X Factor stars from Liverpool and where they are now

Top Gear host Paddy, 48, announced this month that they were going their separate ways, but she has since confirmed on Instagram that the pair will "still happily live in [the] family home together".Christine made the vow of loyalty to her beloved husband in her autobiography A Beautiful Nightmare.It had previously been rumoured that she showed Paddy the door after photos circulated of him walking arm in arm with former All Saints star, Nicole Appleton, in 2018.However the star was quick to assure fans that it wasn't the case."There were stories saying I'd kicked him out - I never did or would ever do that," she insisted."No matter how difficult things get, I would never kick my husband out."I wanted my children to have a dad at home."Nevertheless, she struggled with insecurity, admitting to breaking down in tears after her husband left the house on multiple occasions and wishing that he would simply stay at home.As she explained in A Beautiful Nightmare, her work commitments took him away from the home they shared in Cheshire all too often.Yet Christine reiterated in her book that nothing could persuade her to break up the family - her, Paddy, and their three children. "It didn't matter to me if I'd forgiven him, if I was OK with it or if I trusted him," she explained."All of that didn't count, I just wanted my children to have their father there - something I never had."The Real Housewives of Cheshire star had a "difficult" childhood, by her own account.She recalled in her book: "When I was around one, Mum found out my dad was a heroin addict."My mum longed for the relationship to work, but when I crawled over one of his needles as a toddler, she knew it was over."When her parents separated, her mother shielded her

Former One Direction star Zayn Malik has shown off his edgy new pink hairstyle and extensive tattoos in a smouldering selfie. The 29 year old father of one posted the snap to Instagram, in which he can be seen staring intensely into the camera and showing off his muscular arms in a white knitted vest top. Around his neck he wore a chunky silver necklace and showed off his many body inkings that stretch out across his neck and arms.

Zayn Malik has left fans drooling after he posted a selfie on Instagram showing off his bright new look.The snap showed the former One Direction star flashing a subtle smirk at the camera, wearing a white fishnet vest and a chunky silver chain.He showed off his shoulders and neck tattoos as he leaned forward, his new ‘do flopping over his eyes as he posed.READ MORE: Louis Tomlinson teases second solo album as he admits music is coming 'very soon'Zayn’s new look featured his signature dark colour at the root with a bright pink starting at the mid lengths.His colourful hair fell forward into his face and accentuated his striking features, dark eyebrows and facial stubble.He left the caption empty and fans couldn’t contain themselves in the comments.One keen fan dramatically wrote: “I don’t know how to breathe anymore.”Another follower called the star: “The prettiest boy on earth,” while another simply wrote: “Wow, damn.”His former bandmate Louis Tomlinson has recently opened up to Australia’s The Project about his days in the boy band.Although the guys went their separate ways over seven years ago, they are still asked about their time in One Direction and Louis admitted that he is “more than happy” to do so.He said: “I’m more than happy to talk about it in every interview.

Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has been backed by fans after appearing to criticise One Direction 's Liam Payne for claiming the boy band had been formed around him. The 44-year-old shared her latest Instagram video yesterday (Wednesday), playing the group's Night Changes hit as she prepared to go out.

Paddy McGuinness has shared that he is back at work after confirming his split from wife Christine. The couple, who had been married for 11 years, confirmed they had parted ways last week after speculation about their relationship.

CHRISTINE McGuinness is still wearing her wedding and engagement ring - despite she and husband Paddy announcing they had split. The reality TV star, 34, looked in good spirits as she ran errands in Cheshire on Wednesday.

Kerry Katona has shared her heartbreak after her teenage daughter told her she ‘didn’t want to be here anymore.’The TV personality and former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! winner has urged people to ‘speak out’ if they need to as she revealed one of her children suffers greatly from anxiety.Kerry, 41, has five children: daughters Molly Marie, 20, and 19-year-old Lilly-Sue with ex-husband Brian McFadden, and Maxwell, 13, and Heidi, 15, with ex Mark Croft; she also has daughter Dylan-Jorge, seven, with late ex George Kay.Writing in her column for New! magazine this week, Kerry spoke about how frightening she found Christine McGuinness’ revelation that her daughter had told her during the pandemic that she no longer wanted to live.She said her own daughter Heidi ‘suffers with anxiety and a lack of self-confidence’ and has ‘got to a point where she’s spoken like that.’‘She once sat on my bed and told me she didn’t want to be here anymore.’Kerry wrote that she ‘cried her eyes out,’ and felt ‘completely helpless’ to make her daughter feel better.She added, however, that she is grateful Heidi feels she can be ‘open’ with her mother and tell her how she is feeling.Kerry went on to admit that Heidi struggled after Kerry’s ex, Kay, died in 2019, two years after splitting from the former Atomic Kitten singer.The teenager has undergone grief counselling, and Kerry herself says she has returned to her doctor to ask for help with her own anxiety.She told anyone struggling: ‘It’s so important to reach out.’Kerry’s column comes after reality star Christine revealed her daughter, nine, who has autism, no longer wanted to live as she struggled under the Covid19 lockdown rules.Christine shares three children with Paddy McGuinness:

Just in case Liam Payne had any question about who One Direction was formed around and how the whole thing happened, X Factor UK is making things very, very clear!

Fans are getting a new look at the moment One Direction was formed.

Girls Aloud stars Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle were reunited in honour of their bandmate Sarah Harding at a special Race for Life event in her name. They joined hundreds of people gathered in Hyde Park on Sunday morning to take part in Race For Life For Sarah, a Cancer Research 5k run in her memory.

READ MORE: Paddy and Christine McGuinness confirm split but reveal they're still living togetherThe Tweenies was first screened in September 1999 and seven series were made with a total of 390 episodes.We followed the adventures of Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake, four pre-school aged kids who got up to fun, mischief and a lot of singing at their nursery.They were watched over by playgroup managers Max and Judy, along with their pet dogs Doodles and Izzles - with each character being operated by someone in the suit and a different voice actor.It was a “well-oiled machine”, with the voice actors recording their clips first then operating the animatronic controls on the faces, while “skin actors” were inside the costumes in front of the cameras.We didn’t actually get to see the identity of any humans on-screen, but the show helped launch the careers of some famous children’s TV actors.Everyone will recognise the person behind the voice of Jake, as it was none other than CBeebies legend Justin Fletcher, better known as Mr Tumble.Justin went on to have a successful career in children's TV and has an eye-popping net worth.But he was also embroiled in a feud with a fellow TV presenter.In recent years, many secrets surrounding the show have been revealed for the first time by the stars of the show and creators Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan.Originally there were supposed to be five Tweenies, including a sensitive child called Sid, who was cut out by the BBC to leave the four characters we know and love.But what happened to the actors who played the Tweenies stars? Here is what happened next for the stars of the Tweenies.Jake was the youngest of the Tweenies, aged three, and had orange skin and a distinctive yellow mohawk.Due to his

Christine McGuiness reportedly accused husband Paddy of flirting with another woman, after initially being informed he had kissed a fellow TV star behind her back. The mum-of-three, 34, is also said to have uncovered secret Instagram messages between her former partner and a BBC presenter in March this year - prior to the pair deciding to split and end their marriage.

Perhaps we have Nicole Scherzinger to thank for giving the world One Direction.

CHRISTINE McGuinness was “furious” after she accused hubby Paddy of secretly flirting with a second telly girl. The ex-model, 34, confided in pals her suspicions he had got close to the blonde — after earlier being told he had kissed another TV star.

One Direction fans may not argue over whether the band are behind the Best Song(s) Ever, but how they were actually formed on The X Factor has always been shrouded in mystery. What is known is that Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson entered the reality show as solo contestants, but failed to make it to the bootcamp stage. This was not, however, the end of the road for the fivesome as some behind-the-scenes magic meant they were put together as a pop band and, well, the rest is history.

Britain's largest family has welcomed another baby to its growing clan. Chloe Radford, 26, shared the news on Instagram that she has welcomed her baby daughter with mum and grandma Sue celebrating the new arrival.

Liam Payne's claim that ITV judge Simon Cowell created One Direction based around him appears to have been debunked.A new clip which was never aired on X Factor, reveals Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger putting together the boyband back in 2010.All five members had auditioned for the TV show as solo stars but were eventually put together into a group, going on to global success. READ MORE: X Factor's Rak-Su's Myles says bitter Syco fall-out was 'massive weight off shoulders' The video shows Simon, Louis and Nicole sifting through photo cards on the judges' table in the 2010 series of the show as they tried to choose a group.Niall Horan and Harry Styles were shown to the first people selected for the boyband, before being joined by Louis Tomlinson.Louis is heard saying: "We liked him," about Harry, as Nicole replies: "Put him with him," about Niall, to which Simon agreed.Nicole added: "They're the cutest boyband ever, I love it! The little girls are gonna love them!"As Louis was added to the list, Louis said: "What we're trying to do is... if we've got a really good boy band, a really good vocal group...

PADDY and Christine McGuinness's stunning family home is a seven-bedroom display of the couple's telly success. The Top Gear presenter and The Games star share the £2.1million home with their three children - and will continue to do so, after their marriage split. The pair each posted identical statements on Instagram where they opened up about the "difficult decision".

supports HTML5 videoReady to feel old? The Spice Girls might have landed nine number one singles in the UK between 1996 and the year 2000, but apparently that wasn’t enough for Mel B’s daughters.In a new video, the singer (whose real name Melanie Brown) can be seen getting ready in her Melbourne hotel room.Mel, along with her two children, Angel, 15, and Madison, 10, is then heard reciting the lyrics to the Spice Girls’ hit Who Do You Think You Are?Mel said: ‘So, you just said “Who do you think you are?” and I said “Some kind of superstar”‘. But her kids still didn’t catch her thread.When asked who performed the song, her daughters go through a host of other big pop names before finally getting the right answer.‘Is it Lady Gaga? Adele?’, asks Angel.

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The star then zoomed into the fallen box before the camera quickly cut out. Sharing the video with his 2 million followers, he gave a shout out to his Sports Direct worker and pal Jamie, 49. In the caption, he wrote: “Our three kids are going through growth spurts!“Two at 9 and one coming up for 6! Including their school shoes, PE and everyday footwear we’re up to 12 pairs!!!!"It’s times like this when my heart goes out to centipedes," Paddy quipped.Sharing his gratitude, he wrote: “Big up to the staff at @sportsdirectuk Macclesfield for helping me out. “That was a lot of packing near closing time on a Sunday.