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Robbie Williams to return to UK?

After 5 years in the States, singer wants to move back to Britain

Robbie is close to his mum, Jan, who supported him through his drink and drug problems

Robbie Williams has been seriously mulling over what the future holds for him.

His dilemma is whether to continue chasing his American dream or come back home to Britain for a reunion with Take That.

Robbie dashed back to the UK from his home in LA to be with his mum Jan, 67, when she went into hospital for heart bypass surgery on 19 December.

‘Rob’s devastated,’ a friend tells Now. ‘Jan’s everything to him. She’s the person who’ll always stand by him.’

But Robbie, 34, is finding himself torn between two women – Jan and actress girlfriend Ayda Field.

He and Ayda, 29, have been dating for 18 months and had talked about spending more time at Robbie’s £7 million home in Compton Bassett, Wiltshire. But just before Christmas Ayda apparently said it would be hard for her to join him.

‘She says she can’t leave Hollywood if she’s to succeed in her acting career,’ says a source. ‘It’s a blow for Rob.’

Robbie had been due to fly to the UK to spend a day between Christmas and New Year at the home of former bandmate Gary Barlow. The pair, who had a bitter falling out when Robbie left Take That in 1995, have become so close over recent months.

Robbie’s often hinted that he might want to return to Britain. Recently he said about his stay in LA: ‘I had to go away; how could anybody miss you when you’re always there?’

Read the full story in this week's issue of Now, dated 12 January