S Club 7's Paul Cattermole 'was near poverty' before his death aged 46

The chances are that for the past 23 years, if you were flicking through TV channels, the stars you saw were on Melanie Blake’s roster. From The Nolans to Stephanie Beacham, Gillian Taylforth to Patsy Kensit, she’s forged killer deals for female talent. Specialising in representing older celebrities and actresses – a niche rival agents missed – Melanie gained power and industry recognition, but managed to keep herself out of the spotlight.

This Morning star Alison Hammond has revealed that she will be joining the Loose Women panel for their upcoming tour - in a place very close to her heart. Alison has been a regular on the ITV daytime show This Morning for many years but has taken over hosting duties from Phillip Schofield following his exit. She will now present alongside fellow ITV stalwart presenter Dermot O'Leary on Friday mornings while Holly Willoughby will keep her spot on the sofa for the rest of the week, sharing duties with Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle.

Stacey Solomon continues to prove that you can't take life too seriously, and sometimes you just have to laugh at your own misfortune.The Loose Women panellist continues to share her embarrassing moments with fans, and shared her latest awkward blunder on Wednesday, 16 August, that led to her accidentally exposing herself in an exercise class.Treadmill troubles In a video posted to her Instagram story, Stacey explained that she'd just had one of the most "humbling" experiences of her life. Explaining how she decided to take an exercise class, Stacey said: "I'm in the class and it goes like treadmill for a little while then you go on the floor and do something.

Stacey Solomon has shared a video of her 15-year-old son Zach spending some time with his younger sibling during the family's sun-soaked trip to Turkey. Captioning the sweet video, Stacey shared how proud she is of the teenager, writing: "Biggest Brother Love.

Stacey Solomon shared a sweet update to her Instagram of her luxury family getaway as she looked loved-up with her husband Joe Swash in a carousel of images, as her holiday comes to a close.The Loose Women star, 33, jetted off for a ten day holiday last week with her husband Joe Swash, 41, and their children Rex, four, Rose, one and five month old Belle, along with Zachary, 15, and Leighton, 11, who are Stacey's children from previous relationships.The mum-of-five has been keeping her 5.7 million Instagram followers updated on their luxurious getaway, sharing a number of snaps and labelled the holiday as “heaven” and said that she doesn’t want it to end. In the carousel of images, Stacey looked positively glowing as she cosied up to her husband of one year.

Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has admitted that she 'stalked' her husband, Eamonn Holmes, long before they actually met. Ruth, 63, made the admission as she led the Loose Women panel on Wednesday, 9 August, as the panelists, including Coleen Nolan, Brenda Edwards and guest host Joanna Page chatted. Eamonn, 63, who Ruth described as the "love of my life" has apparently long been the object of her desires, as she revealed that she used to get distracted by her future partner when he presented the BBC show, Open Air.

Stacey Solomon jokingly scolded her husband Joe Swash for taking "pervy pics" of her after bikini mishap. Having jetted off on a family holiday, Stacey shared some beach photos, sharing that she had run into some difficulty with her swimwear.The Loose Women panellist took to her Instagram Story posting a picture of her on the beach looking out to the sea.

S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole tragically died earlier this year without leaving a will and with debts, according to reports.

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Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Stacey Solomon and husband Joe Swash have once again proven you can't take life too seriously.The Loose Women star and mother of five yesterday took to Instagram to give her fans an insight into one of the couple's recent hilarious fake tan fails. Posting the rib-tickling clip to her story, Stacey, 33, showed off her extremely bronzed face - so dark that it emphasised the whiteness of her teeth to make them appear glowing.The star - who with her EastEnders husband celebrated their first wedding anniversary this week -clearly couldn't contain her laughter after she then noticed that Joe, 41, was suffering a fake tan fiasco of his own. The former actor's skin had also become orange tinted after using the often-risky cosmetic, and had blended messily into his ginger beard, leaving Stacey in fits of laughter.

it was announced that the S Club tour would still go ahead, but that – following the change in circumstances – Spearritt had opted not to take part. Those shows are now due to take place this autumn and the five remaining members of the group released a new track last week.However, with that new track released, The Sun then reported that Spearritt never formally opted out of the reunion tour and was “blindsided” when her former bandmates made the announcement that they would be doing the shows without her.Talks then reportedly followed to try to get Spearritt on board for the shows after all but – says one of those pesky sources – by that point “bad blood” between her and the rest of the group made the chances of that happening rather slim.Says the source to The Sun: “Hannah is devastated.

S Club have responded to the “nonsense” claims that Hannah Spearritt was shut out from the upcoming reunion tour.Earlier this year, the pop group revealed they would be reforming and releasing new music for the first time in 20 years. All seven original members – consisting of Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara, Spearritt and Rachel Stevens – were set to embark on a 25th anniversary UK and Ireland arena tour in October.However, following the death of Cattermole in April, it was announced that Spearitt would not be a part of the newly renamed ‘Good Times Tour’.“You’ve probably noticed that there’s only five of us here today, and although Hannah will always be part of S Club 7 she won’t be joining us on this tour,” Lee said in an Instagram video.A post shared by S Club (@sclub)The remaining five members – now named S Club – are set to continue with the the sold-out tour, with Lee sharing that Spearritt was “always welcome” to rejoin them.According to The Sun, an anonymous source shared that Spearritt told her close friends that she was “blindsided” by the video announcement that was posted to the S Club social media accounts.In an interview on Monday (July 31) with ITV’s daytime show This Morning, S Club addressed the reports from the anonymous source.“Whenever an article starts with ‘a source said’, you can kind of take it with a pinch of salt,” Lee said.

This Morning host Josie Gibson became emotional when discussing S Club’s Paul Cattermole with his former bandmates on the show, as they shared how their upcoming tour will honour him. Paul died in April at the age of 46 due to “multiple heart issues”, just weeks after the band announced touring plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a group.

Members of S Club have broken their silence after Hannah Spearritt 's abrupt exit from the pop band. The 90s icons were set to reunite and embark on a tour as a seven once again in celebration of the band's 25th anniversary, but this was tragically not to be after the shock death of bandmate Paul Cattermole.

This Morning viewers were left taken aback as S Club were faced having to address the 'elephant in the room' after being put on the spot during their latest TV appearance. The pop group appeared on the ITV daytime show on Monday (July 31) to chat to hosts Craig Doyle and Josie Gibson.

S Club member Hannah Spearritt has reportedly been snubbed from the highly-anticipated reunion tour and left "devastated" as her bandmates have been ordered not to speak to her directly, according to sources claiming to have inside knowledge.

S Club is embarking on its 25th-anniversary tour without two of its original members. But, the remaining five have told The One Show, they would gladly be a six-piece if the remaining member ever feels like she wants to return.

S Club has appeared on The One Show tonight (Friday) on the eve of their comeback single and tour. The five-piece spoke frankly about missing Paul Cattermole, and fans were in floods at their reaction.

Ruth Langsford is reportedly in line to make a surprising return to This Morning, two years after she and husband Eamonn Holmes lost their regular role on the show. According to a new report, the producers of This Morning have been in touch with Ruth about a possible return which comes after Philip Schofield’s exit from the show in May. Sources are now claiming Ruth will be offered another stint as presenter in the same week that it was also claimed producers decided to make Holly Willoughby the centre of the show.They have apparently arranged for her to host with different colleagues rather than just the one.

APPOINTMENTSCamden’s Roundhouse venue has announced Rowan Kitching as its new Venue Director. “I am THRILLED to be joining the team at the Roundhouse, at an exciting time for such an iconic music and arts venue”, he says. ”The uniqueness and heritage of the space excites me, but most importantly the support to our vital creative youth programme.