The cute duo – collectively known as Nara – stepped out in Essex for a double date with Towie regulars Tommy Mallett and Georgia Kousoulou.

Despite it only being billed as one-off, their appearance seemed to go down a storm with fans who took to social media to call for them to be made show regulars.

User @_tonichadavis tweeted: “I hope Nathan and Cara are regulars on Towie.”

Agreeing, @greglee91, chipped in: “Nathan and Cara should be on the show permanently!”

For some this crossover was just a bit too much with @ellywatson declaring: “Nathan and Cara on TOWIE is the most excitement I’ve had in like two weeks.”

@bethtayxxx agreed, she said: “Nathan and Cara on TOWIE tonight. Still have a Love Island size hole in my heart,” followed by a heart and couple emoji.

Not everyone was waxing lyrical however.

@_chloehx_ scoffed: “Not a fan of Nathan and Cars on the show #TOWIE.”

While equally unimpressed, @ZeenaXena remarked: “I knew Nathan and Cara would end up in #towie typical lol.”

Tommy and Nath are old pals having once worked together when Nathan was Tommy’s apprentice at a carpentry company and the boys have since stayed in touch.

With Nathan currently looking to buy within the same block of flats as Tommy and Georgia, perhaps him and his gorgeous other half could well be set to become a fixture on the ITVBe show.

After finding fame with offbeat Eighties hits Beetlejuice and Heathers, she won critical acclaim for her performances in Mermaids, Edward Scissorhands and The Age Of Innocence.

She showed her versatility by turning action hero in 1997’s Alien: Resurrection opposite Sigourney Weaver.

But when Winona was arrested for shoplifting in 2001, having taken a cocktail of illegally procured prescription drugs, her world fell apart.

Relationships cracked, her mental health suffered and Hollywood gave her the cold shoulder.

Now, thanks to her starring role in the must-see telly smash Stranger Things, Winona is back on top.

The eerie Netflix series, inspired by Eighties classics such as ET and The Goonies, stars Winona as single mum Joyce Byers, whose son Will has gone missing in bizarre circumstances.

Fans and critics alike agree the part is perfect for her.

The 44-year-old, who was raised in a commune without a TV, made her big-screen debut in 1986 aged 15 when she was cast in Lucas opposite Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen.

Then came gothic comedy Beetlejuice, followed by cult hit Heathers.

By 1990 she was the belle of Hollywood, with Edward Scissorhands co-star Johnny Depp on her arm.

They were soon engaged and he famously got a tattoo reading “Winona Forever”.

After a painful public split, he had it changed to “Wino Forever” and moved on to model Kate Moss.

Winona was hit hard. She called it her “first real break-up, the first heartbreak”.

She pulled out of The Godfather Part III citing exhaustion, signalling the start of a spiralling depression that would continue to haunt her.

She said: “It was really ironic because everybody else thought I had everything in the world.

“I had no reason to be depressed. Everything was sort of at its peak but inside I was completely lost.”

High-profile romances followed with Soul Asylum rocker Dave Pirner and movie superstar Matt Damon, while she picked up Oscar nominations for turns in The Age Of Innocence and Little Women.

But she won neither and was humiliated in 1999 when her former flatmate Gwyneth Paltrow won the Best Actress Oscar for Shakespeare In Love.

Rumours persisted that Winona had been offered the part — but that Paltrow found the script sent to Winona and quietly sought out producers to bag the role.

The pair had been best friends and while Winona was dating Matt Damon, Gwyneth was seeing his buddy Ben Affleck.

Their feud ­deepened when Gwyneth wrote a blog about an unnamed “frenemy” that many took to be Winona.

That year, Winona took on the pet project of Girl, Interrupted which she executive-produced and starred in.

Based on a true story, Winona’s character has a nervous breakdown, overdoses on pills and checks into a psychiatric hospital.

Winona cut her hair short and talked fearlessly about her battles with mental illness, confessing in one chatshow: “I didn’t want anyone to think I was crazy — and I felt like I was going crazy.

“I was really freaking out. I was scared I might do something stupid.

“I wasn’t thinking of suicide in that way but I was getting thoughts like, ‘I don’t want to be here any more’.

“The only thing they offered was a room and a bed. They put me on a psychiatric ward.”

The movie industry’s reaction was swift and brutal.

n — won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for Best Supporting Actress, while Winona received nothing.

For the troubled star, the role and subsequent fallout merely cemented her ­unpredictable reputation.

She later said: “By doing that, maybe coupled with my physical size, there’s this ‘crazy’ thing. I’ve realised recently it’s impossible to try to change that story.”

Yet her lowest point was still to come. Her arrest in December 2001 for shoplifting knocked the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the aftermath of 9/11 off the front pages.

Winona was caught stealing 20 items worth £3,800, including a white Gucci dress, from the posh Saks department store in Beverly Hills.

She claimed during a televised trial she had been researching a film role playing a kleptomaniac.

The jury also heard about her use of drugs, including oxycodone, diazepam and Vicodin without valid prescriptions.

Found guilty of grand theft, shoplifting and vandalism, she was fined and given community service, also being ordered to attend a drugs and counselling programme.

Her career died and for years she took only cameos and roles in low-budget short films.

She returned to her family in California and largely disappeared from public view.

She said later: “Psychologically, I must have been at a place where I just wanted to stop.

“I went back to San Francisco. A lot of people had the perception that I just ­disappeared in the 2000s. And I did, but only from that world.”

Woody Allen wanted her to star opposite Robert Downey Jr in 2004’s Melinda & Melinda but thanks to Winona’s legal troubles and Robert’s numerous drug arrests he could not get insurance on his leads.

Will ­Ferrell and Radha ­Mitchell were cast instead.

A role in 2010’s well-received ballet flick Black Swan as troubled dancer Beth brought her back into the public eye and while promoting the film, Winona suggested she was ready to take on more mature roles.

She found love with US designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn after years with no serious boyfriend.

But it is her star turn in Stranger Things, released last month on Netflix to huge acclaim, that has won back the adulation and respect.

Playing a terrified mum who believes her son was abducted by unseen spirits, Winona could draw on her own tough times to create a powerful lead performance.

She said: “I spent two months basically crying every day. To ­sustain that all day, you have to drink a lot of water and stay in this dark place. It was exhausting.

“It was draining but in the end, it was gratifying. I’m so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It’s so bizarre to me.

“There is a perception that I’m super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.”

It is the comeback no one expected. But Stranger Things’ co-creators, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, knew from an early stage they wanted Winona, with Ross saying she “has that movie-star ­presence where you just point a camera and she pops off the screen”.

Millions of fans agree — and with Stranger Things securing a ­second series, Winona is surely back for good.

The sun-loving WAG soaked up rays on a girls’ weekend at the posh Quinta do Lago resort in the Algarve.

Mum-of-three Coleen, 30, was quick to adjust her bikini top after a quick dip in the pool.

But while she chatted with pals and topped up her tan, Wayne was getting back down to work 1,500 miles away in the UK.

He netted in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth to get United’s Premier League campaign off to a flyer.

The show, ITV’s lacklustre equivalent of the BBC‘s hugely popular Countryfile, had signed up the former Big Breakfast host to provide some glamour to the new series and boost their audience.

But despite agreeing to get on board in a feature where she would talk about issues relating to the countryside Kelly has already been dropped.

Other stars she would have been appearing alongside include Zoe Ball, Martin Kemp and Ian Botham.

A source said: “Countrywise wanted to inject some fresh blood into the show by including some high-profile guests and Kelly was one they had in mind.

“But viewers won’t be seeing Kelly in her wellies anytime soon as the idea has now been canned and she’s been replaced.

“They’d hoped she would inject some much-needed glamour into the show to take on Countryfile in the ratings.”

It is the latest high-profile failure for the former model, who has previously been dropped as Britain’s Got Talent judge, Big Breakfast host and from US TV series One Big Happy.

Last week Kelly admitted to having a terrible track record in the TV business, conceding: “Everything kind of comes to an end with me”.

An ITV spokeswoman said yesterday: “We plan to feature a range of people across the course of the series who will offer their own unique and authentic perspective on their love for the countryside.”

Divorced John, 47, is trying internet dating but feared he would look like “a bald thug”.

So he had the op on his bonce like ex-Cold Feet co-star James Nesbitt, 51.

He said: “I realised I was losing my hair so I thought I’d get it done at the Farjo Hair Institute.

“I might have got away with a bald head if my build was different. But thin men carry it off better.”

John, whose most memorable Fast Show character was a cheesy jazz club host with the catchphrase “Nice!”, was divorced from Samantha Sharp last year.

But he told The Sun his search for new love online had been unsuccessful so far because most of his potential conquests are convinced his dating profile is a fake.

The dad of two, who did not say he was an actor on his profile, explained: “People did recognise me but didn’t believe it was the real me.

“There were lots of messages from people saying, ‘You must think I’m mad.’ ‘What a joke.’ ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’”

He added: “The bottom line for me is shared experiences. That’s the nice thing, creating memories with people. It’s not like sex is the be all and end all.”

The culinary whizz got hitched to Abdal while she was still a teenager in a ceremony arranged by her parents.

Yet aged 19, she said she was obliged to follow an unwritten rule to “behave submissively and look downcast.”

Nadiya, the current title-holder of the BBC Bake Off crown, said: “I have to say my wedding day was one of the worst days of my life.

“I was an emotional wreck and I cried through the whole thing. I didn’t smile very much. You are literally on show and it’s something I was always really uncomfortable with. The bride will often keep her head down. I never really understood it.”

She added:  “It’s bizarre a bride is unhappy on her wedding day, when really she should be happy.”

Memories of her nuptials were sparked during her new TV series, The Chronicles of Nadiya.

The sweet-toothed TV star visited her home country of Bangladesh and the wedding of her distant cousin, Jasmine, which sparked her contemplative state.

As well as the ceremony, she will be seen all smiles in intimate family moments with her husband and wider family.

Despite being glum on her big day the bubbly baker is relishing married life.

She confessed her other half serenades her with Counting Crows classic Accidentally in love every single day after they chose the track for their wedding day dance.

Yet she told The Mirror she wouldn't be ushering her kids along the same wedding route and said: "I want something different for my children. I wouldn’t dream of arranging a marriage.”

Yesterday, woman behind the Queen's Jubilee cake lifted the lid on being victim of horrific racial abuse.

The Luton-born Muslim, praised for her positive community role, told the Desert Island Discs show on Radio Four she even "expected" to be a target.

She said: “I love being British and I love living here, this is my home and it always will be regardless of all the other things that define me.

“This is my home and I want my kids to be proud of that and I don’t want them to grow up with a chip on their shoulder, so I live as positively as I can.”

The Chronicles of Nadiya starts on BBC1 on August 24 at 9pm, after the first episode of the new series of The Great British Bake Off.