Sam Quek: Last News

Paddy McGuinness has been spotted celebrating his 49th birthday at The Ivy restaurant in Manchester following his split from wife Christine. The TV presenter was joined by hockey star pal Sam Quek, his colleague on the long-running BBC One gameshow, and other friends to mark his big day.

Top Gear star Paddy McGuinness, who very recently split up with wife Christine, wrote a personal reply in the comments, joking: "Welcome to my world!"Sam added a crying with laughter emoji by way of response.Meanwhile, some of Sam's 203,000 followers added their own hints and tips at dealing with hair loss.One suggested she should get her thyroid gland checked if the hair shedding had become too excessive.Others recommended hair oils and increasing blood circulation to the scalp.Meanwhile @Tedferguson87 praised her honesty, writing: "Well done for making this public and reaching those who might think they are going through this alone."Sam's candid confession about her hair loss struggles was a rare personal tweet among a string of impassioned messages about sport.Her baby son is the second addition to the family, arriving just 12 months after the birth of her first child, a daughter named Molly.Despite the postpartum symptoms, her two children have been a reason for Sam to celebrate, after suffering a heartbreaking miscarriage before she conceived them.Husband Tom revealed previously that the star felt she had "let people down".There were also complications with giving birth to Molly naturally, which had led to doctors carrying out a C-section.However, Tom recalled that he knew his Olympic award winning wife had the strength to carry on, while having a candid moment alone with her in the hospital."I’d seen 24 hours of this woman climbing Everest with weights on her back," he recalled to OK! magazine, "[and] I could see the face - the Olympic face."Determined Sam feels that her initial struggles with childbirth have all been worth it as she builds her family.

Soap star Maisie Smith has debuted a beautiful new look as she made a huge announcement on Tuesday.The former EastEnders actress showcased a glamorous curly hairstyle as she appeared on BBC Morning Live to announce a new Strictly Come Dancing tour. Maisie, 20, was joined by her Strictly co-star Rhys Stephenson to promote their new show Strictly Presents: Keeeep Dancing!.They will embark on the new tour in the coming months.

Sam Quek made an appearance at Chester Races on Thursday just a couple of months after she welcomed the arrival of son Zac.The Olympian and This Morning Live presenter looked gorgeous in a beautiful white dress with a subtle floral design, as she held hands with her husband Tom Mairs. It was a chance for Sam, 33, to take some much-needed time away from the children and enjoy a day at the races with Tom. Sam gave birth to daughter Molly 15 months ago, with Zac following in March this year.

A post shared by Jay McGuiness (@birdspotting)The singer then signed off his message by saying that he wishes Tom “had more time”, and thanked him for always being there for him “without fail”.Thousands of users took to the comments to share their messages of condolence, including Kelsey.The mother-of-two was touched by Jay’s words and described them as “beautiful”.Kelsey continued: “We all loved him so hard and he loved us hard.

Sam Quek and husband Tom Mairs have exclusively shared with OK! the meaning behind their newborn son Isaac “Zac” Gregory Mairs’ name. 33 year old Sam and Tom, 36, opened up about how they settled on their baby boy’s moniker after discovering it was a much more difficult process than when they opted for thirteen month old daughter Molly’s first name.The couple explained how they were inspired by Tom’s ancestors after they were given a “big family bible” with details of family names dating back centuries.Tom told us: “We’ve got a big family bible that was passed to us last year to fill in Molly’s details." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter He continued: “When we were thinking of baby names, I was looking back through it, and there was a guy called Isaac – and that’s when the first seed was planted.

Olympian turned TV presenter Sam Quek has opened up about her newborn son’s dramatic arrival into the world. Sam, 33, and her husband Tom Mairs, 36, exclusively introduced their second child, a son called Isaac “Zac” Gregory, to OK! and revealed all about his premature birth.The couple, who have been married for four years and are already parents to daughter Molly, thirteen months, recalled how former Team GB hockey player Sam went into labour one week early, before things took a dramatic turn.

When we arrive at Sam Quek’s exclusive cover shoot for OK! , she’s already in the make-up chair, relishing her first bit of downtime since welcoming her second child a month ago – a beautiful boy called Isaac “Zac” Gregory Mairs. However, while the former Team GB hockey star is beaming and relaxed today, she tells us the past four weeks have not been without their challenges, including Zac’s dramatic – and at times worrying – arrival into the world.

In view of her 1.4 million followers, she captioned the post: "Nicky lived a long loving life. I’ll miss you Papa!!"She added the hashtag: "#NehemiahPersoff."The actress was swiftly inundated with messages of condolence as social media users paid tribute.Instagram user, Cefe Hyatt commented: "Condolences to your friend Barbra.

Sam Quek has announced the arrival of her second child. The ex ITV I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star announced the news on Instagram today. Quek confirmed she had given birth in a touching black and white Instagram snap.

revealed that she was pregnant in October, just seven months after Molly was born. She told OK! Magazine at the time: ‘It’s come along quite quickly, so we were pleasantly surprised!‘It was a surprise but we didn’t stop it happening, if that makes sense.

Former Olympic hockey player Sam Quek, 33, has just given birth to her second child with husband Tom Mairs.Sam became pregnant with baby number two just seven months after welcoming her young daughter Molly.Sam, who was recently announced as a new host for the BBC's Morning Live, went into labour on Friday - just one day after she fronted the show alongside Gethin Jones.The star has shared the first snap of her new family member. The sweet picture is an adorable black and white photograph, featuring the family of four posing with their hands together.Speaking to OK! magazine, she said: "There are 4 of us now…" Four days ago, Sam posted some pictures of her in the BBC Morning Live studio cradling her blossoming baby bump. Addressing her 197,000 Instagram followers she wrote: “39 weeks and still holding it in!“Last day for me and bump- on @BBCMorningLive tomorrow though!”Her fans and friends, who will be delighted to hear her latest update, flooded the comments section with supportive messages. Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh wrote: “You’re amazing! What a bump,” while garden designer Mark Lane left three heart emojis. Sarah Mackenzie penned: “Best of luck! Looking gorgeous.”John Smith added: “Wishing you all the best Sam. You got this hun! Xxx.”While Hugh Terry joked: “Goodness me, that baby needs to get a move on I reckon.

Sam Quek has given birth to her second child – and shared the first picture of her new baby exclusively with OK!.The 33 year old – who fell pregnant just seven months after her first child, daughter Molly, was born – told us: "There are 4 of us now…" The sweet picture is an adorable black and white snap of the family of four's hands. Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Sam went into labour on Friday, just one day after she hosted Morning Live alongside Gethin Jones.The birth of Sam's and husband Tom Mairs' second child comes less than two weeks after Molly turned one.

“It depends on the outcome of the birth as to when I actually come back.”According to the news outlet, Sam also admitted that her husband feels “guilty” that she became a mum just as she had achieved great success in her career.Sam recently made history as the first female captain on Question of Sport.She joined the programme last year following a shake up of the BBC One programme.In addition to taking part in the quiz show, Sam also presents sports coverage on the BBC.The former hockey player also highlighted that next year she will be able to enjoy all the things she did not do while pregnant.She went on: “Molly took 18 months to conceive, so we didn’t expect this one to happen so quickly.“I’ve been pregnant for my last two birthdays, Christmases and Valentine’s and I did say to Tom that I’m gonna have a big one next year!“But it’s a small price to pay because I love Molly so much – and I know I will love this one the same."Sam’s new baby is now due just two weeks after her daughter turns one on March 2.She previously told OK! magazine that she and Tom wanted her children to have a narrow age gap.However, they did not expect to conceive their second child so soon after her first birth.Sam said: "It was a surprise but we didn’t stop it happening, if that makes sense."We did discuss after Molly that we’d like kids close together and what close together meant."My close together was 18 months and I wanted to start trying after Christmas."But Tom’s close together was to start trying after my six-week check!"

The Mirror, Sam revealed that she was receiving death threats online just days after she had suffered a miscarriage.She said: "I have had the maddest things written about me but there was a really terrible one when I was presenting a football show on Radio 1."I said something along the lines of ‘FA Cup replays should be gotten rid of.’"A lot of people disagreed with me and agreed. But the people that disagreed went really hard and I had some awful, awful things including a death threat."She continued: "But what they didn’t realise is I had my miscarriage two days before that show and I wasn’t in a great place."I’d gone into work because I just wanted to try and distract myself.

BBC’s Question of Sport, which he inherited in September 2021.The former Strictly star, 38, has teamed up with Boots UK for the second series of the health and wellbeing podcast Taboo Talk, where he discusses the topic of chronic pain with host Vogue Williams. In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Ugo addressed the taboo topic of both physical and mental pain in the sporting world, addressing the challenges he faced on the pitch, alongside pressures he tackled whilst under the spotlight. Ugo is a former rugby union player, who has since worked as a sports pundit, before joining BBC’s Question of Sport late last year. When asked about what kind of pressure being in the public eye for so long put on his mental health, he replied: “It's interesting, isn't it? The word pressure?“Yeah, I did some high profile things last year, but I guess from the outside people say it's a lot of pressure. “I think it's a real privilege to have done the things that I've done,” Ugo admitted.“Being a captain on A Question of Sport and Strictly, the largest show on telly, comes with its pressures, but they’re privileges because the alternative is that you don't do them -  and I'd rather do them. “I think whenever I do anything, my number one goal is that I want to give the best account of myself. “And when you're on shows like that, on Question of Sport as a team captain, I want to be able to offer up the best version of myself every single time for the guests that are there.”Ugo became a team captain on Question of Sport back in September alongside ex-hockey champion Sam Quek.The new team came in to replace Matt Dawson, Phil Tufnell, and longtime host Sue Barker, who exited the show as the BBC attempted a new format shake-up.Ugo and Sam

Many of you will have noticed that there’s been a shake-up on BBC One's Morning Live this week.The much-loved programme has relocated from London to Manchester and Kym Marsh has gained some sparkling new co-hosts in the process. Joining him, Kym and Rav Wilding are Sara Cox, Sam Quek and Kimberley Walsh. “I’m looking forward to working with Kym again,” says Gethin.

Kimberley Walsh has opened up on how Morning Live's working mums will juggle to help each other out as the show moves to Manchester. It was announced last month that the new series of the BBC's morning show will be moving up north with female co-hosts Kimberley, 40, Kym Marsh, 45, Sam Quek, 33, and Sara Cox, 47, all set to host the show. And the former Girls Aloud singer – who his mum to sons Bobby, seven, Cole, five, and Nate, eight months – has now said the women will "help each other out" to make the move work.

BBC One’s Morning Live is getting three new presenters ahead of a permanent move to Manchester city centre.

Jeremy Clarkson welcomed more famous faces, all trying to win big money for their chosen charities. Tonight there were three famous faces in the hot seat - Harry Redknapp, Craig Charles and Sam Quek.

The One Show on Tuesday evening left one fan wondering whether she was expecting another baby.The hockey player is indeed pregnant, but the manner in which the comment was written sparked anger among others.Sam on the other hand, didn't take the comment to heart, making a light-hearted joke in response.It comes after the Twitter user known as Jim Kitt, wrote: "Is Sam preggers or carrying a bit of timber? #TheOneShow."It wasn't long before she came across the post and shared a humorous reply."Me: '…And if you have any questions to do with anything featured on tonight’s show, you can get in touch with us by tweeting #TheOneShow,'" she penned before poking fun at Jim's reply.Other fans rushed to the comments section to share their disdain at