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Published On 21 Oct 2025
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan admits she still feels “guilty” about moving her mother into a care home, despite it becoming too “dangerous” to look after her at home. Coleen and her family made the difficult decision to move Maureen into a care home as she battled with Alzheimer’s.
It led the family to make the “heartbreaking” decision to move Maureen into a nursing home so she could receive 24/7 support. Coleen says Maureen, who died in 2008, was “barely recognisable” towards the end of her life.
On the Loose Women: Just Between Us podcast, Coleen, 60, explained how the family let Maureen pick her own nursing home. It came after a podcast listener said they were struggling with deciding whether to move their father into a home.
Coleen said: “We knew she had to go into a home because she was getting to the point where it was dangerous on her own, and with us, we weren’t trained and it was 24/7 and we all worked. We did this thing where you can choose it.
“In actual fact, the one I would have chosen for her, she hated. It was brand new, it was like a five-star hotel, it was this, that and the other and her own bathroom, it was modern and beautiful and she went, ‘Well I’m not staying here’.
“She hated it. The one she picked, when we walked in I went, ‘She won’t like this one’. [And she said] ‘I like this one, It’s homely’.”
The star however says she still feels “guilty” about the decision. Speaking to fellow Loose Women star Charlene White, she added: “I hate the guilt.”
In 2008, Coleen opened up about her mum’s condition to the Mirror. She said: “Her mind has deteriorated so much that she is barely recognisable as the woman I grew up adoring. I can’t stand to see her like this, she has no quality of life.”
Dublin-born Maureen trained as a soprano at the Royal Irish Academy and had her own singing career.
She developed a music act that saw all 10 members of the Nolan family performing on stage together.
Her five oldest daughters – Bernie, Denise, Linda, Anne, Maureen, and Coleen – went on to form The Nolans in the 1970s. They had a number of hit singles including I’m in the Mood for Dancing, Gotta Pull Myself Together, Who’s Gonna Rock You, Attention to Me, and Chemistry.
Coleen says her mum was “at peace” listening to music towards the end of her life. Speaking to the BBC in March, she said: “We did try music and talking to her.
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan admits she still feels “guilty” about moving her mother into a care home, despite it becoming too “dangerous” to look after her at home. Coleen and her family made the difficult decision to move Maureen into a care home as she battled with Alzheimer’s.
It led the family to make the “heartbreaking” decision to move Maureen into a nursing home so she could receive 24/7 support. Coleen says Maureen, who died in 2008, was “barely recognisable” towards the end of her life.
On the Loose Women: Just Between Us podcast, Coleen, 60, explained how the family let Maureen pick her own nursing home. It came after a podcast listener said they were struggling with deciding whether to move their father into a home.
Coleen said: “We knew she had to go into a home because she was getting to the point where it was dangerous on her own, and with us, we weren’t trained and it was 24/7 and we all worked. We did this thing where you can choose it.
“In actual fact, the one I would have chosen for her, she hated. It was brand new, it was like a five-star hotel, it was this, that and the other and her own bathroom, it was modern and beautiful and she went, ‘Well I’m not staying here’.
“She hated it. The one she picked, when we walked in I went, ‘She won’t like this one’. [And she said] ‘I like this one, It’s homely’. ”
The star however says she still feels “guilty” about the decision. Speaking to fellow Loose Women star Charlene White, she added: “I hate the guilt.”
In 2008, Coleen opened up about her mum’s condition to the Mirror. She said: “Her mind has deteriorated so much that she is barely recognisable as the woman I grew up adoring. I can’t stand to see her like this, she has no quality of life.”
Dublin-born Maureen trained as a soprano at the Royal Irish Academy and had her own singing career.
She developed a music act that saw all 10 members of the Nolan family performing on stage together.
Her five oldest daughters – Bernie, Denise, Linda, Anne, Maureen, and Coleen – went on to form The Nolans in the 1970s. They had a number of hit singles including I’m in the Mood for Dancing, Gotta Pull Myself Together, Who’s Gonna Rock You, Attention to Me, and Chemistry.
Coleen says her mum was “at peace” listening to music towards the end of her life. Speaking to the BBC in March, she said: “We did try music and talking to her.
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Aminu Yusuf, as Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), along with two other nominees as Federal Commissioners.
The confirmation followed the presentation and consideration of the report by the Senate Committee on National Identity and National Population during plenary.
Presenting the report on Tuesday, Senator Victor Umeh, representing Anambra Central senatorial district, who chairs the committee, listed the nominees as Aminu Yusuf from Niger State as chairman, Joseph Haruna Kigbu from Nasarawa state, and Tonga Betara Bularafa from Yobe State as commissioners.
Umeh said the nominees were screened by the committee.
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“The nominees appeared before the committee for screening on Tuesday, the 14th of October, 2025”, he said.
“The committee did not receive any criminal complaints on any of the nominees. They are prepared for the job for which they have been nominated for”.
Umeh explained that the committee requested relevant documents, including curriculum vitae, code of conduct clearance certificates, police reports, and DSS clearance, before the screening commenced.
He added that the exercise involved a presentation by each nominee followed by a question-and-answer session.
“The nominees presented their vision, qualifications and experience, highlighting their suitability for the positions”, he said.
According to Umeh, the committee was satisfied with the eligibility of the nominees.
After that, the senator representing Anambra north, Tony Nwoye, seconded the motion for the consideration of the report.
The Senate, thereafter, resolved into the committee of the whole to consider the report.
A former Great British Bake Off contestant said Paul Hollywood displayed a different side to him away from the cameras, when she became upset during filming. Briony May Williams, who came fourth in the 2018 series, burst into tears during Cake Week when “every element” of her showstopper went wrong.
At the time, the chef branded her seven veils cake “a disaster” after she “overcooked” the mirror glaze, and was additionally left with uncooked pastry during her creation.
“I am usually pretty comfortable with making pastry, but something happened that day and it all went very wrong,” she revealed.
Although the blunder initially brought Briony to tears, she said they soon turned to laughter thanks to Paul’s off-camera response, reports Wales Online.
She revealed: “I never got a [Paul Hollywood] handshake. I did, however, get a Hollywood hug off-camera when I was really upset about my cake on Cake Week, my showstopper, because it was really bad.
“I was upset, I was sat on my bench crying and I realised someone was stood behind me and I turned around and it was Paul.
“He gave me a really big hug and he said, ‘It’s okay it’s only a f*****g cake’. And yeah, that just really made me laugh.”
Discussing further what Paul is really like away from the cameras, Briony said he typically maintains a professional distance from contestants.
“He kind of keeps his distance, which I think is fair because if he was all Mr Nicey Nicey off camera, I think you’d ruin that sort of relationship,” she revealed. “We need that kind of [scary persona]. I think that’s part of what makes the programme so good and so interesting.
“So yeah, [he’s] very pleasant, you know, [a] really nice man, but he would just kind of keep his distance a little bit more, which I thought was fair enough.”
This year, a fresh batch of bakers stepped into the iconic tent in the hope of being crowned the 2025 champion.
Last week saw Lesley become the seventh baker to depart after she struggled to impress the judges during the show’s first ever meringue-themed week.
Speaking on BBC Radio Kent about her time on the programme, Lesley said her standout moment was meeting Paul.
Despite him not being impressed with her creation, she called him “a lovely guy”, adding: “He made the right choice, my meringue was terrible.”
Discussing her views on the current series, Briony went on to say: “I love this year. I think Jasmine’s doing brilliantly. I really like her and I really like Toby as well and he did so well this week.
“I watch it every year. I was a fan of it long before I was on it, so every year when it comes on I get really excited to watch it and you know things like meringue week, they’ve never done that before.”
Understanding precisely how the bakers feel, the former semi-finalist confessed she still experiences “heart palpitations when the music comes on”.
“I feel for them so much when their bakes are really critiqued and they’re getting upset,” she added.
“Because at the time you think, or when you’re watching it you think, ‘Oh it’s only a cake, why are they getting so upset?’, but when you were in the tent it’s such a big deal that you just feel completely overwhelmed by it.”