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Laila Rouass confirms split from snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan as on/off couple decide they're better off as 'friends' after 13 years together


Footballer's Wives star Laila, 53, remains in their family home, while Ronnie, 49, resides nearby, and they maintain a healthy friendship, according to sources.

Suggestions that the couple's famously on-off relationship was back in trouble first emerged in September - but then days later Ronnie was seen putting the bins out in his Y-fronts and slippers at the house they share in Essex. Laila is continuing to live in the mansion and has installed a Christmas tree in the front window with glittering lights and daily takes her two dogs for walks in nearby woodland. The actress, who featured in the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing, surprised her 68,000 Instagram followers last week by revealing her new optimistic outlook on life in what it's now clear was her first detailed post as a single woman.

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