KATE Winslet seemed to have the most buoyant of marriages but now it has sunk like the Titanic itself. Her short marriage to North Yorkshire man James Threapleton is over by mutual consent.

Just yesterday in this newspaper, Winslet paraded her newly-won slimness, having shed four stone while getting back in shape after the birth of her daughter.

Winslet hadn't dieted, she said, just taken the advice of a 'facial analyst' who overhauled her eating habits. Or maybe the lost weight was down to the strain of her collapsing marriage. That's one way of losing weight that isn't to be recommended.

Updated: 10:38 Tuesday, September 04, 2001