Helen O'Brien

2 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Helen O'Brien |Martha Cliff

THE right person will enter your life at the right time, or so the saying goes - and Tori Santos could not agree more. The mum-of-two believes she and husband Nelson were destined to meet when they did - despite a bumpy ride in the relationship later on. A tired single mum of two boys, Jacoby, then six, and Cillian, one, Tori was browsing the aisles of the supermarket when the chance meeting took place in January 2017.

1 month ago | thesun.co.uk | Anna Roberts |Helen O'Brien

“BABY,” squawked my pet parrot, Tiki, as I walked past his cage. “Baby, baby.”One-year-old Tiki was a prolific talker after my boyfriend of more than two years, Gavin, 25, and I spent time training him, dishing out honey-coated seeds every time he managed to say a word. Tiki mostly mimicked us and would constantly repeat phrases like “night, night” and “I love you”. But we never said “baby” to one another, so I was flummoxed… and more than a little worried.

2 months ago | thesun.co.uk | Helen O'Brien |Martha Cliff

OPENING up the blinds, I closed my eyes as I felt the warm sunlight flooding into my flat. I’d moved in just a week earlier and absolutely loved my new pad in the seaside town of Eastbourne, East Sussex. It was the first flat I’d rented on my own and I was surrounded by trees and close to a golf course. I was 28 and single and I couldn’t believe my luck. The block was mostly made up of council apartments, but a few, including mine on the first floor, were privately rented.

2 months ago | thesun.co.uk | Helen O'Brien |Martha Cliff

PULLING up the blinds, Kelly Crosskey closed her eyes as she felt the warmth of the sunlight flooding into her flat. It had only been a week since she’d moved into her new place but already she felt right at home. The block was mostly made up of council apartments but a few were privately rented and Kelly’s was one of those. “I was 28 and it was the first flat I’d rented on my own and I couldn’t believe my luck,” Kelly, now 32, says.