wide berth since her last significant trip to the UK in 2022.

It seems that women are on the verge of abandoning the custom of taking a man’s surname once they get married, and as Adam Peaty and Brooklyn Beckham have shown, it’s starting to become popular to use double barrel surnames instead.

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For decades, it’s always been tradition that when a couple get married, the wife takes on the husbands name – so why are men going against the grain and taking the woman’s name too?

We’ve seen it recently with Adam Peaty and Brooklyn Beckham, who have both incorporated their new spouse’ name into their own, becoming with Adam marrying Holly Ramsay and becoming Ramsay Peaty and Brooklyn marrying Nicola Peltz, and becoming Peltz Beckham.

But are they becoming modern men and axing all types of tradition? Or are they making a stance against their families? Both men, very publicly, have been involved in bitter and toxic feuds with their families. Etiquette expert Jo Hayes has told Daily Mirror she belives this is a “defiant stance” to their families.

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Brooklyn and Adam have undoubtedly been in the news recently, and Jo believes that this is one of the reasons they both chose to adopt their wives’ surnames after getting married.

She continued, “I suspect this decision has a number of fairly obvious reasons.” It’s also quite obvious that both men chose to distance themselves from their families of origin, to clearly establish a new family unit with their spouse, as Brooklyn Beckham has previously stated, and he did it “be different,” and because the names looked “very cool together.”

She noted, however, that they didn’t adopt their wives’ names and didn’t completely change their own surnames. Instead, they adopted a new double-barrelled surname. However, Jo, an expert on etiquette, said it’s not inappropriate despite the controversy that some may have.

According to research from Guides For Brides, the debate over changing your surname after marriage is quickly gaining momentum. They discovered that more women are choosing to stick to their own family name (16%) as opposed to the more traditional route of adopting their new spouse’s name.

More men are now (35% more likely to change their last name to their spouses’) after getting married, Jo noted, and this trend is growing because “many women choose not to have their husbands’ names when they get married. This is because there are a number of other, frequently very reasonable, reasons.

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They already have successful careers and a strong professional identity, so changing their surname, at least in professional circles, could have an impact on their professional “brand.”

“Or they just want to keep their maiden name because they have a strong bond with it.” Sometimes they adopt their husband’s name as “official” (for example). legal or in accordance with official documents, etc. ), but still use their maiden name on a daily or professional level. Or the wife adopts her husband’s surname and changes her maiden name to a “middle name” instead.

Jo said she is “for anything that fosters optimal unity within a marriage” when it comes to couples choosing their future names. For all parties involved, including husband, wife, and any/all of their children, the better.

However, that same family legacy is significant. The “traditional” practice of wives adopting the husband’s name served this purpose by establishing a strong, clearly defined family identity and unit, with all family members, including children, sharing the same name. while keeping a strong family legacy and lineage.

As these couples have done, establishing a double-barrelled surname together serves the purpose of establishing a strong family unit and new “identity.” She points out, however, that this practice has a limited sense of “sustainability.”

Jo remarked, “This could only be practiced for a limited number of generations without it getting out of hand.” I enjoy the idea that all children in a family adopt the wife’s maiden name as their middle name (or at least one of their middle names), regardless of whether the wife adopts the husband’s name (officially or not).

By having one “official” last name that can be passed down through generations, keeping things very simple and sustainable.

From series seven’s Millie Court to the most recent season’s Helena Ford, ITV has confirmed that the first few contestants will be appearing in the 2026 series of Love Island: All Star. Millie and Helena will join Whitney Adebayo, Jess Harding, and Tommy Bradley from the series from the beginning of the year, according to the broadcaster.

Meanwhile, Sean Stone from series 11 and series eight, Leanne Amaning from series six, Belle Hassan from series five, and Leanne Amaning from series six, are entering the villa. Charlie Frederick from series four and Shaq Muhammad from series nine complete the lineup.

A new line-up of the show’s alumni will be brought back to find love once more in Maya Jama’s most recent series of Love Island: All Stars. Casey O’Gorman and Gabby Allen won the series last year, splitting the $50,000 prize, but they split up shortly after.

Molly Smith and Tom Clare’s popularity also increased after All Stars’ first season, which aired in 2024. Tom proposed to Molly late last year, and they are still doing well.

Additionally, ITV revealed that All Stars will air for six weeks rather than five as planned for this year’s series.

Iain Stirling, Molly Smith, Tom Clare, Amanda Stavri, Amanda Stavri, and Mike Spencer-Hayter, the creative director, attended a Love Island press event where the entire lineup was revealed.

Maya Jama was scheduled to attend the event, but she reportedly had to resign because of her illness. “She’s also scheduled to fly out to South Africa this week,” a source told The Sun.

Casey posted shots from South Africa last week, giving a big slam that he was returning for his third season of the show.

The winner shared a photo of a South African motorway with the caption “We meet again” on his Instagram account.

ITV teased fans back in December by sharing a 10-second clip of contestants with “unfinished business” with the network.

Full Love Island lineup:

Whitney Adebayo, Series 10, Islander, at age 28
Millie Court – Age 29, Series 7 Islander
Belle Hassan – Age 27, Series 5 Islander
Helena Ford – Age 29, Series 12 Islander
Jess Harding – Age 25, Series 10 Islander
Leanne Amaning – Age 28, Series 6 Islander

Age 23 Islander by Ciaran Davies
Jack Keating – Age 26, Series 8 Islander
Sean Stone – Age 26, Series 11 Islander
Tommy Bradley – Age 22, Series 12 Islander
Charlie Frederick – Age 31, Series 4 Islander
Shaq Muhammad – Age 27, Series 9 Islander

On ITV2 and ITVX, Love Island: All Stars airs on Monday, January 12 at 9 p.m.

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