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Olivia’s La Cala, an iconic beachfront gem, is up for sale thanks to Elliot Wright, who is also putting his successful restaurant group up for sale. Olivia’s La Cala is a famous beachside gem that is undergoing a brand-new life in Britain.

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Former TOWIE star Elliott Wright has revealed it’s all change as he announces the sale by auction of his restaurant group in Spain – for a whole new life back in Blightly. The sale includes Olivia’s La Cala in Marbella, named after his daughter and the scene of many a wild night out for a host of stars including fellow ex-TOWIE regulars, from Elliott’s cousins Mark and Jess Wright to Ferne McCann and his good pal James ‘Arg’ Argent, who has performed there many times.

Elliott, 45, who has five children with wife Sadie and the most recent is daughter Dolly, who was born in August, tells us exclusively: “After 25 years in Spain, ten of those in La Cala de Mijas, I’ve decided it’s time for a change, a new chapter.

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Elliott, who appeared on The Only Way is Essex between 2010 and 2017 , adds: “As a family man, it’s always been my dream that my children would follow me into the restaurant business. However, life doesn’t always follow the plans we make.”

He explains, “My daughter Olivia turned 16 this year, and has decided to pursue a career in the City of London,” revealing that two of his children will soon be raised in London. Elliott, my eldest son, has been a City employee for three years and intends to fully commit to that path.

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Sadie and I now live with our young family here alone, and more importantly, away from our immediate family because my mother, who had lived here for 25 years, also relocated to the UK earlier this year for personal reasons.

But he acknowledges that this is not a simple decision that he and Sadie have made. Sadie and I have been discussing this subject for a while, and it’s been a difficult choice. No matter what, my children are in my heart forever.

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“So I’ve chosen to sell all of my business interests in Spain and relocate back to the UK after careful consideration. A brand-new business opportunity has arisen there, and it seems like the right time to turn the page on what has been a fantastic chapter of my life, when combined with my family’s plans.

The father-of-five explains how much his beloved La Cala restaurant means to him, “Olivia’s has been my passion — a love story.” Some of the best memories I’ll ever have with me have been made of it. However, all things come to an end, and the next custodian must take the helm.

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Olivia’s has been the Costa del Sol’s jewel and will always be. Whoever has the keys to the keys will undoubtedly have the best years in store for the company, which has been an amazing one for the past ten years. Whoever takes it on will benefit greatly from the enormous growth potential over the next two to three years, and I’m confident that it will be beneficial for many years.

The Olivia’s La Cala brand and trademark will be included in the sale, which will include the freehold beachfront property. One of the largest and most spectacular frontline villas on the coast would also be located here for anyone looking to use it as a private residence. It could become a truly exceptional beachfront home with a build size of nearly 9, 000 square feet and a sizable plot, easily valued at or over €10 million.

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All bids must be submitted no later than 12:00 PM on December 5th, with a minimum starting bid of €5,000,000. For information on how to bid, guide-price details, the full sales deck, and minimum bid requirements, please contact: Sebastian — Bromley Estates Marbella (+34 661 689 956, olivias@bromleyestatesmarbella.com). Says Elliott, “For me, it’s time for change — but for someone else, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. All I hear are people dreaming of leaving the UK for a sunnier life. Well, here’s your chance – to own one of the best and most established restaurants on the Costa del Sol.”

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman stunned TV fans when they announced their departure from Strictly Come Dancing, with the current series being their last

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The British public where shocked last week when Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced they would both be leaving the iconic BBC programme.

Tess, 56, and Claudia, 53, have hosted the programme together since 2014, with the former being a part of the show’s presenting line up since 2004.

Last week, the pair appeared on Strictly for the first time since their announcement and addressed the news.

Claudia, who also hosts The Traitors and Celebrity Traitors, said: “We want to thank you for your beautiful messages.

“We’ve got another eight weeks on this incredible show and a Strictly champion to crown. We can’t wait to spend the rest of the series with you.”

However, following their announcement, there has been speculation about what both presenters might do next, and whether they will seek new ventures.

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Speaking to Hello! about whether she might join Claudia on The Celebrity Traitors, Tess joked that she didn’t think it would suit her.

She said: “I might not be very good at it because I do the world’s worst poker face. And with Claudia there, I would be looking at her to give me a secret signal.”

Also during the interview, Tess, who was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting earlier this year, said that despite her professional success, her biggest role has been as a mother to daughters Phoebe and Amber, who she shares with Vernon Kay.

She explained: “I love being a mum, and it’s what’s defined me for the past 20 years, but I also love my work and I’m proud of the career that I’ve achieved.

“I’ve never wanted to miss out on my children’s lives as they grow, and I’ve never wanted to hand over that role to anyone else because I treasure it too much.”

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In fact, it is Tess’ MBE that one TV source suggested to the Mirror may have played a role in her and Claudia’s decision to leave the show.

Last week, they said: “The feeling is Tess and Claudia wanted to go out at the top and whilst the show is still huge and shortly after they received MBEs.

“Announcing it mid series also gives them a bit of a swan-song and doesn’t take the spotlight away from the winner.

When Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced their breakup from Strictly Come Dancing, the current season of the pair’s career.

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The British public where shocked last week when Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced they would both be leaving the iconic BBC programme.

Tess, 56, and Claudia, 53, have been co-hosting the program since 2004, with the former serving as the show’s presenter since 2004.

The pair addressed the news on Strictly last week, marking their first public appearance since their announcement.

We want to thank you for your lovely messages, Claudia, who hosts The Traitors and Celebrity Traitors, said.

“This incredible show will continue for eight more weeks and have a Strictly champion to be the best.” We’re looking forward to spending the series with you the rest of the way.

However, there has been rumors about what both presenters might do next and whether or not they will look for new businesses following their announcement.

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Speaking to Hello! about whether she might join Claudia on The Celebrity Traitors, Tess joked that she didn’t think it would suit her.

She said: “I might not be very good at it because I do the world’s worst poker face. And with Claudia there, I would be looking at her to give me a secret signal.”

Tess, who received an MBE for her services to broadcasting earlier this year, also stated in the interview that despite her professional success, her main responsibilities have been being the mother of daughters Phoebe and Amber, both of whom she shares with Vernon Kay.

She continued, “I love being a mother, and it’s what has defined me for the past 20 years. I also love my job and I’m proud of my career.”

Because I value it so highly, I’ve never wanted to miss out on my children’s lives as they grow, and I’ve never wanted to hand that role to anyone else.

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In fact, it is Tess’ MBE that one TV source suggested to the Mirror may have played a role in her and Claudia’s decision to leave the show.

The message was that Tess and Claudia wanted to rise to the top, despite the fact that the show is still huge and shortly after receiving MBEs, they said last week.

The announcement mid-season also gives them a little swan-song and doesn’t distract the winner from the story.

Now in her 60s, the GMTV star is busier than ever and incredibly optimistic about the future

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Anthea Turner has opened up about her experience of perimenopause, which coincided with one of the most turbulent periods of her life. Back in 2012, the former GMTV star began experiencing symptoms she struggled to describe and decided to visit a GP.

“The most difficult thing for me at the time was actually explaining myself,” she said. “When I started out on my journey, there just wasn’t the conversation. You could, if you really looked, find something – but nobody really wanted to talk about menopause, because it was this horrible admission as a woman that you’re getting old – and God forbid we want to admit that.”

Sitting in her local surgery ‘snivelling’ through her symptoms, the broadcaster, now 65, left with a prescription for tranquilisers. She continued: “He said, ‘I’m going to prescribe you tranquilisers.’ Before I even took one, I thought: no, no, this has got to be wrong – and obviously I went on my own journey.”

That journey was far from straightforward. Turner also began having problems within her marriage to her then-husband Grant Bovey, CEO of Imagine Homes, who had just declared bankruptcy in 2010.

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“My ex-husband’s business was going down. I rolled up my sleeves and did what all women do, ‘I’ll work my way out of this’,” she said. “…I was literally commuting back and forth to Canada and filming and coming home then somewhere in all this melee I was going through the menopause as well.”

Turner even wrote her husband a letter to explain what she was going through. She continued: “I tried to put into words what was happening to me, but then of course I later found out he was having an affair and wasn’t interested in his sweaty wife.

“Your confidence takes the hit – and confidence is the key to life. When you start to lose it, it’s a downward spiral.” Nonetheless, Turner described how acknowledging her loss of confidence was a crucial factor that made menopause a transformative experience for her.

“It’s probably the best wake-up call you’ll ever have to take control,” she said. “Up until then, we’ve partied, we’ve eaten whatever we wanted, we haven’t really thought about our health because we didn’t need to. Then there comes a point where you have a big night out and it takes three days to get over it.”

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You might find it surprising that her approach was centred on vanity. She continued: “How was I going to get my confidence back? I was going to use vanity and self-preservation.

“Sometimes that’s what you need. You look in the mirror and say, OK then, my skin, my hair, my waistline – they don’t look the same. There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of vanity to get that confidence back.”

Turner’s reset began with her diet. “I cut out processed foods and sugar,” she said. “[Now] I do the 80:20 rule – 80 per cent of things are good and 20 per cent I can have that croissant. I apply it to food, clothes, exercise, everything.”

She later added: “The cleaner you eat, the less complicated it becomes. If you have to put your glasses on to read the ingredients on the back of a packet, it’s probably not good.”

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The catalyst that kick-started her diet change was the visible difference she began to see in her hair. Once her trademark, it had started to break off. It’s a familiar story for many women going through hormonal changes, as falling oestrogen can make hair thinner, drier and more brittle.

“When I cut sugar, slowly that tanker started to turn around,” she added. “I didn’t change my haircare routine – it was beauty from within.”

Like many women in midlife rediscovering their confidence, Turner observed increased dialogue about hair and lash loss—once a taboo subject that’s now openly discussed on social media. She finds that using serums and scalp oils, especially brands like UKLash, has been transformative.

The same logic applies to skincare. In the first five years after menopause, collagen production decreases by 30 per cent. She claimed that post-menopause skin ‘needs more moisture and fewer harsh products’, stating that ingredients like ceramides, hyaluronic acid, peptides and niacinamide really help.

Turner also admitted that she’s not above making a few aesthetic adjustments. “I haven’t frowned since I was 40 – frankly, I’ve needed to on many occasions,” she laughed, referring to Botox injectables, “But I cannot always look as angry as I feel.

“I do have a tiny bit of filler just in the apples [of my cheeks]. Then I do all the facial exercises and I have got the [LED] mask and I love it but I don’t know how much it works. I’m just always trying to keep things in balance.”

For Turner, menopause was therefore less an ending than a recalibration. And now in her 60s, she’s busier than ever and incredibly optimistic. “First off, you have to admit things are changing,” she said.

Tom Daley is the host of The Game of Wool on Channel 4 in collaboration with experts in the knitting industry. Drama, heartache, and even tears filled the film’s script.

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Olympic diving legend Tom Daley has swapped water for wool as he brings his favourite hobby to the screen in The Game Of Wool – but filming was far from smooth sailing.

The new Channel 4 competition follows 10 passionate knitters and crocheters as they stitch, loop and purl their way toward the title of Britain’s Best Knitter.

“It’s been a huge passion of mine to get as many people involved in knitting as possible because of the mindfulness aspect of it,” says Tom Daley, 31. But he warns, “It’s not the relaxing journey the contestants are probably used to.”

Competents will test their creativity and endurance against the clock in eight weeks and sixteen challenges. Tom says, “It’s a very competitive match.”

“It begins with a group knit, which is a unique challenge. They only learn it when I repeat it for the first time. They then must work in teams.

Each creation undergoes hours of meticulous work. He notes that “some of the challenges are 10 or 12 hours,” “but it’s only a very short time to knit a jumper or cardigan.”

However, Tom only serves as host; Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell, the judges’ panel members, take the difficult decisions. They get to pick who to cast off, Tom asserts. There will only be one winner, I predict.

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The show is more than just a competition, in Tom’s eyes, a celebration of collaboration, originality, and breaking stereotypes. According to Tom, “We have people of all races and genders.”

A builder who is a true lad’s lad loves to knit on a construction site. When another applicant submitted their application, they had just turned 18 years old. They could not possibly be as young as they were. It’s amazing to see how much talent they have and what they can produce. You’ll discover that everyone enjoys knitting.

More than a few nerves were uncovered by one difficult task, which involved a notoriously difficult lace. Tom recalls that there were tantrums and tears. The most difficult part was that. You’ve never seen it before with this knitting.

When contestants struggled, Tom had to resist the urge to intervene as host. He claims that there was a time when I saw someone making a huge mistake and had to refrain from speaking out.

I’m not supposed to get involved, he said. It all came to an end when someone else struggled to understand the pattern. It was truly heartbreaking.

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The “Stitchuation Room” is where Tom, Di, and Sheila pick their Knitter of the Week before saying goodbye to one unlucky crafter, is the focus of each episode.

The Yarn Barn, the show’s vibrant center, and “Haberdashery Of Dreams,” a wealth of materials, are also present.

Tom made sure his own wardrobe matched the contestants’ creativity while filming in the picturesque Scottish countryside. Sheila always gets winded up, says Tom. She says, “Oh God, what are you wearing? ” “Every day I come in.”

Tom sees a chance in The Game of Wool to reframe what knitting means in contemporary Britain. He says, “I hope we can start getting it back into the school curriculum as well,” and that it will inspire a new generation of knitters and crocheters.

“Getting kids involved, practicing mindfulness, and getting away from screens is incredibly important for them. Every stitch is made with love, which gives people a sense of accomplishment when they create something for themselves.

On Sunday, November 2nd, The Game of Wool will be broadcast on Channel 4.

Alison O’Donnell and Ashley Jensen make their 10th appearance in the crime drama Shetland. However, her trip to the set from her Bath home was a little difficult.

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Shetland celebrates its 10th series with a very fishy mystery, but getting to the set of the show was a chore in itself. DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison “Tosh” McIntosh are back.

The new season of the hit BBC One crime drama, based on the books written by Ann Cleeves, opens with the detecting duo sharing a rare moment of downtime in their car before Calder and Tosh are called to stop a boat suspected of carrying drugs.

The scene proved a test of endurance for Ashley Jensen, who plays Calder, as she had to rifle through a cart of dead fish after a tip-off. “It was real fish but the smell wasn’t as bad as you might anticipate,” Ashley says. “It was fresh fish but it was eight in the morning. I was flinging them about and I was getting bits of fish in my face. But I love all that.”

When an elderly woman named Eadie is discovered strangled to death, a case that shakes the team to the core, things start to get a darker turn. However, Ashley makes fun of the fact that this series is about more than murder.

Apart from my first season, she claims, “It’s my favorite season in terms of the script.” It incorporates the murder case from all of our personal lives.

Even DC Sandy Wilson, (Steven Robertson), and Sergeant Billy McCabe (Lewis Howden) feel the fallout. “We’re all looking at each other and thinking ‘who are you?’” Ashley says.

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Tosh, on the other hand, taps into her inner disciplinarian. “I aptly named her Dark Tosh. We see a side of her we’ve never seen before. She starts to lose her faith in policing. Everything starts to fall apart,” says Alison O’Donnell, who plays Tosh.

There’s also a hint of romance on the horizon for Ruth. “She’s in a place where she’s doing dating apps, because she feels she has to,” Ashley says. But the investigation could lead her heart somewhere unexpected – Eadie’s handsome son, Ed, played by Stuart Townsend.

According to Ashley, “He has this complicated relationship with his mother, and Calder has complicated relationships with her father.” Allison warns that the investigation will be very sensitive. She claims that “this story will affect our team and it will bring out things from the past.”

The cast’s greatest adversary is Shetland weather, who still dominates the screen. Finding a location there was sometimes more difficult for Ashley, who lives in Bath.

She claims that when we travel there, me and about 15 other members of the crew always take an airplane. However, we had to travel to Orkney and arrive there.

Shetland was impossible to reach. We all spent about two hours sitting on the pavement. Then we must return to Aberdeen and spend the night at a hotel.

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Alison had to adapt to a new dynamic when Ashley joined the eighth series in 2023 despite playing Tosh since the show’s beginning. Because I had been doing this for a long time and had an established rhythm, Alison recalls trying to find my feet during the first few weeks.

However, it became apparent to me that Ashley is the most sincere collaborator after a short while. Ashley continues, “Sometimes, you meet people and you go, “I can’t remember not knowing you,” which is a good thing.

Ashley’s own career has taken her from Scotland to Hollywood – she starred as Christina McKinney in Ugly Betty – but she says Shetland is where she belongs.

The Annan native says, “It felt like coming home when I first arrived in Shetland.” I don’t need to go back to America to prove anything. I think I did everything right and really enjoyed it. I’m not that person; I’m naturally Scottish.

Both actresses concur that the atmosphere on set is enjoyable, even eccentric, and occasionally filled with costume parties despite the long hours and the unpredictable weather.

They have “gone through a lot,” Ashley claims. They “have a theme,” they say. This year, puffins were the theme for our last year, while last year we had a maritime theme. The makeup artists “went to town” without a doubt.