Take That star Mark Owen revealed today he has been struggling with a "drink problem" for at least a decade.

Take That star Mark Owen said he was "deeply sorry" today after admitting a string of affairs behind his wife's back.

Take That considered re-naming their album after they found out it had almost the same title as Britney Spears's new release, Mark Owen has revealed.

Mark Owen Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Hockey

Out of all the members of Take That, he was perhaps the most likely to slip into obscurity. But determined to shake off his cute little lad image, he has struck out on his own and is trying to prove that there is more to him than meets the eye

Reading, the HA cup holders, who last weekend won their first National League title, moved majestically into the semi-finals with a 5-2 win against Old Loughtonians. Mark Pearn collected a hat-trick with Scott Ashdown scoring twice. Matt Sutton and Nick Thompson replied for the Old Boys .

Matthew Collings on `The Bob Mills Show'

Once just a gorgeous torso, now a hit songwriter. Ben Thompson meets Mark Owen

THERE are some common misconceptions about Smash Hits that must be dispelled. Yes, this jaunty little rag serves as a happy diversion for 13-year-olds sitting at the back in double Physics. And it has been adopted in some quarters as a fashion accessory-cum-bible for twentysomething I D defectors (you can thank the still-pervading spirit of one-time editor and pop-ironist supreme Neil Tennant for that). But sit down and read the damn thing.

I GAVE Take That an evening, and they gave me tinnitus. Fair swap, I suppose, although I could have done without being hit by a blue teddy thrown by a frenzied girl behind me. I looked around for the culprit, and there it was, a sort of rapture, 5,000 gawpy girls, many with their brothers and mothers, some waifs, some plump, all weeping.