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  • Danni Menzies, former A Place In The Sun presenter, reveals unexpected new career direction in latest venture

    Danni Menzies, former A Place In The Sun presenter, reveals unexpected new career direction in latest venture

    Former A Place In The Sun presenter Danni Menzies has made a surprisng career move with a new project.

    The Scottish star, 36, began co-hosted A Place In The Sun in 2016 and announced her departure from the programme earlier this year.

    Now, in conjunction with The Health Lottery, Danni will spearhead an ‘inspirational’ podcast where she will speak to personalities such as Loose Women’s Kaye Adams. 

    Danni told The Scottish Sun: ‘I’m thrilled to be anchoring my first ever podcast series with The Health Lottery. I cannot wait to share uplifting and entertaining stories of kindness, resilience and celebrating achievements with people from all walks of life.

    Also appearing on the pod will be award-winning filmmaker and photographer Doug Allan, Michelin star chef Andy Beynon, and bestselling author Chris Brookmyre. 

    Danni Menzies, former A Place In The Sun presenter, reveals unexpected new career direction in latest venture

    Former A Place In The Sun presenter Danni Menzies has announced a surprising career move with a new project

    The Scottish star, 36, began co-hosted A Place In The Sun in 2016 and announced her departure from the programme earlier this year (pictured on the show in 2023)

    The Scottish star, 36, began co-hosted A Place In The Sun in 2016 and announced her departure from the programme earlier this year (pictured on the show in 2023)

    Danni’s show will debut on all platforms including Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music from May 23.

    Her show is part of the Pay it Forward campaign launched by The Health Lottery, which has raised over £130 million for wellbeing causes across the UK. 

    Mark Nash, the company’s marketing director, said: ‘We hope this podcast will inspire listeners to embrace the joy of giving back and celebrating life’s wins, big and small. It’s a great showcase for what The Health Lottery is all about.’

    But Danni recently confirmed that she’s single and shared she was just enjoying life after a brief relationship with Love Island star Jay Younger, 30 – also a Scot.

    Danni proved this in April when she shared gorgeous photos from her solo trip to the Cayman Islands to see a friend.

    She said: ‘Things didn’t work out with Jay but that’s fine. Travelling a lot for work does make it trickier to meet someone.’

    Danni’s fond memories of A Place In The Sun were soured by the untimely death of co-star Jonnie Irwin. 

    In February, Danni paid a heartfelt tribute to Jonnie who died at age 50 after a battle with terminal lung cancer.

    In February, Danni paid a heartfelt tribute to her A Place In The Sun co-star Jonnie Irwin following his tragic death from cancer aged 50

    In February, Danni paid a heartfelt tribute to her A Place In The Sun co-star Jonnie Irwin following his tragic death from cancer aged 50 

    Taking to her Instagram Stories, Danni shared a poem by Ida Banks and told her followers how her former colleague would ‘continue to exist in those who loved him’. 

    The post read: ‘When we die I want to believe that we are scattered throughout all the people that have ever loved us’.

    ‘That we will continue to exist in them, in their bloodstreams, for generations, for lifetimes.’

    Danni added over the top: ‘You will Jonnie xxx’. 

  • Frankie Bridge stands by M&S cheeseburger pasta salad despite high calorie count, enjoys it on live television: ‘Love it!’

    Frankie Bridge stands by M&S cheeseburger pasta salad despite high calorie count, enjoys it on live television: ‘Love it!’

    Frankie Bridge tucked in to a M&S cheeseburger pasta salad that has a whopping 755 calories during Friday’s episode of Loose Women. 

    Joining presenter, Kaye Adams and her fellow panelists Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore, the singer, 35, tried out the lunch. 

    The supermarket’s new £3.90 meal, from it’s limited edition Viva! Summer range has come under fire for packing more calories than a Big Mac. 

    Defending her tasty lunch, Frankie said ‘you can’t knock it until you’ve tried it’ while the rest of the panellists were unconvinced. 

    Kaye explained: ‘This is the cheeseburger pasta salad, which funnily enough has more calories than a regular cheeseburger.’ 

    Frankie Bridge stands by M&S cheeseburger pasta salad despite high calorie count, enjoys it on live television: ‘Love it!’

    Frankie Bridge tucked in to a M&S cheeseburger pasta salad that has a whopping 755 calories during Friday’s episode of Loose Women

    The supermarket's new £3.90 meal, from it's limited edition Viva! Summer range has come under fire for packing more calories than a Big Mac

    The supermarket’s new £3.90 meal, from it’s limited edition Viva! Summer range has come under fire for packing more calories than a Big Mac

    ‘Now, that does not look like a salad to me,’ Nadia observed. 

    Frankie responded: ‘Don’t read the calories. I mean it does taste like a burger!’

    ‘But do you want a salad that tastes like a burger,’ Nadia asked. 

    ‘Well I mean why not. I’ll tell you what.. when you get a meatball. You can’t knock it until you’ve tried it,’ she added. 

    There are 493 calories in a Big Mac and 24g of fat, 42g of carbohydrates and 26g of protein. 

    A McDonald’s cheeseburger has 294 calories for a single patty, 406 calories in a double and 575 calories in a triple. 

    Meanwhile, the pasta salad from M&S comes in at 755 calories with 33g of fat. 

    It comes after Marks and Spencer were slammed by shoppers after it emerged they are charging £6 for a ‘posh’ egg and cress sandwich – with only 51 grams more filling than its more standard version. 

    Defending her tasty lunch, Frankie said 'you can't knock it until you've tried it' while the rest of the panellists were unconvinced

    Defending her tasty lunch, Frankie said ‘you can’t knock it until you’ve tried it’ while the rest of the panellists were unconvinced

    There are 493 calories in a Big Mac and 24g of fat, 42g of carbohydrates and 26g of protein

    There are 493 calories in a Big Mac and 24g of fat, 42g of carbohydrates and 26g of protein

    'Now, that does not look like a salad to me,' Nadia observed

    ‘Now, that does not look like a salad to me,’ Nadia observed

    A run-of-the-mill egg and watercress sandwich from the retail chain will set you back £2.65 – however its ‘posh’ counterpart will have you paying over double.

    The description of the £6 snack details it as having an entire egg – sliced – doused in salad cream and mayonnaise topped with a hint of pepper and watercress. 

    Encased by two slices of nine-grain bread, the ‘posh’ has 166g of filling, compared to the 115g inside the standard version. 

    But many have been left questioning the reason behind the extortionate price tag and what makes the sandwich so posh.

  • Panel of Loose Women comically uses a coat hanger to help Nadia Sawalha fit into extremely snug skinny jeans

    Panel of Loose Women comically uses a coat hanger to help Nadia Sawalha fit into extremely snug skinny jeans

    Loose Women descended into chaos during Thursday’s show when the panel decided to squeeze Nadia Sawalha into a pair of very tight skinny jeans. 

    After learning that the once much-loved noughties favourite had been spotted on  the autumn/winter 2024 catwalks the presenter was challenged to give them a try.  

    Armed with a coat hanger Jane Moore, 61, rolled up her sleeves while Nadia, 59, laid on the floor and tried to pull them up. 

    After stripping down to her underwear in front of the audience Kaye Adams, 61, joked that she should have worn a G-string to complete her 90s look. 

    Dame Kelly Holmes squealed with laughters as the panel gathered around Nadia to hoist her into the jeans. 

    Panel of Loose Women comically uses a coat hanger to help Nadia Sawalha fit into extremely snug skinny jeans

    Loose Women descended into chaos during Thursday’s show when the panel decided to squeeze Nadia Sawalha into a pair of very tight skinny jeans

    Eventually after Jane managed to close the button with her coat hanger, Nadia waddled back over to her seat. 

    ‘Is the show done yet?,’ she joked before complaining that it wasn’t a very attractive look. 

    Last month, Nadia was rushed to the hospital after noticing worrying symptoms – minutes before appearing live on Loose Women.

    The presenter revealed her last appearance on the daytime programme left her ‘panic stricken’ as she discovered something unusual to with her eye.

    The panelist explained she was urged by her optician to head straight to the hospital amid a few frightening couple of hours – but claimed has finally a diagnosis.

    ‘I did the morning meeting, and rang the optician and said I’ve got this, this, this and they said leave now and go straight to A&E,’ she explained on Friday’s show. 

    ‘It was really dramatic, I was really panic stricken actually because I thought I’d just go after the show. 

    ‘And then Gloria came in, because I was going to have to leave the show and there’s never been three.’

    After learning that the once much-loved noughties favourite had been spotted on the autumn/winter 2024 catwalks the presenter was challenged to give them a try

    After learning that the once much-loved noughties favourite had been spotted on the autumn/winter 2024 catwalks the presenter was challenged to give them a try

    Armed with a coat hanger Jane Moore, 61, rolled up her sleeves while Nadia, 59, laid on the floor and tried to pull them up

    Armed with a coat hanger Jane Moore, 61, rolled up her sleeves while Nadia, 59, laid on the floor and tried to pull them up

    Eventually after Jane managed to close the button with her coat hanger, Nadia waddled back over to her seat

    Eventually after Jane managed to close the button with her coat hanger, Nadia waddled back over to her seat

    ‘And then Gloria came on the phone, and she said she had an eye surgeon who is a good friend. Anyway, she put me on the phone with a top eye surgeon who asked me more questions. He said it was ok, you can do the show, but then you’ve got to come to A&E straight afterwards.’

    After that, the writer headed to A&E, and has now an answer to her health worries, and confirmed she is being well taken care of.

    ‘The long and short of it is, I’ve got an ageing eye. They’re both ageing, the jelly’s coming off the back. I’ve got a microscopic haemorrhage. I know it’s microscopic but I don’t want a haemorrhage.’ 

    She went on adding: ‘It is worrying. It’ll be fine, I’ve had really good care. It’s amazing, the eye stops seeing what it doesn’t want to see and that will just disappear and the smearing will hopefully go.’

  • Scott Mitchell, widower of Barbara Windsor, steps out with new girlfriend Tanya Franks for a rare public appearance, showing his support at theatre show party, three years after losing his wife.

    Scott Mitchell, widower of Barbara Windsor, steps out with new girlfriend Tanya Franks for a rare public appearance, showing his support at theatre show party, three years after losing his wife.

    Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell and his girlfriend Tanya Franks made a rare appearance together as he supported her at her theatre show party on Thursday.

    The couple, who went public with their romance nine months ago, cosied up for pictures at the party as they celebrated Tanya’s role in The Power of a Sail. 

    They haven’t been seen together for months since they revealed their romance was borne out of Scott’s fundraising efforts in memory of late wife EastEnders star Barbara who died in 2020 aged 83 following a battle with Alzheimer’s. 

    The pair said on the Good Morning Britain show in July they met during training for Scott’s fundraising marathons and were so happy that the friendship had developed into romance.

    Scott, 60, later told Kaye Adams on her How To Be 60 podcast he is ‘very happy’ in his new relationship, with Tanya, 55, who is ‘very understanding’.

    Scott Mitchell, widower of Barbara Windsor, steps out with new girlfriend Tanya Franks for a rare public appearance, showing his support at theatre show party, three years after losing his wife.

    Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell and his girlfriend Tanya Franks made a rare public appearance at The Power of a Sail theatre show afterparty in London on Thursday 

    Dame Barbara died three years ago on December 10 aged 83 after a brave seven-year battle with Alzheimer's disease (Scott and Barbara seen in 2011)

    Dame Barbara died three years ago on December 10 aged 83 after a brave seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease (Scott and Barbara seen in 2011) 

    Tanya and Scott revealed they bonded fundraising in memory of Scott's late wife Barbara Windsor - Tanya and Barbara both starred in EastEnders

    Tanya and Scott revealed they bonded fundraising in memory of Scott’s late wife Barbara Windsor – Tanya and Barbara both starred in EastEnders

    Tanya stars in The Power Of A Sail which tells the story of a Harvard professor, who has brought a storm upon campus by inviting a white nationalist to his yearly symposium

    Tanya stars in The Power Of A Sail which tells the story of a Harvard professor, who has brought a storm upon campus by inviting a white nationalist to his yearly symposium 

    Despite the new couple’s happiness they keep a low profile, not seen in public since they took a stroll down London’s streets last year. 

    However the pair looked in good spirits as they shared the joy of Tanya’s main part in the moral thriller theatre show The Power Of A Sail, on show until this May.

    They looked in-sync wearing beaming, real smiles at being together as they leaned in close at the press night held at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.

    Scott let his hair down in a flowery 70s-style shirt and a straw-coloured textured blazer matching the laid-bag old-school effect of Tanya’s boot cut jeans and deep purple classic get-up. 

    The play tells tells the story of a Harvard professor who invites a white nationalist to the university to share his views despite students’ protests and will bring lots to think about for the audience. 

    Scott, (far right) raised more than £170,000 for Alzheimers research UK but stopped fundsraising when he realised he needed to move on, (pictured last year)

    Scott, (far right) raised more than £170,000 for Alzheimers research UK but stopped fundsraising when he realised he needed to move on, (pictured last year) 

    Scott told Kaye Adams: ‘(Tanya is) a wonderful lady who knew Barbara. It can’t be easy to be with someone who was the other half of Barbara Windsor, especially the fact that I still put myself out there and talk about her.

    ‘So, it says to me the type of person that Tanya is, that she can deal with that. She’s very sure of herself as a person. Just because you’re not with someone for whatever reason, it doesn’t mean to say that you just switch off some valve of love.’

    Scott organised three marathons for Barbara which raised £170,000 and after his third he announced he would stop and start focusing on himself and moving on. 

    He said: ‘For the last few years I have tried to keep Barbara’s memory alive. I’ve done my best to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s and dementia but I think after this marathon it will be time to pull back a little.

    ‘It has been really important for me to do but it’s now time to focus on myself for a bit.

    On World Alzheimer’s day last year on This Morning he said: ‘Me feeling miserable now or being alone isn’t gonna bring [Barbara] back, and she wouldn’t want that. I know that the one person who would be happy for me is Barbara Windsor.”