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‘I spent all my life around swimming pools covering up wearing a sarong – not any more!’ For years, she wished she were slimmer. But after finally dropping over 2½st, one of our favourite Loose Ladies told us she is actually trying to put weight on these days! Looking sensational in a figure-hugging navy dress by designer Gina Bacconi, Linda Robson told best at ITV’s Palooza gala that she feels she may need to slow down on the weight-loss, admitting, ‘I don’t want to lose any more.’ The 60-year-old gran has come a long way since setting out on her weight-loss journey, dropping an incredible four dress sizes due to a combination of healthy eating, cutting down on booze and sugar and having regular gym sessions. Linda confesses she’s now so slim…

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STAY SLIM OVER WINTER The colder winter months can lead to weight gain, particularly for those of us over 40. One way to combat this is to stop your metabolism getting sluggish – metabolism is the sum of the chemical processes keeping us alive and our organs working normally and functioning well. Let’s start with an old favourite, and the easiest… 1. Tea! I love green tea as it’s thought to burn over 70 calories a day due to its antioxidants. Have a couple of cups a day and, if you don’t like the bitter taste, mix it with peppermint or fruit tea, or kola nut tea. 2. Red Korean ginseng and milk vetch are two excellent herbs that, if taken daily, may speed up your metabolism. 3. No matter…

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HOW IT WORKS • A study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that when we’re starved of sleep we’re more likely to snack on high carb, sugary foods at night. Another study, by the University of Chicago, showed sleep-deprived participants chose snacks during the day with twice as much fat as those who slept eight hours or more. • Sleep works like food for the brain, and sleeping too little can prompt us to eat bigger portions of all food types the following day, as leptin – the hungry hormone – is produced in greater amounts when we’re tired to perk us up. • Having a protein-based meal before bed can increase the calories you burn while you rest, and as protein repairs muscle while you sleep…

Stuck in the middle with my friends Since school, I’ve had the same two best friends. We’ve all been through so much together, but lately, the other two can’t seem to stand each other. I don’t know if something’s happened they haven’t told me about, but their dislike for each other, to me, seems out of the blue. I’ve never been ‘piggy in the middle’ before, but they’re acting like children… in their 50s! Whenever I suggest dinner, one will go on a rant about how much they’ve ‘gone off’ the other. How do I get my friends back? Lesley, 51, Dundee The reality is you can’t make them get over their dislike for each other. I’m afraid you can’t always be piggy in the middle, either, so I suggest you…

Bonfire treat If you plan to take snacks along to your local firework display, a pack of Cadbury Mini Bonfire Logs, £1, definitely won’t disappoint. The delicious honeycomb flavour is particularly moreish and, as they come individually wrapped, they are easy to transport! GO LOWER Korma is delicious, but can be high in fat and calories. Sharwood’s Korma Cooking Sauce, £1.79, with 30 percent less fat, is part of a tasty new healthier-choice range including low-fat poppadoms and wholewheat naan – yum! Souped-up Nothing beats a comforting bowl of soup on a cold day. If you’re looking for a new flavour, try Yorkshire Provender Omero’s Red Pepper Soup With Chorizo, £2.50, which has been launched in partnership with Centrepoint, the charity for young homeless people. In fact, 20p from each…

…Homecoming, her first starring TV role It’s a thriller, and I play a case worker who helps military veterans’ transition to civilian life. They built the set so we could do these incredible camera manoeuvres. Some days, we’d film 11 pages of dialogue in one camera move. It was challenging! …when her kids realised she was a star When they were starting to figure it out, it was like, ‘You’re famous?’ And I said, ‘I think a lot of people might have seen the movie that I’m in.’ Maybe an hour goes by, then, ‘Are you more famous than Taylor Swift?’ …how hurtful social media can be My niece Emma slept over, and she posted a picture of us. The number of people who commented… that I’m not ageing well,…

The divorce is official, and it looks like a smiling Ant McPartlin is ready for a new chapter in his life – but what about his ex-wife? It was all over in just 30 seconds. Almost a year after presenter Ant McPartlin and Strictly make-up artist Lisa Armstrong decided not to spend Christmas together, their 11-year marriage ended in a decree nisi, with Ant, 42, admitting he had technically committed adultery while married. Despite still arguing over custody of Hurley the dog, Ant is now negotiating how much of his estimated £62 million fortune he will give ex-wife Lisa, 41, on top of the former couple’s £12 million mansion in west London and a percentage of his future earnings. It would seem like an exceptional financial settlement to most of us. But…

‘Women of my age have cared for our children and our parents, and now we want free time’ Carol Vorderman, loved by many for Channel 4 quiz show Countdown, is also the regular host of Daily Mirror’s Pride Of Britain Awards, coming to ITV on 6 November. Here, she tells us just what the awards mean to her, and how she’s enjoying life more than ever at 57… What makes Pride Of Britain so special? In the 90s, I was on everything on prime-time TV! A bit like Holly Willoughby is today. Piers Morgan, then editor of the Mirror, asked if I was free to host the awards. I did it as a favour, not really thinking much about it. There were six awards in the middle of the line-up for people we…

‘Last week I slipped on a rug in my own house after the anti-slip rubber bit underneath had folded under. I bruised my back and narrowly missed cutting my head open. So, I’m wondering who I can sue? The Moroccan Berber who sold me the rug back in 1994? Maybe I should sue Ikea for not making its non-slip rug underlay non slip enough? Or perhaps I should just sue myself for stupidly putting the rug there in the first place? I got the idea from two stories that caught my eye last week. One was about a woman who was paid £485,000 after she sustained brain injuries due to, wait for it, tram surfing. Age 13, she was hanging on to the outside of a tram when she fell…

Could your pet be an Insta-star? If you’re on the popular picture app, you might be following an utterly adorable dog or a super-cute kitten and cooing over their insta-adventures. But it’s not just cuddly creatures that get liked. We’re a little bit obsessed with Squishy and Rosy – a pair of red-eared slider turtles – who are gaining quite the following! But it got us thinking… could our fabulous pets become internet stars, too? Some animals seem born to do it, game to wear anything and pose patiently while the perfect shot is taken. But what about the ones who are camera-shy and wriggle out of any costume they’ve lovingly been put into?! Knowing our luck, that would be our pet – but what about yours? Does your furry…

SAD FOR VICK Sometimes, there are celebs you’re sorry to see go. For me, Vick Hope was one of those. Both she and Seann Walsh had technical issues, but I loved her in the dance-off. Clearly, the other judges didn’t agree. It’s never personal, though. We’re just here to judge the dancing, darling! WHAT A STAR Stacey Dooley really stands out for me. The hilarious thing about Stacey is that dancing was never her ‘thing’, and when you pass her backstage she’s always saying, ‘Oh, I’ve no clue what I’m doing, darlin’!’ And yet she’s doing it all sensationally! I adore her innocence. She’s so watchable and lovable. DELIGHTFUL DANNY Never in my life have I seen a jive like Danny John-Jules’ the other week! As I said on the…

I’d never have dreamed that something as simple as knitting could heal me. In fact, when my grief counsellor advised it after my beloved husband, Ken, died, I was sceptical. But the soothing click of my needles and the creations I completed proved to be the perfect, simple distraction I needed from the heartbreak that threatened to consume me – and it brought me love. In 2004, I was a single mum to four children – Henry, then 13, Polly, 11, Flora, 10, and Oscar, eight. Then I stepped right out of my comfort zone – I joined the Friends Reunited Dating site. As soon as Ken’s profile came up, I knew he was The One. We spent months emailing and talking. Ken, then 35, had two daughters and a…

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‘Who wants to play a princess?!’ Keeping up her bad-girl persona, Claire King reveals why she will always play the wicked witch…. Emmerdale legend Claire King, 55, returns as the soap’s most iconic villainess, Kim Tate, next year. The Bad Girls actress is also starring in a gritty new crime movie. Here, she tells us more… You must be busy, with being back in Emmerdale next year and having just made a movie? I know, everything has happened at once, so I am really busy again – but I’m happy the way everything has just slotted back into place. I love to be working – I’m used to having to work hard. I’ve just watched your new film, King Of Crime – it’s pretty violent, isn’t it? It is, actually! It comes as…

David described his 19-year union as ‘hard work’, explaining that marriage becomes ‘complicated’ As her husband David reveals uncomfortable truths about their marriage in a bombshell interview, and there’s an attempted break-in at her Cotswolds home, it’s not been the best week for Victoria Beckham. The Beckhams rarely comment on their relationship but, during a TV interview last week, former professional footballer David, 43, described his 19-year union with his fashionista wife, Victoria, as ‘hard work’, explaining that marriage becomes ‘complicated over time’. The interview, which aired in Australia shortly before the couple were scheduled to join Prince Harry for the Invictus Games in Sydney, is reported to have left Victoria, 44, understandably upset. It’s one thing for married couples to admit privately that a marriage can be challenging, but…

Proud ‘uncle’ Ant must be delighted for his pal Declan Donnelly, whose wife Ali gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Isla, on 1 September. Yet, at the same time, he may be secretly wondering if that happiness of becoming a father will ever be his. Lisa and Ant struggled to conceive. Ant admitted in 2013, ‘We’d love to have kids. We’re trying. It’s tougher than you think when you get a bit older.’ Years later, he said, ‘We would love to have a family, so fingers crossed. If we’re blessed with children, then we’d be over the moon!’ Their struggle to conceive was thought to have put a huge strain on their marriage. Who knows what the future holds for Ant now……

Two years ago, Carol burst into tears after coming face to face with one of Pride Of Britain’s inspirational winners, Dr David Nott – the very doctor who saved her life when she fell gravely ill with sepsis in 2004 and had lifesaving treatment at hospital. Overwhelmed with emotion, Carol joked, ‘Can someone else do the next bit, please?’ She told best, ‘I can’t even remember how I got to hospital – it was such a daze. But Dr David did tell me, when I was back to my normal self again, how bad I was. He said, “Carol, you do know you were very seriously ill? You could have died.”’ Scary stuff.…

THE NEW FACE OF INJECTABLES Injections used to mean Botox or fillers, but there’s a whole new world of no-knife treatments that can transform your complexion. Meet the needle remedies that don’t change the structure of your face but add moisture, radiance and glow. THE ‘INJECTABLE MOISTURISERS’ There is an increasing demand for treatments that rejuvenate and improve skin quality, and the new injectable moisturisers do exactly this. Much thinner in consistency than normal fillers, they work more deeply than topical products and sit just beneath the surface of the skin to give immediate results, improving elasticity as well as hydrating, making skin look plump and dewy. Look out for brand names such as Volite from Allergan, Redensity from Teoxane, and skin boosters from Restylane. MY TOP TWO FAVOURITES ARE:…

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Bentley cowered in fear, eyes wide and chest heaving. As another deafening bang exploded through the air, he went into full panic mode, scrabbling around and trying desperately to find somewhere safe to retreat to. But the 10-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier wasn’t being abused by his owner or chased by another animal. No, it was the sudden lights and thunderous booms of fireworks outside that caused this distressing reaction. While, for us, the bright colours and resounding bursts are a source of fun and excitement, for animals they are terrifying – traumatic, even. In the past, fireworks only appeared on Bonfire Night and New Year’s Eve, but recent years have seen them being set off all through the autumn and winter, making it harder for pet owners to plan for…

Chances are that our bathrooms are bursting with products designed for faces, but what about our bodies? It’s the largest organ we have, so we should be treating it with the same care we do our faces. Bodycare with added benefits is easier to find than ever, so now you can bathe and buff your way to a beautiful body… Fake it yourself Scrub yourself smoother Using a scrub on a regular basis will not only kick-start your skin’s cell renewal, but it will also create a smoother surface, so your beauty products will work more effectively. There are hundreds in the shops, but it’s incredibly easy to whip one up at home. Now in season, apples are full of skin-friendly vitamins for a healthier complexion. Suitable for the face…

WIN A TRIP FOR 2 £2,750 WORTH Thanks to Neutradol, you could win this refreshing holiday to the Algarve in Portugal. With its sun-soaked beaches of velvety golden sand, small fishing fleets in picturesque ports and superb golf courses, you’ll feel rejuvenated in no time! If you win our prize holiday, you and your partner will be staying in a one-bedroom apartment at the four-star Vitor’s Plaza Hotel, which has two pools, a sun terrace, sun loungers, hot tub, gym, tennis courts, mini golf, pool side bar and on site restaurant. HOW TO ENTER POST: Send a postcard with your name, address and contact number to best/Cruise & Maritime Giveaway, GVBSTN18755, Hearst Magazines UK, The Data Solutions Centre, Worksop S80 2RT by 16 November 2018. PHONE: Call 0901 027 2715 by…

Paul O’Grady, 63, found fame as drag queen comic Lily Savage. He is married to dancer Andre Portasio and lives in the countryside with a menagerie of animals, including five dogs. After seven series, is it a challenge to keep the show fresh? Well, it depends on the dogs. There are some real characters in this series. I spend a lot of time sitting on the floor of the kennels, having a chat. What can we look forward to in the new series? Lots of puppies! There are dogs giving birth left, right and centre. Any favourite dogs? I was mad for Florence, a pug terrier cross. She’s getting on a bit, she’s been in two hit-and-runs and she’s only got three legs now. But, my God, she’s tough. And…

‘There are plenty of hikes straight from the door’ BEST FOR: WILDLIFE Landal Gwel an Mor, Cornwall A scenic hillside holiday resort with 250-acre ancient Tehidy Woods on its doorstep. Enjoy enchanting autumnal walks, complete with trickling streams and scenic bridges, to Portreath Beach in the valley below and, after a blustery day kicking through leaves and sand, return to a luxury eco lodge for hot chocolate by the log-burning stove or even a dip in the hot tub. Wildlife is another key attraction here, with on-site Feadon Farm offering guests the chance to hand-feed foxes (it’s the only place in the UK you can do this), fly an eagle owl and pet a reindeer. Other highlights include a hot stone massage in the excellent spa, the biggest soft play…

As heart-warming images of Harry and his pregnant wife, Meghan, appeared from their first joint 16-day overseas tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, it’s clear that the royal couple, where kids are concerned, are naturals. You just know Harry, 34, will be in his element when his baby makes an appearance next spring, but will it be a boy or a girl? At an Invictus Games cycling event, in Sydney, a female fan called out to him, ‘I hope it’s a girl!’ to which Harry replied, ‘So do I!’ He admitted three years ago, ‘I will always have the kid inside me. I’m obsessed with children. I don’t know if they like me, but you know they are great fun.’ The feeling appears to be mutual, Harry……

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