‘my laugh gets me into trouble...’

I’m sitting in a cosy French restaurant, the dark wood and dim lighting cocooning me from the storm outside, when from around a corner I hear a well-spoken voice. It’s like something out of a comedy s

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TV presenter Steph McGovern, 43, on motherhood and Middlesbrough