No Fern-ing desire to find love again...

IT IS five years since Fern Britton split from her husband, TV chef Phil Vickery. But although she admits to occasionally feeling lonely, she is not on the hunt for a new relationship.

- BY MARK JEFFERIES

Former TV host Fern, 67, who is spending her time writing bestselling novels at her home in Cornwall, UK, says: “I'm not looking for love. I’m still a bit too wary of losing my liberty.

“There's nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don't I just make my own decision? Then I'm the only person who can go, ‘I f***ed up there.’