Table of contents for 30 July 2024 in Bella

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have sparked further speculation that their relationship is in crisis, as they marked their second wedding anniversary apart. Ben, 51, and Jen, 54, were seen on different sides of the US coast last week, with the Gone Girl actor in Los Angeles while the singer was in the Hamptons with her manager Benny Medina. It’s been reported that the couple, who married in Las Vegas on 16 July 2022, have been living apart “for months” after putting their Beverly Hills marital home up for sale. J.Lo also holidayed in Italy and France recently without Ben, who didn’t support her at the premieres of her new Netflix film Atlas.…

As she made her way out onto Centre Court at Wimbledon, hand in hand with her daughter Charlotte, Kate Middleton beamed as she received a big welcome from the crowds, who gave her a standing ovation with huge applause and cheers. The Princess of Wales, who is the club’s patron and a tennis fan, looked happy as she presented the trophies to the men’s singles winner Carlos Alcaraz and runnerup Novak Djokovic at the tournament. Kate’s first solo engagement of the year, alongside Charlotte, nine, and her sister Pippa Middleton, came a month after she attended Trooping the Colour with her family in June, amidst her continuing treatment of preventative chemotherapy and recovery from cancer. “Great to be back at Wimbledon! There’s nothing quite like the Championships,” she shared afterwards.…

Peering at the screen, I tried to ignore the horrible burning sensation in my chest. I was plagued with acid reflux. “Losing a couple of stone would have a massive impact on your health,” a consultant told me. I was also suffering from pain in my feet and sometimes felt breathless. As a teenager, I’d weighed around 15 stone, but now I was even heavier. My food downfalls were pizzas, Sweet Chilli Sensations crisps and Celebrations chocolates. Over the years, I’d tried slimming groups and had lost more than a stone, only to quickly regain it - and then some. Now, the doctor’s comment had left me demoralised. Two weeks later, I set off to my friend Nicola’s house for a bridesmaid dress fitting. Her wedding was nine months away…

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MON Breakfast: Avocado and poached eggs on sourdough, black coffee, aila shake (pre-workout drink) Lunch: Trout salad and wholegrain rice Dinner: Sweet potato, goat’s cheese and pomegranate salad with chicken breast Snack: LoveCorn TUE Breakfast: Homemade bircher muesli, black coffee, aila shake Lunch: Clam chowder and sourdough Dinner: Pork chops with broccoli and pan fried sprouts, spinach and mushrooms Snack: A can of tuna WED Breakfast: Poached eggs on sourdough, aila shake Lunc: Chicken breast with spinach and mushrooms Dinner: Tuna steaks and salad Snack: Superfoods protein shake THU Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with salami and watercress, black coffee, aila shake Lunch: Pan fried asparagus, rice and chicken breast Dinner: Turkey wrap with lettuce, avocado, peppers and mushrooms Snack: Protein bar FRI Breakfast: Fruit with Greek yoghurt and walnuts, black coffee,…

Learn something new Whether it s practising your Duolingo, or working out a new technology, you’re bolstering your sense of competence and your personal growth. Build trusting relationships Social contact cannot simply be wanting to feel busy and popular. Carve out the space, time and mental energy for emotionally satisfying relationships. Tap into spirituality This doesn’t have to be conventional religion as such, but it’s about understanding that we are part of something much bigger than we realise. Find your purpose Seek out a sense of “mattering” to your community and world. Do you want to help others or have a skill or quality that can improve some condition in the world? Make time for joy Set aside time for activities where you enjoy the process, not the outcome. Rediscover…

TAURUS 21 April 21 May Throughout the week you’re drawn to the people you know best and feel most comfortable with. Midweek is great for retreating into your own little world for a while. The 28th is good for sorting out little niggles and domestic grievances! Theme of the week: Instincts 0906 650 7231 GEMINI 22 May — 21 June Give plenty of thought to your home and family life from midweek onwards. Weigh up the pros and cons of your plans, and consider how past experiences have affected your current way of looking at the world. You might just learn something! Theme of the week: Connecting 0906 650 7232 CANCER 22 June — 23 July It’s a week when you re strongly influenced by your emotional reactions to whatever’s…

PRIZE crossword WIN £200 Solve the crossword to find, reading from top to bottom in the shaded squares, the name of a British star of stage and screen. This is your competition entry answer. See the ‘How to enter’ panel, below right. Across 1 ---car, train carriage selling light meals (6) 4 Bird that’s a national emblem of the USA (4,5) 8 Place of worship (6) 11 Fantasy drama series which starred Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington, Game Of - - - (7) 12 Windflower (7) 13 Calculation, anagram of KING CRONE (9) 15 The Who singer, — - - Daltrey (5) 16 Christina Aguilera hit, --- In A Bottle (5) 18 Athletic bean? (6) 19 Paul McCartney’s band after the Beatles (5) 21 Advertising phrase (6) 23 Land measurement…

Linda Robson has opened up about her fury as she came to the defence of her best friend Pauline Quirke, when she was insulted in public. The childhood pals and Birds Of A Feather stars were at a restaurant together when they were approached by a fellow diner. “Once I was out having lunch with Pauline and there was a big fry-up in front of us. This woman comes marching over and goes, ‘You shouldn’t eat that, you’ll end up looking like her,”’ Linda recalled. “It was terrible. I won’t tell you what I said because I’ll lose my job, but I wasn’t happy. There’s no excuse for terrible behaviour.”…

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As Becki whispered in my ear, I looked up in time to catch another frustrated look from our teacher. “That’s it, Kimberley, you go and sit over there,” she said. But as I shuffled to a new desk, I knew that break time was coming up and we could continue then. We’d been best friends since we met in the school playground at four years old. We were more like sisters than best friends, and our bond only got stronger as we grew older. In 2006, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome at just 15 years old, and was devastated to learn that it would be a struggle for me to ever have children. I’d always wanted to be a mum one day, and the news was heartbreaking. But…

CELEB NEWS & GOSSIP After feeling “numb” following the loss of her beloved husband Derek Draper earlier this year, Kate Garraway has revealed that she’s staying positive as she begins a new chapter. “I’m just at that early stage at the moment of coming out of grief. I’m just barely holding it together,” she said at the ASA Foundation ball. Kate’s emotional journey caring for her late husband Derek, who died in January from a cardiac arrest due to complications inflicted by COVID 19, was covered in three documentary series. Two of them - Finding Derek and Caring For Derek - have won awards. The couple were married for 19 years, with two children Darcey, 17 and Billy, 14. With her 60th birthday approaching in three years’ time, the Good…

Dressed in a yellow halterneck top, I rested my hand on my mum’s shoulder and we both smiled as my friend Tammy snapped a photo. Tammy had come to my house to get ready for a night out when Mum had popped over to see me. To her, we looked like any other mum and 22-year-old daughter. But beneath our smiles lurked a dark history… My mum Rose had subjected me to horrific child abuse, branded by the newspapers as a “two-year reign of terror”. She’d beaten me with a belt, burnt my arms with flames, and left me with a body that looked like a battleground, covered in blue-black bruises and scars. And she’d never apologised. It all started back in 1976, when I was four. As well as…

Charred cauliflower with prosciutto & almonds Serves 4 Ready in 1 hr 2 small cauliflowers, each cut into quarters 1tsp salt, plus extra for seasoning 10tbsp olive oil 140g prosciutto 20Gg baby onions, peeled 7tbsp sherry vinegar 4tbsp caster sugar 110g blanched almonds, toasted 60g white bread, cut into small cubes 1 garlic clove, crushed 5g parsley, leaves picked 1 Preheat your oven to200°C fan/gas 6. Rub the cauliflower quarters with the 1tsp salt and 2tbsp of the oil. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat. Working in batches, add a few of the cauliflower wedges at a time, cut-side down. Cook for approx 2 mins each cut side until they have a golden crust. Arrange cut-sides up on a large baking tray and roast for 35 mins. Add the prosciutto slices…

• You feel emotionally flattened, unable to muster up excitement for upcoming events • A sense of inevitability has washed over you • You find yourself procrastinating on tasks and can’t see the point in trying • More and more things strike you as irrelevant, superficial, or boring • You have the constant feeling of unease that you’re missing something, but can’t figure out what it is • You feel disconnected from your own community and/or a greater purpose or cause • Your job once gave you a sense of meaning, or at least accomplishment, but now seems pointless • You regularly experience brain fog • Small setbacks leave you feeling defeated • You feel restless, even rootless • You find yourself being steam-rolled by people with strong opinions •…

£50 Star letter Split truths Ruth Langsford got a lot of stick for leaving Eamonn Holmes given his ill-health, but who knows what went on, especially with suggestions he has suddenly acquired a lot of female companions (issue 27). His first marriage ended because his Belfast-based wife wouldn’t relocate to London and now it seems Ruth didn’t want to relocate to Belfast. He cant have it both ways. I hope she can come to terms with it all. Sarah Treweeks, Birmingham Here’s to Anne I was shocked reading all the details about Princess Anne’s recent hospital stay (issue 27). Whether you like the royals or not, no one can deny she is a hard worker, so I’m sure her family will have been horrified when they heard what happened. I…

My daughter has stopped loving school Q My daughter is 17 and has always been a high achiever. She’s going to be doing her A-levels next year, and it’s like her interest in any schoolwork has fallen off a cliff. The same thing happened when she did her GSCEs last year, but she is naturally clever and did quite well because she’d worked so hard in the years leading up to them. She’s also really moody at home and is always snapping at her siblings (she’s the eldest) and won’t do what she’s told by me or her dad. She stays in her room most of the time and treats everyone like they’re idiots, looking down her nose at us all. It looks like she’s going to fail her exams…

He’s used to eating out with glamorous showbiz friends (including BFF Joan Collins) and has won both Celebrity Come Dine With Me in 2009 - when he served shopbought trout mousse - and I’m A Celebrity! in 2007 - when he ate “absolutely vile” kangaroo bits - as well as making it through to the semi-finals of Celebrity MasterChef in 2014. So we’re rating Biggins’ chances as he takes part in the fourth series of Cooking With The Stars… What did you want to get out of this show? Really, one of the pleasures was working with (chef) Rosemary Shrager; we’ve become really close friends. I mean, we’re very similar. We’re large. We’ve got a lot of laughter in our lives. And we like cooking. I’d met her before when…

SOPHIE WESSEX The Duchess of Edinburgh, 59, treated herself to a delicious chilled delight when she went to Grantown on Spey in Scotland earlier this year. Looks yum! ALEX JONES The One Show presenter Alex, 47, enjoyed a creamy treat at the Chelsea Flower Show, which topped off “a very special day”, “Absolutely stunning!” she said. TYRA BANKS Supermodel-turned-TV star Tyra, 50, is such an aficionado of ice cream that she even founded her own company, SMiZE & Dream, with exciting flavours. “I love ice cream. Always have,” she shared. RITA ORA The singer, 33, got a taste for Edinburgh’s famous Mary’s Milk Bar ice cream scoops when she and husband Taika Waititi, 48, visited the Scottish capital last November. EMMA WILLIS “This is my new best friend,” said Emma…