Tips for coping when the love runs dry

PITY Sharon Osbourne, 60, photographed last month looking sad, as she holidayed alone at an exclusive Mexican resort, amid rumours that her 31-year marriage to rock star, Ozzy, was on the rocks after he relapsed back into prescription drug and alcohol addiction.

A spokesman confirmed that Sharon and Ozzy were living in separate houses, two miles apart, because of their work schedules.

‘The grey divorce’, the phenomenon of older couples separating, is on the increase. In Ireland, which has the lowest number of divorces in the EU, middle-aged couples have the fastest growing break-up rate, accounting for one in five separations.