This week, the singer Cheryl Cole was photographed looking even more slender than usual. “Making one of her first public appearances since her split from cheating husband Ashley, Cheryl Cole could not hide the fact she looks worrying thin,” commented one newspaper.   more »

What a week it’s been for the crumbling of “nice guy” celebrity marriages. First we heard the news that popular cheeky-chappy Mark Owen from boy band Take That had cheated on his long-term partner, now wife, with no fewer than ten women; then we learned the personable, down-to-earth Kate Winslet had split up from her second husband, Sam Mendes.   more »

Divorce and separation can bring a host of problems – financial, emotional and practical. One of the biggest difficulties faced by the newly-single is how to fill the time they used to spend snuggled up on the sofa or chatting over the dinner table with their other half.   more »