IT was a secret which Preston cashier Karen Noblet found almost impossible to keep. Her stunning performance on ITV's Stars in their Eyes programme won her a coveted place in the final to be screened live this Saturday (June 13).

The mum-of-two from Walton-Le-Dale sang under the guise of The Beautiful South's Jacqueline Abbott.

"I broke down when they told me I had won, I was so amazed," she told the Citizen.

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