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Inside George Clarke's rarely-seen personal life – failed marriages to tragic cancer deaths

George Clarke is well known for his TV shows like Amazing Spaces and Ugly House To Lovely House. He returns to our screens on Monday, 26 February, with a new series of George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations, where he visits solicitor Dawn, who is embarking on a mammoth renovation of her local village shop in Yorkshire, in a bid to turn it into a home for her and her two sons. But despite being a regular TV fixture, George has a less-known personal life.The architect from Sunderland, who turns 50 in May this year, is a dad to three teenagers and has been married twice.
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Channel 4’s George Clarke slams Tories amid ‘insane’ house prices ‘The market is screwed!’
Channel 4’s George Clarke has blasted the Tory party in a new interview, claiming the housing market is “screwed”.The Home Show presenter has claimed house prices are “insane”.George, 48, gave his honest opinion when asked if he had any hope the UK property market could be turned around.The Restoration Man star explained: “None at all, while the Government remains obsessed by ownership. “The market has been screwed ever since Margaret Thatcher sold off council housing stock. “The only prime minister I’ve ever heard speak honestly about it was Theresa May, who said she wanted to ‘fix our broken housing market’. “This Government don’t know how to do anything about it,” he added.“It’s categorically insane that the average house now costs seven to eight times one’s salary, when banks won’t usually lend more than five times. “If food prices had risen at the same rates, a typical supermarket chicken would cost £60 – there’d be riots on the street.”Asked if he was resigned to his teenage children hanging around the home for a while yet, George spoke candidly once more. “Young people can only get their first property if they move somewhere really cheap, dip into the ‘bank of Mum and Dad’ or wait till they inherit money,” he reflected.“It’s ridiculous that I’ll have to raise deposits for my kids to get them to move out,” he told Radio Times. The Amazing Spaces presenter is a regular face on TV, but prefers to keep out of the spotlight when it comes to his personal life.The artichect has three children and has been married twice. George was married to his ex-wife Catriona for a number of years before they called it quits in 2013.Their marriage reportedly broke down after their busy work schedules.In a statement released at the
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A Place In The Sun star Scarlette's brother Stuart admits 'jumping on her coattails' in TV
Scarlette Douglas, 32, is known for her role on A Place in the Sun, helping couples find their dream home.The presenter has now continued her love for property on her latest venture, this time with her brother, Stuart Douglas, as he admits that he "jumped on her coattails" for his TV career.Scarlette takes part on Flipping Fast alongside her brother and Amazing Spaces George Clarke.Express.co.uk asked Stuart how he started his career in TV and if his sister has offered him any help.He replied: "Scarlette has always been a presenter and it just goes on and you learn and develop from there."She transitioned from being a performer in the West End in musicals to presenting.So I’ve really jumped on my sister’s coattails."I have been extremely fortunate that I can learn from my sister, I can learn a hell of a lot from George Clarke."The production teams I’ve worked with have been so supportive.So yeah, I’m just riding this wave and I am really enjoying it."Stuart also revealed that he actually started out in property development before his sister, when he was a professional footballer.He revealed: "I used to be a professional football player.So I bought my first house in St Albans when I was playing for Leeds Town and then whenever I moved clubs I tried to buy a house in a similar location or vicinity to the club I was playing."I just thought that was better than renting.Scarlette at the time was in West End musicals and being self employed I said that she needed to invest her money for the best return."And it was at that point I said put it into property, I have bought a few myself and I think you should try and do something similar.
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‘Love life’ George Clarke breaks silence with cryptic post amid reports of split from wife
George simply captioned the post: “Love life and laugh.”Dozens of the presenter’s 200,000 followers took to the comments to share their well-wishes.Rachel wrote: “Love this photo...keep smiling George and keep laughing, we all love your laugh.”While DT added: “Laughter is the medicine of life in my view.”A post shared by George Clarke (@mrgeorgeclarke)And Yvonne said: “Never a truer word said.”In a post shared on Saturday, George explained he had spent the previous day at a home building factory and confessed things had been “really tough” but maintained that he is optimistic about the future.The architect posed in front of a house he is working on wearing a hard hat and hi-vis jacket.He penned: “What a fantastic day I had yesterday at our Home Building Factory in Alfreton.A post shared by George Clarke (@mrgeorgeclarke)“It’s been really, really tough to make it happen, but ‘manufacturing’ new homes in a more controlled, safer, weather-protected environment is 100 percent the way forward!“Innovation isn’t easy. It takes a huge amount of time and investment, but innovation is what the home building industry needs.“We still have a long way to go, but we are at the beginning of an exciting journey to transform the UK Home Building Industry.“There are some amazing, precision-engineered, high-quality new homes in the pipeline, being manufactured to a high standard by an incredible team who I can’t thank enough for all of their hard work and dedication...
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