COULD LIVING APART IMPROVE YOUR MARRIAGE?

Casualty star Sunetra Sarker, 45, tied the knot last month with her partner of six years, company director Scott Carey – but says she has no plans to move in permanently with her new husband. The pair have always lived apart, and only spend half the week together. Sunetra resides in Bristol with her 13-year-old son Noah from her first marriage, while Scott lives 164 miles away in Kent with his two children. Sunetra says, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” adding, “what we have works for everyone, no one is missing out, our children get on well, no one’s being compromised.”

Here, mum-of-four Claire Burke explains why she’s a big fan of living apart and believes it’s the key to her matrimonial bliss….