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Marks and Spencer shoppers have been racing to get their hands on a trending cosy jacket before it sells out, as they say the £55 buy ‘looks more expensive than it was’

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The cold weather means that now more than ever, we need to make our outerwear the star of our outfits. A great coat or jacket can carry even the most basic outfit and make it look expensive and smart, which is why shoppers have been dashing to Marks & Spencer to pick up the Borg Gold Button Relaxed Jacket.

A perfect mixture of cosy, smart and sophisticated, the jacket is a guaranteed workhorse in your wardrobe. You can wear it everywhere from the office to evening drinks and your next Christmas party, and the £55 price tag means you won’t have to blow your budget to get your hands on it.

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Although it comes in a very on-trend chocolate brown colour, the Borg Gold Button Relaxed Jacket is versatile and timeless enough that we have no doubts it’ll be one you reach for year after year. Gold button details give it a luxe edge, whilst the borg material is thick and soft, making it feel much more high end than its price tag.

The boxy, relaxed fit and V-neckline means it’s easy to throw on over everything from chunky knits to silky midi dresses and high neck tops. It also brings just the right amount of elegance to be able to wear this for any occasion, whether you’re wrapping up for a winter wedding, heading into the office or just have a brunch date with friends planned.

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Chocolate brown is also one of those colours you can pair with just about any other colour, whether it’s a tonal head-to-toe brown look, a simple pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt, or some brighter colours like red, pink and navy. If you want something even more neutral, Next’s Ecru Cream Borg Duffle Fleece Jacket is £82 and has a distinctly designer-inspired look.

For something a little more casual to throw on, New Look’s Mink Borg Button Through Jacket is on sale down from £39.99 to £23.99. Its relaxed fit, button up front and patch pockets give it a more laid back feel that you could layer over knits and hoodies before you head out and about.

However M&S ’ Borg Relaxed Jacket has been such a hit with shoppers that it’s already racked up a 4.8 star rating. One said: “Love this jacket. Get so many compliments. True to size.”

Whilst a second wrote: “Really pleased with this jacket. It’s very warm and has a really good weight to it. It looks more expensive than it was. I wear it a lot and have had quite a few positive comments.”

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Even those who returned the jacket praised its quality and style, and only sent it back as it didn’t suit them. One said: “Whilst this is a really nice little warm jacket, in a fashionable dark brown,it did not look good on me.The size was generous and quality appeared excellent but sadly I returned for a refund.”

Whilst another agreed: “Loved this but it made me look like an old teddy bear so had to return.”

However, plenty more raved about the Borg Relaxed Jacket, with one happy shopper saying: “Very cosy and warm, feels smart enough to use in the evening, or just casual in the day.”

Whilst another praised: “This is a lovely smart but comfy jacket. The colour is a rich brown and hope to get a lot of wear out of it.”

Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley has revealed the excruciating pain she want through before diagnosis which had left her cancelling work and not ‘living’

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She may be known for her bubbly personality, but a crippling condition has knocked the wind out of Real Housewives star Tanya Bardsley ’s sails, she admits – leaving her in excruciating pain and turning her into a ‘monster’.

Now, she feels it’s time to open up about her horror health battles – and raise awareness for other women out there who may be suffering behind closed doors. The former model and reality TV star, 44, has been diagnosed with adenomyosis – a painful condition where the tissue that normally lines the uterus grows into its muscular wall.

And as Tanya admits, dealing with it sometimes turns her into ‘the troll under the bridge’, admitting she feels sorry for husband of 11 years Phil Bardsley, who she jokes married one person before having to deal with another person entirely.

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Years of pain and different doctors appointments, explains the mother-of-four – as well as, ultimately, a hysterectomy – left her feeling like she wasn’t really ‘living’. The condition which she calls the ‘evil twin of endometriosis’ left her cancelling nights out and work events at the last minute – as she simply couldn’t handle the excruciating pain.

But Tanya – who previously admitted she was worried Phil would ‘leave her’ amid her devastating health battles, also reveals that not getting solid answers from medical professionals when she sought out help in the first place left her pulling her hair out.

“I’ve always had bad periods,” Tanya tells OK. “Every month it was really painful, and then I sort of hit perimenopause, like really early, at 38.

“And it got worse and worse. The bleeding was getting heavier. Towards the end, it was like labour pains. I was literally on all fours, panting through the pain. I couldn’t have gone to work. It was just awful.”

According to the NHS, adenomyosis is more commonly diagnosed in women over the age of 30. While it’s not clear what causes it, you may be more likely to suffer from it if you are over that age – and have given birth.

After Tanya was eventually diagnosed last year, she was told the shocking news that her womb was 10 centimetres bigger than it should have been. “It was ruining my life. I wasn’t living. I felt weak all the time. I couldn’t plan anything.”

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But she quips that hubby Phil, 40, was “useless” through it all – apart from bringing her the odd paracetamol. In agony, she would end up just screaming at him, she recalls. “It really is hard for him,” she confesses. “But it’s hard for women because we’re changing so much and we don’t mean to be angry.

“Sometimes I can hear what I’ve said, and I’m like, I didn’t mean it to come out like that, so I’ll try again, and it still comes out really aggressive! I don’t mean it to be.”

The Real Housewives of Cheshire star admits, her other half must have thought she was just whinging when doctors kept missing the symptoms. And it must have been “horrible” for her four children too. Tanya and former Sunderland star Phil share Rocco, 15, Renz, 12, and Ralphi, 5, with Tanya, as well as influencer Gabriella, 23, from a previous relationship.

“Obviously it’s not nice for the kids to be around,” she says. “Then I’m panicking and overthinking, when really, it’s just Mother Nature.” Adenomyosis affects roughly one in five women and Tanya thinks there will be many women with the condition and are “getting fobbed off”. “It’s a lot more common than people realise. Then when you throw perimenopause in the mix… yeah, women are really, really struggling. So please, be persistent when you go to your GP for answers.” Meanwhile, says Tanya, the chaos of family life in Cheshire continues apace. And it’s that authentic chaos that has made the family’s warts’n’all, fly-on-the-wall show, ITV ’s The Bardsley Bunch, such a success. Tanya calls it a “feel good family show” but it’s also hilariously candid – and sees her tell it like it is, including calling her own kids “t***ers”. Despite sharing her life on the Real Housewives, which she left in 2021 following a tough off-screen battle with anxiety and ADHD, Tanya was a little more wary about inviting cameras into her family home 24/7. “I thought, Oh God, I’m gonna get trolled by the Karens, with all our bickering. But not one. Even the Karens were complimentary. It’s authentic. This super-nice parenting? It’s not sustainable!” Tanya and Phil are preparing for their first Christmas away as a family. The clan usually stay at home due to former footballer Phil’s hectic festive schedule. But before 16-year-old budding footballer Rocco takes over the baton of being the family sporting star, the group are heading to Dubai for some winter sun. “We are going away this year – for the first time ever,” she tells us, excitedly. “We’re going to Dubai because we’ve never been away, obviously, because of Phil’s football. So I’m excited for a different kind of Christmas in the sun this year.” “As soon as Rocco is in the first team [he is currently in Stoke City’s academy], that will be us in England again, because I’ll never leave that big boy at Christmas.” Despite her excitement, Tanya admits that Christmas time always comes with a fiery flare up or two – not from her condition, but from the stresses and strains of the festive season. “Oh, my God, every Christmas we have arguments,” she laughs – as she claims that anyone who doesn’t have a big blazing row or two at this time of year is ‘clearly lying’. “We have more rows at Christmas time than at any other time. Every time we go Christmas shopping, we’re falling out by the time we’re at the end of the drive”, she says. “We’re never talking around the toy shop. Honestly, it’s not even just a one off. It’s every single Christmas. Holidays are the same. We’ve always fallen out by the time we get to the hotel. It must be healthy, though – because we’re 18 years in now. But yeah, we have some big, big rows.”

And long-suffering Phil doesn’t escape Tanya’s wrath when it comes to presents, either. Speaking of the best gift he’s ever got her, the TV personality praises him for gifting her a gorgeous ring once.

But after 18 years together, she laughs, she still doesn’t know how the former Manchester United star doesn’t know her shoe size. “He still buys me wrong size shoes I’m like it’s not f***ing hard, you know? So now, yeah, I just don’t take any chances. I just have to help him out.”

While Tanya refuses to buy into the Elf on the shelf craze – bluntly confessing that the whole trend ‘annoys her’ – there are a number of special family traditions she looks forward to each year.

“The kids normally have to wait on the stairs (in the morning). Phil goes down, puts the fire and the music on and goes to see if Father Christmas has been. So, then we shout ‘he’s been’, and they’ll all run down. And then it’s chaos from then on in – wrapping paper flying everywhere. But we love it.”

Matthew Wright sparked concern from LBC listeners after appearing to breakdown as he reacted to the tragic events unfolding live in Australia.

While the radio presenter was on air on Sunday morning, New South Wales Police reported that two gunmen had opened fire at Bondi Beach. Multiple people died in the shooting with two police officers also injured.

The news came hours after two students died and nine other people were injured after a mass shooting at Brown University in the US.

An LBC journalist at the scene alerted listeners to ‘scary scenes coming from Australia’ as the second shooting was documented during Matthew’s breakfast show.

“Australia is a country which has largely escaped the scourge of mass shootings which do appear to plague everywhere these days. New Zealand has also had a terrible time of it,” said Matthew after the bulletin. “It’s such a lovely, chilled hippy dippy place. It’s difficult to reconcile.

“I’m not a religions person but I will be hoping with every fibre of my being that the reports of no bodies is how this story stays. It’s difficult to believe it,” he told listeners.

Minutes later the news broke that at least ten people had been injured at the famous holiday hotspot.

“I find these things very distressing. It’s terrible, terrible news,” said Matthew. Before taking a breath he said: “What a world.”

As he continued to inform listeners of the other stories of the day, he admitted, “It’s difficult to park events in Australia out of my mind and your mind I’m sure.

“I appreciate all the support when my voice cracks on air. For those of you who don’t know I have PTSD and struggle with death… suicide in particular. But any kind of death does set me off.

“I just don’t understand how anyone wakes up in the morning and thinks, ‘I’m gonna pick up a gun and kill people’. I don’t understand it.”

“I’m very distressed about events in Australia. It’s all too frequent there was a shooting in America overnight,” he added.

Two people have now been arrested following the shooting incident at Bondi Beach.

New South Wales Police warned the public of a developing incident at Bondi Beach on Sunday, where two people with guns reportedly opened fire on beachgoers.

People were advised to avoid the area and take shelter as police responded to the incident.

“Two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach; however, the police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area,” NSW Police Force said in a statement published on X.

A Jewish Hanukkah celebration had reportedly started in the area of the shooting, according to ABC News – although there has been no official confirmation that this event was a target. Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah, is an eight-day festival of light.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would speak with her Australian counterpart later on Sunday about the incident on Bondi Beach.

She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg show: “I’ve just seen the breaking news as I’ve arrived into the studio here this morning.

“I can fully understand the anxiety this might be causing people here at home about relatives over in Australia, but first and foremost, our thoughts must be with the victims of this attack in Australia and with with the Australian people as well.

“We will obviously watch closely as details emerge of what exactly has happened, and I’ll be talking to my Australian counterpart later on today.”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: “The scenes in Bondi are shocking and distressing.

“Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives. My thoughts are with every person affected. I just have spoken to the AFP commissioner and the NSW premier. We are working with NSW Police and will provide further updates as more information is confirmed.

“I urge people in the vicinity to follow information from the NSW Police.”