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Funny how the WOMAN'S job never seems to matter.

You'd never see the reverse.


"Avenger" wrote in message
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>A smile that says Tarrant's lady has got her millionaire
> by TAHIRA YAQOOB and DAN NEWLING
> Chris Tarrant's new love interest: Jane Bird, 44, arrives at Gatwick
> following her romantic getaway with the TV presenter
>
>
> If the dark orange tan doesn't say it all, then the Cheshire Cat grin
> certainly does.
>
> As Jane Bird sailed through Gatwick airport yesterday, it was little
> wonder she looked so pleased with herself.
>
> The 44-year-old legal assistant has been plucked from obscurity and
> catapulted into the limelight as the new love interest of multimillionaire
> TV host Chris Tarrant.
>
> The pair, who have just spent four days canoodling and strolling hand in
> hand through the cobbled streets of the Italian island of Capri, flew back
> to the UK yesterday tanned and glowing.
>
> At the same time, Mrs Bird's devastated husband, Danny, has been trying to
> explain to their two children why their mother left them behind for a
> holiday in the sun with a celebrity.
>
> Yesterday, her friends said it had just been a matter of time before she
> snared a high-profile lover.
>
> One said: "This does not surprise me one iota. Jane has always been
> desperate to be famous.
>
> "She used to spend every weekend going up to Birmingham because she was
> friends with the football club owners and wanted to hang out with
> footballers.
>
> "She loved everything that lifestyle entailed and was always up at the
> local golf club with Danny too.
>
> "This will devastate the children and Danny, who is a lovely man."
>
> Yesterday, Mr Bird, a 46-year-old window cleaner, was caring for their
> children Francesca, 15, and William, 16, at the £250,000 semi-detached
> home he shared with his wife until earlier this year.
>
> Scroll down for more...
>
>
> Back home: Chris Tarrant yesterday, and Bird's estranged husband Danny
> (right)
>
> Read more...
>
> a.. Who wants to be Chris Tarrant's new blonde?
> He said: "My wife and I have been estranged since June 2006. She moved out
> of the family home in February and has been seeing Chris since late March.
> I have been fully aware of this.
>
> "It was over between us long before Tarrant came along - although she was
> the one who left me.
>
> "It was just one of those things when two people grow apart and the
> children grow up. I am not seeing anyone else. The divorce is going
> through at the moment."
>
> Scroll down for more...
>
>
> A romantic holiday in Capri for Bird and Tarrant
>
> Mr Bird's mother Patricia, 68, was somewhat less forgiving of her
> daughter-in-law, however.
>
> She said: "I am having to help look after the children while all this has
> been going on.
>
> "It has been awful for them. Danny has been carrying on with his work to
> focus on other things."
>
> Mr and Mrs Bird married 18 years ago and bought a new home in Upminster,
> East London, six years ago.
>
> Scroll down for more...
>
>
> Tarrant and Bird spent four days canoolding on the Italian island
>
> But friends say she tired of suburban life and the daily grind of
> commuting into the capital as a temp for Eden Brown recruitment agency.
> Her most recent post was as a part-time legal assistant for Enfield
> Council.
>
> She met the 60-year-old Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter in a wine
> bar in London earlier this year, becoming the latest in a line of lovers
> since he split from his wife Ingrid, 52, last year.
>
> Yesterday, sunburnt to a deep red as he landed at the airport, the TV host
> remained tight-lipped.
>
> He and Mrs Bird came through the arrivals lounge 15 minutes apart.
>
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