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The Railway Children and Call the Midwife star, 72, on having a baby on Christmas Day, the best day of her life and how she never really wanted to be an actor

Kelsi had never had sex, so how on earth was the pregnancy test positive?

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Melissa Johns seems utterly besotted as she and husband Dan Hampton introduce us to their adorable new baby daughter. Beaming from ear to ear as she cradles little Ottilly, who was born on 29 October,

I’d lost my hubby and the kids had lost their dad. But I knew what to do next…

OK? Ready?” “Yep.” Fi smiled at Brand. She then picked up the bags full of presents, hoping her face had been convincing. There had been a time when she’d loved these family gatherings at Christmas bu