thankyou very much again, i have tried each of those but none of those remove the 302 redirect. as i said they all continue to redirect the non www version to the www version perfectly but when i am checking the redirect status of www.livvylou.co.uk (note -with www) thats when it chucks up the 302 redirect from www.livvylou.co.uk to http://www.livvylou.co.uk/?zenid=...

this is driving me nuts!!! i really do appreciate your help :)