Blurry vision and night sweats – the menopause made me feel like I was kicking heroin again, says Davina McCall

Gemma Collins has revealed she had to be put on a drip as she continues to battle post-Covid exhaustion. The former Towie star, 41, has recovered after having the coronavirus but said she has days where she "literally can't do a thing".

Tiktok influencer and her mum, whom she once described as her "best friend" in a popular video, have both been charged with murder after a horrific car accident last week. The two women are among five people due in court this week in connection with the fatal incident in which a Skoda Fabia was “run off the road”, leading to the deaths of its two occupants.Social media star Mahek Bukhari, 22, and her mother Ansreen, 45, were jointly charged with two counts of murder alongside a third woman, 21-year-old Natasha Akhtar, as well as Leicestershire men Raess Jamal, 21, and Rekan Karwan, 28,Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain died at the scene after their silver Skoda Fabia split in two after it crashed during a chase which is alleged to have involved the defendants, Leicester Magistrates Court heard.Mohammed Zarandouz, prosecuting, said that a “high speed pursuit” began at a Sainsbury’s in Leicester in the early hours of Friday, February 11.

Britney Spears turned the heat all the way up as she put on a sizzling hot display for her fans online. The 40-year-old Grammy Award winner stole the show as she paraded her gorgeous curves in a skin-tight plunging red leotard.Britney made sure all eyes were on her as she gave fans full view of her white bra which could hardly contain her assets.Dancing seductively while giving a sultry look to the camera, the mother-of-two added a pair of red gloves to her look as well as a pair of red peep-toe heels.Providing her fans with a full view of her toned physique, Britney flaunted her killer dance moves while she hurled her famous blonde locks around.The Gimme More singer kept her makeup simple but added mascara to her big brown eyes.

Emmerdale viewers have been on the edge of their seats for months as serial killer Meena Jutla's reign of terror took over the village.Three residents have already met their deaths at Meena's hands, with further murders teased by soap bosses ahead of her return for Billy Fletcher and Dawn Taylor's wedding.It seems that there is no sign of Meena's villainous acts stopping anytime soon, with Emmerdale executive producer Jane Hudson telling the press: "There are still some more twists and turns to be had in this story."Some that you probably won't see coming but I think we can all agree that Meena can pretty much do anything."Meena may have bumped off three residents but she also tried to murder Vinny Dingle and her own sister Manpreet Sharma in dramatic scenes last month.However, the lucky villagers managed to escape the clutches of the evil nurse - but are they safe?While viewers wait to see what will happen to Billy and Dawn on their wedding day, Daily Star looks at where the actors who played her previous murder victims are now.Leanna Cavanagh became Meena's first on-screen murder victim, after Leanna discovered that not only had Meena had stolen money from a local collection and tried to pin the blame on Jacob, but she murdered teenager Nadine too.Intent on exposing her crimes, Leanna was stopped in her tracks by Meena, who then subsequently threw Leanna off a bridge to her death.Speaking about the shocking storyline, Leanna actress Mimi Slinger revealed how difficult it was to keep her character's death a secret, telling The Mirror: "It’s been so hard to keep this a secret as I’ve known about it since last December and I am so glad it is finally out."Only my mum knew, and I didn’t breathe a word to anyone until the

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero said Michael Owen is his favourite Liverpool player of all time.The five-time Premier League winner played against plenty of Anfield legends during his ten-year stay at the Citizens.Aguero turned out against the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, as well as current Reds’ heroes Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah.He faced off against the Reds on 22 occasions in his career, contributing seven goals and four assists in many memorable meetings against the Merseysiders. However, Aguero snubbed all the legends he starred against, stating Owen was his favourite ever Reds player.“Michael Owen” was Aguero’s firm reply when a fan tweeted him, asking who his favourite Liverpool player was.After bursting through the ranks at Anfield, Owen became one of the best strikers in world football at Anfield.He contributed an outstanding 158 goals and 53 assists in 297 appearances for the Premier League giants, between 1996 and 2004.

Amanda Holden has dazzled fans with a video showing her dramatic hair transformation.The clip posted on Instagram showed the Britain's Got Talent judge displaying a hair before and after, following a wash with a hair product that she joked was her "one true love".The first video showed Amanda looked less than impressed as she ruffled her hair, which looked slightly rumpled and yellowy.In the second clip the 50-year-old mum-of-two beamed happily as she admired her swishy new do.Her hair looked completely different, glowing a pale blonde and shining as it framed her face in a sleek, swingy bob.Fans were seriously impressed with Amanda's gorgeous new look and littered the comments section with flaming hot and heart emojis."You are sexy!" one fan wrote."My heart is beating out of my chest," said another, while another commented on how "beautiful" she looked."Hair goals," said another.However, others said that the TV star always looked amazing."I don't know about that, all I know is you and your hair always look stunning and gorgeous," said one person."You looked great before tbh!" said another fan.One posted: "Look beautiful anyway."One admirer posted: "Can this woman anymore beautiful and stunningly gorgeous, I don't think so, she's well fit.""Both fit," insisted another.Amanda is currently shooting the Britain's Got Talent auditions with her fellow judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, and has been wowing fans with her sizzling looks.The star had fans hot under the collar earlier this month when she wore a skintight hot pink dress to watch hopefuls try their luck at a shot on the show.The presenter looked absolutely incredible in the form-sitting number, which clung to her killer curves and highlighted her

The Chase fans are calling for Bradley Walsh to become a contestant on the ITV quiz show after he took on chaser Mark Labbett in a head-to-head money wager.The spontaneous bet came after a player John scored a whopping £11k in his cash builder but declined to go for the high offer of £50k.After comments from Bradley about the surprising decision, Mark tempted Bradley to take him on for a tenner if he played alongside John as a mock contestant.Chaser Mark, also known as The Beast, told Bradley: “I’ll give you a tenner if you make it home from the high offer how’s that?”To which he replied: “Oh ok cool - Lets do that! I’ll play along.”The chase got off to an even start with all three answering the question correctly.

Swindon Town have issued a plea to track down a young Robins fan who wrote a touching letter to Harry McKirdy with 26p attached.The young fan, who signed the letter as Joe, is just six years old and outlined how he and his mother cannot afford to attend games at the County Ground.And the youngster then outlined his plans to come to attend and stuck 26p to the letter for Town star McKirdy.The touching note has gone viral on social media - with the club desperate to track down their junior support.The Robins tweeted: "We have received this letter from Town fan Joe, aged 6 and a half."We'd really love to get in touch with Joe, but we don't have a return address."If anyone recognises the writing or thinks they know who Joe is, please email supporters@swindontownfc.co.uk".And Swindon's attempts to track down Joe were aided by touched fans, who shared the tweet along with the hashtag #FindJoe.Life hasn't been particularly pleasant, both on and off the pitch, for Swindon over the past year, but they have shown signs of recovery under new owner Clem Morfuni this year.Swindon were dumped out of League One last term after a nightmare campaign under former Town chief Lee Power.But Power was ousted by Morfuni ahead of the new season - and the Australian supremo and new Robins head coach Ben Garner have got the club flying in the right direction again.The Robins are just outside the play-off places in League Two - despite a turbulent summer that saw them miss out on a host of transfer targets due to the drawn-out takeover process.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in

Alec Baldwin has been sued by the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins for "unlimited damages".The family of Halyna, who died in October 2021, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec on Tuesday.It has also been filed against others who were also on the set of the low-budget Western film titled 'Rust'.This comes after the actor accidentally killed her with a prop gun after he fired it at her chest.Alec was holding a revolver on the New Mexico set during filming rehearsals when it fired and killed Hutchins.However, Alec has maintained his stance that it was Halyna herself who asked him to point the gun just off-camera and towards her armpit.This comes after Alec's public Twitter account appears to have been shut down late last year and appeared to be deleted from the social media platform.When searching for the Hollywood star on the micro-blogging site, a message which reads "this account doesn't exist" appears.It comes after Alec gave his first television interview following the shock death of his Rust colleague Halyna Hutchins.During the emotional chat with America's ABC News, Alec became teary-eyed as he spoke in-depth and publicly for the first time about the tragedy that occurred on set on October 21.Since the interview's debut, the star's main Twitter account became inactive days after being interviewed by ABC news TV host George Stephanopoulos.Although Alec's main account has been deleted, a second account, @AlecBaldwin___, remains to be live, with its most recent tweet being from October.During the emotional interview, Alec discussed the tragedy which happened during the filming and included the unfortunate death of American cinematographer Halyna, 42, as she had been tragically shot on set.In the

Never-before-seen pictures of former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack have been released to mark the second anniversary of her passing. Caroline tragically took her own life on 15 February 2020, leaving both her fans, family and friends heartbroken. With today marking the second anniversary of her death, acclaimed artists The Connor Brothers have released stunning portraits of the late 40 year old which were taken just months before her passing.

Davina McCall has won praise from viewers for her groundbreaking new documentary which aired on Wednesday night.

Everyone knows Davina McCall as a straight-talking presenter who’s anything but starry and aloof. And now, despite having previously been warned off speaking up, she’s made a documentary that’s very close to her heart - the menopause.

Davina McCall has revealed that the early stages of menopause felt like kicking heroin all over again as she opens up about her struggles with ageing.The TV presenter thought she was going "mad" and feared she was getting "early-onset dementia" when she found she was unable to read the autocue for months before she found out she was going through the menopause. Harkening back to days battling a heroin addiction, the Masked Singer judge suffered from sleepless nights, poor vision and severe night sweats before she consulted a doctor.

Big Brother legend Davina McCall has opened up about going through the menopause.The British TV regular, 53, explained how a series of severe symptoms made her feel like she was batting her former heroin addiction once.Davina, who has been clean for over two decades, admitted she suddenly found herself forgetting things – sparking fear she had early onset dementia.The Masked Singer judge told fans during an online question and answer session: "I thought I was going mad."I even thought I was possibly getting some sort of early-onset dementia."The menopause didn’t even cross my mind because I was young - 44 - so I battled on for a year.

Davina McCall has compared going through the menopause to recovering from drug addiction in a startlingly frank admission while promoting her new documentary.

Davina McCall has compared going through the menopause to how she felt when she was trying to kick her heroin addiction.

Davina McCall says she was warned that discussing her menopause could damage her career as it was "ageing and unsavoury."

Davina McCall has said the symptoms of menopause reminded her of when she was an addict – and thought she was developing dementia.The former Big Brother presenter, 53, has spoken openly about her previous drug use, including a dependency on heroin when she was in her 20s.Davina said she suffered night sweats during the perimenopause that reminded her of trying to recover from addiction.The TV star has made a film, titled Davina McCall: Sex, Myths And The Menopause, with Channel 4, addressing the lack of information around the issue.Speaking during an online Q&A, she said: ‘I had a tough experience when I got to perimenopause at 44 and I really didn’t know who to talk to or where to go.”She said the ‘really horrible thing for me about

"I just then started the fog and I just thought I was going mad, I either thought I was possibly getting dementia, some kind of early-onset dementia."The menopause did not even cross my mind because I was young, 44, and I just thought that's too young."After "battling on" for a year, Davina later went on to develop symptoms including fatigue, memory fog and anxiety.As her symptoms worsened, she noted that her period was getting "very, very long", adding it was "very light but very long," before she realised that something was different to what she was used to.Davina’s symptoms soon began affecting her work as she struggled to read scripts and television autocues."A producer who's now quite high up at ITV in fact, she came up to me and she

Davina McCall showed off her bare bum as she decided to let her followers in to her personal HRT - hormone replacement therapy - routine, which she does daily to help with her menopause symptoms.Davina McCall flashed her bare bum in a personal video with her Instagram followers.The former Big Brother presenter decided to allow fans in to her daily HRT - hormone replacement therapy - routine in an attempt to clear up the myths and rumours around the treatment.The 53-year-old Channel 4 star started off her video by clearing up that taking testosterone won’t make her grow a penis.All smiles as she joked about the process, Davina started applying oestrogen gel to her left arm.Slipping off the towel to reveal her bare flesh on her leg and the

Davina McCall has discussed the embarrassment she felt taking HRT treatment.The Big Brother icon, who has a brand new Channel 4 documentary coming soon, said: "Somehow menopause is shameful to admit, in a million different ways. You're past your sell-by date.