Jo Macfarlane

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jo Macfarlane

Tom Speight, showing off his gym-honed physique, looked every inch the confident pop star as the photographer snapped away. Less obvious was the battle it had taken him to get to that point. But look again at the results of that photoshoot here, and just above his belt is the singer-songwriter’s stoma – a permanent opening in his bowel that allows his faeces to collect in a pouch.

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jo Macfarlane

George Hardy was known to be an intelligent and articulate man who, as a top pharmaceutical research scientist, had dedicated his life to finding new drugs to beat viruses. So when he began to lose the ability to find the right word for common household objects soon after he took early retirement at the age of 58, his family were rightly concerned. His TV director son Ben, 50, recalls watching George standing in the kitchen holding a knife, unable to remember what it was called.

4 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jo Macfarlane

It is just four months since Lily Collins announced the birth of her first child, describing her daughter as 'the centre of our world'. And, true to her word, the actress made sure Tove was the centre of attention as she returned to work on the set of the new series of Emily In Paris. These exclusive pictures show the 36-year-old – dressed in a floral blue and white trouser suit for her role as American marketing executive Emily Cooper – beaming as she cradled her daughter between takes.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jo Macfarlane

Taken on the sun-drenched terrace of an upmarket Mayfair restaurant, the infamous pictures sent shockwaves around the world. A terrified-looking Nigella Lawson was seen embroiled in a dispute with her then-husband Charles Saatchi, which culminated in him putting his hands around the chef's throat.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jo Macfarlane

Looking at Kyla Fuller today it is almost impossible to imagine that she spent more than a decade desperately ill. The 33-year-old practically radiates with enthusiasm, and has a zest for life that allows her to work on charter boats on Australia’s tropical Queensland coast. But rewind two years and it was a different story. Her body was ravaged by such severe Crohn’s disease she was hospitalised several times with agonising bowel abscesses and abdominal pain.