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All news by author: Sara Wallis

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Inside Britain's most outrageous homes - that outdo even Gemma Collins' pad
Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen takes us inside Britain's wackiest and and most OTT houses - ahead of his new Channel 4 series Outrageous Homes
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Save our kids from this dystopian web - it’s not a film, say Sara Wallis
If the Online Safety Act is not toughened up fast, we as a nation are hurtling towards inevitable tragedy - and there is no action hero to save us, says Sara Wallis
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Daniel’s tragic death must be the last one, says columnist Sara Wallis
You can try to shield your children from the worst of the details, but you can’t completely block out the news - both my 10 and 12 year old soon knew what had happened to Daniel, says Sara Wallis
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'I'm delighted smoking is being outlawed - the nanny state naysayers are wrong'
The historic ban on smoking blocks anyone born after January 1, 2009 from buying cigarettes, with the age limit rising each year - kids aged 15 or younger will never be able to buy them
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Post-Covid there's more anxiety - no wonder we like to moan says Sara Wallis
'Not a person to bottle up my feelings, I like to vent. In the words of Frozen’s Elsa: Let. It. Go. But apparently venting only makes things worse' says Sara Wallis
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'Celebrity Big Brother is the ridiculous boomerang show that keeps coming back'
Slinking between channels like a stealth reality TV ninja, Celebrity Big Brother is here again on ITV1, with X Factor veterans wheeled out to grab the Gen X vote
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Nick Knowles, 61, 'too busy' to plan his wedding to designer girlfriend, 34
Nick Knowles, 61, is planning to make 34-year-old lingerie business owner Katie Dadzie his third wife - and he has showered her in compliments as he credits her for keeping him young
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Nick Knowles explains unrecognisable new look and 'terminal diagnosis' theory
Presenter Nick Knowles has addressed being an 'overweight 61-year-old' as he admits he won't be slowing down any time soon, despite often being left scared by jobs
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'I cracked and bought my son his first phone - we shouldn't send mixed messages'
Mirror columnist Sara Wallis never wanted to buy her pre-teen son a mobile phone and questions if adults should be doing more not to be hypocritical
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Cold Feet star Fay Ripley 'fearful' of her daughter going into acting
Fay Ripley’s warning to her 21-year-old actress daughter Parker after being left depressed after watching a a movie starring a young girl who spent most of the film naked
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'People shouldn't die because we can't control pets - dog attacks must stop'
Sara Wallis says she is scared of dogs and believes the UK needs to introduce tougher penalties, enforce rules on breeding and selling as well as encouraging dog training
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From festive lanterns to bath salts, here's Stacey Solomon's best Xmas crafts
From festive lanterns to bath salts and a Christmas pudding wreath, Stacey Solomon makes homemade and budget-friendly Christmas decorations and gifts this season look easy
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Cher admits she only got into acting as she 'couldn't get a job singing'
Pop superstar Cher has just released her first ever festive album, titled Christmas, something she never thought she would do. Amazingly, it is her 27th studio album
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'Suffering of Gaza hostages is stuff of horror films - innocents should be free'
Sara Wallis says the sheer unimaginable nightmare of your child being kidnapped and held in some dark place without their family, as it happened to Emily Hand, is gut-wrenching
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'I met ultra-realistic humanoid robot Ai-Da - she's creepy but extremely polite'
Sara Wallis says that after watching the Terminator films, she is wary artificial intelligence - but she hopes that the human brain will always be faster than robots
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Strictly's Anton Du Beke's heartbreaking lie to protect father who stabbed him
Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke opened up about the lie he told family and friends to cover for his alcoholic dad stabbing him in the leg and stomach as a child
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Frasier is back as Kelsey Grammer returns alongside Only Fools And Horses actor
Kelsey Grammer returns as psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the revival of sitcom Frasier alongside new cast members like Nicholas Lyndhurst, with the show launching this week
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'I won £10million on lottery and blew it - I had to stop or die'
Peter Lavery was a bus driver when he scooped the jackpot, and he spent years celebrating - but he stopped boozing for health reasons and decided to give back to neighbours instead
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'I became a nurse after my baby was saved - training helped me save my mum'
After her baby was rushed to intensive care Gemma Wright decided to train to be a nurse, and it was very lucky she did...
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Diver's horror after spotting hundreds of tiny fish being killed by trawlers
The veteran frogman plunges into the freezing waters off Sussex without breathing apparatus almost daily - and he has made a detailed diary log of every dive he has made
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Anton du Beke hopes horror stabbing at hands of his dad will give others courage
The Strictly judge stunned his friends, family and fans when he spilled the decades-old secret of a drunken attack by his late father that put him in hospital for three days
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Supermarket pro swears by certain own-brand swaps as they're made in same place
A new Channel 4 documentary series will lift the lid on the secrets behind supermarket's own-brand products amid the cost of living crisis, where people are making savvy shopping swaps
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Faces of Windrush generation immortalised by portraits as King lauds 'pioneers'
Marking the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush docking in Essex, a BBC documentary will follow the project, which King Charles III has commemorated in a book
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Take That star tells of band's regrets over Robbie Williams' departure
Robbie walked out on the five-piece in 1995 - and one of the singers has now revealed one of the reasons their bandmate quit and their sadness over the split
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'I met ultra-realistic robot who paints brilliantly and says she is not a risk'
Ai-Da spoke with a posh Home Counties accent and could paint an impressive watercolour - but questions over whether AI could eventually wipe out humanity remain
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