Table of contents for 03 March 2022 in Chat

TU at SAINSBURY’S All sizes 8-24 STYLE TIP A striped jumper is a classic. Pair with jeans and midi skirts, or layer over dresses. NUTMEG at MORRISONS All sizes 8-22 STYLE TIP Don’t be afraid of double denim. Pair different shades and team with tan accessories. GEORGE at ASDA All sizes 8-24 STYLE TIP A chic matching co-ord is a great put-together look. Wear with trainers for comfort and style. F&F at TESCO All sizes 6-22 STYLE TIP This gorgeous print looks expensive. Undo some of the buttons for a relaxed look if you have a fuller bust.…

Once all the evidence had been heard, the jury deliberated for almost 12 hours, split over two days. Finally, in December 2021, they convicted Lynlee Renick, then 33, of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for her part in the killing of her husband Ben Renick. The jury saw through Lynlee’s lies and decided that, far from being an innocent party, she was the real snake in the grass. Lynlee Renick was found guilty of conspiring to murder her husband with employees at her spa and her ex-boyfriend Michael Humphrey. Following the verdict, Lynlee Renick sobbed and clutched one of her legal team members for support. In January 2022, four-and-a-half years after her husband Ben’s grisly murder, Renick was sentenced to 16 years in jail. ‘You’re awful lucky, ma’am,’ Judge…

Making her way around her home with crutches, life isn’t easy for Zoe, 30. She has a progressive condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). It causes muscle tissues and tendons to be replaced by bone, growing outside the skeleton. ‘Your body is slowly turning to stone and you’re frozen, like a statue. It completely, slowly, takes away your mobility,’ Zoe explains. The condition doesn’t stop Zoe applying her make-up expertly in the mirror, using a long stick instead of her arms, which she can’t lift up. ‘It’s obviously not very professional, but it works for me, and gives me that little bit of independence that we all need,’ she smiles. Despite having an optimistic outlook and coming up with creative ways to live with her condition, Zoe admits it can…

Bawling my eyes out, I rushed to see my mum. We were supposed to be having a birthday meal together, but I couldn’t stop crying. ‘Once this baby is born, I’m going on a diet,’ I told Mum. I was given extra scans and check-ups throughout my pregnancy. When I reached full-term, I was induced, but the baby was in distress. I was rushed in for an emergency caesarean, but before doctors could operate, my daughter was born naturally. Thankfully, she was totally fine, but it was scary. Holding baby Bella, born at a healthy 7lb 9oz, I felt overjoyed. Promised her I’d be the best mum I could. But my weight had shot up to 21st 3lb. I’d put on more than six stone during my pregnancy. Shocking. At…

Roast chicken with squash, chorizo and thyme Topped with chorizo slices and cooked with squash and tomatoes all in the same roasting tin, roast chicken doesn’t get easier or tastier than this. SERVES 6 PREP TIME 10 MINS COOK TIME 1 HR 50 MINS • 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks • 2 red onions, cut into wedges • 6 whole garlic cloves, unpeeled • 2tbsp olive oil • 1.75kg chicken • 5 slices chorizo • A few sprigs thyme • 6 medium tomatoes, quartered 1 Heat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Mix the squash, onion wedges, garlic and 1tbsp oil in a roasting tin. 2 Put the chicken on top of the vegetables and arrange the chorizo slices over the chicken. Drizzle over the remaining oil. Tuck…

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My daughter Aubree, 2, is never happier than when she’s in fancy dress. I think she makes a very cute penguin! Ryan Harden, Anglesey I enjoyed such a lovely, peaceful countryside walk on my recent trip to Wales. It was a good job I found somewhere to sit for a moment to take in the views! Louise Furtado, Surrey My mum has been through so much, so I wanted to cheer her up in her favourite mag for her 60th birthday! I’m proud of everything she’s achieved. I hope she enjoys her birthday as she definitely deserves some fun. Love you, Mum! Sarah Brent, Plymouth One of my favourite TV programmes is I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! so I jumped at the chance to have a go at…

British actor Eleanor Tomlinson named her collie dog after which American songwriter? Solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the two-word prize answer. ACROSS 11 Device for taking photographs (6) 12 Winning move in chess (9) 13 Govern (4) 14 Fighter plane (8) 15 Ward off (5) 16 Capital of Portugal (6) 17 Sightseer (7) 18 Game also known as ping-pong (5,6) 20 Cape (5) 22 Long thin green vegetable (9) 24 Courageous (5) 28 Business associate (7) 29 The ground (7) 32 Moscow’s country (6) 34 Part of a bed (8) 36 Merges (8) 37 Fishing equipment (6) 39 Merciful or tolerant (7) 40 Tomato sauce (7) 45 Used a broom (5) 47 Brought or provided (9) 48 Picture (5) 51 See-through (11) 53 Biggest…

Harriet Hanson, 25, East Midlands Looking at my belly in the mirror, I felt a fizz in my tummy, ‘Isn’t it exciting?’ I beamed to my mum Michele. It was February 2021, and aged 25, I was thrilled to become a first-time mum. I’d had a problem-free pregnancy, but at 11 days overdue, I was more than ready to pop. The plans were in place for me to be induced and have a water birth at the hospital the next day. But suddenly, I was hit by a pain at the bottom of my tummy. Mum sprang to her feet. ‘Baby’s coming,’ she said. Mum hugged me goodbye and me and my partner Adam, 27, got in the car. Setting off from our home, we headed to the hospital, 39…

Headaches from hell Q I hate to see my husband suffer agony from his cluster headaches. What can we do? Mona, Richmond A Cluster headaches are one of the most painful conditions known and sufferers will sometimes bang their heads against the wall in desperation to try to make them stop. As the name suggests, the headaches appear in clusters, usually a few hours apart, over a period of days or weeks. They’re probably a form of neuralgia, where nerves send pain messages when they shouldn’t, and sometimes alcohol, smoking, strong smells or exercise can be triggers. Painkillers often don’t help, and treatment might mean avoiding triggers, breathing oxygen, injecting migraine drugs, taking steroids or using electric pulses to stimulate nerves in the neck. Your husband will need to see…

Hitting the spot If you’re looking for a new way to make some dosh, testing sex toys could help you to reach the climax of your career. Influencer Jess Megan, 28, from Portsmouth, makes up to £6,000 per post by advertising products for lovehoney.co.uk on her Instagram page. The proud owner of more than 250 sex toys, Jess also promotes body positivity to her 500,000 followers. Now that’s job satisfaction! Top dog From delicious delicacies to dog food, there’s a market for every mouthful. Turns out, humans eating dog food is an actual job. According to Philip Wells, who previously worked as Technical Director for pet food brand Lily’s Kitchen, there’s only one way to make sure each batch passes quality control – take a sniff and get stuck in.…

FILL ME IN Karashi is a Japanese variety of what foodstuff? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. WIN £100 Puzzle 14 Your answer: CIRCLE TIME The city of Astrakhan, after which the woollen textile is named, is on the delta of which river? Fit the words into the grid, then read the letters in the shaded circles. 3 letters EKE HER HID HIS PIG ROD SOY WAS WOE 4 letters AIRY ALAS ALSO ASKS AWED LEAD 5 letters DIGIT GEESE SCREW SKATE 6 letters SALIVA SHADOW SLIGHT SORROW 7 letters EGGCUPS PLATEAU WIN £100 Puzzle 15 Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details or visit comps.lifedeathprizes.com/puzzles…

CODE CRACKER What job did British actor Dame Julie Andrews want to have when she was a child? To find out, solve the puzzle... Fill in the grid. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number from 1 to 26. When you’ve completed the grid, the shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. We’ve given you five letters to start off. WIN £500 Puzzle 16 Your answer: WORD JUMBLE In 1794, Eli Whitney secured a US patent for a machine to process what crop? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six materials used in textiles. Now fit them across the grid and you’ll spell out the answer to the question. 1 CATE ATE 2 BA BOOM 3 EL TENT 4 WARTS 5 ANY OR…

3 ways to... Protect your home Julian Hartley, insurance director at Tesco Bank, shares his top tips on what you can do to help reduce the chance of your falling victim to burglary. 1 Remember the basics ‘Always lock your doors and windows when leaving the house, even if you’re just popping to the shops,’ he says. ‘Locking all the windows and doors before going to bed will also ensure your home is protected when burglars are most likely to try to enter. ‘Before going out in the evening, leave some lights on and close your curtains. Or put your lights on timers so they will come on automatically. If thieves are watching your property, this can make it difficult for them to be sure the property is empty,’ he…

CeraVe Micellar Cleansing Water, £10, Boots This clears away make-up and grime in an instant, and feels lovely and soothing on skin, thanks to the addition of ceramides that help repair skin cells. The bottle is pretty big too, so you get bang for your buck. L’Oreal Paris Air Volume 30H Mega Black, £12.99, Superdrug L’Oreal has reformulated one of its bestselling mascaras, for a blacker, longer-lasting formula. A few sweeps give dramatic volume without clumping or drying out – promising 30 hours of wear. PS Plum Lip Scrub, £1, Primark There’s nothing more annoying than chapped, dry skin on your lips. Buff it away speedily with this deliciously scented scrub. Follow on with your favourite lip balm to keep your pout plumped. Barry M Jade Roller, £9.99, Boots Jade…

Sarah Nettles, 44, Tucson, Arizona Just 3 years old, I looked at the pink, squirming newborn in my mum’s arms and scowled. I never even wanted a brother – and now here he was stealing all the attention! Thankfully, it wasn’t long before I discovered being a big sister wasn’t all that bad. And my little bro, Damien, became the apple of my eye. I was more than happy to share my mum Valerie, then 28, and dad Edward, then 33. Four years on, in 1984, our brother James arrived, and then our sister Melissa in 1987. I loved being the eldest. Dad’s work in international sales meant we often moved between the UK and America, but us four siblings always had each other. In 1989, when I was 12,…

They called him the Snake King. A tycoon who’d made his fortune breeding and selling exotic reptiles – deadly anacondas, 5ft pythons, boa constrictors. It was all in a day’s work for Ben Renick. The entrepreneur ran his million-dollar snake farm, Renick Reptiles, from his home, breeding designer snakes, shipping them out to customers. He also filmed YouTube videos inside his vast, white-walled snake barn, sharing his secrets for success as he grappled with gigantic pythons. He was revered in the reptile-breeding world, idolised as a snake-wrangling hero. But Ben Renick’s life wasn’t just about reptiles. He was a family man, too – a husband and daddy. His wife Lynlee ran an exclusive day spa, Ascensia, offering massages and beauty treatments. On the face of it, the Renicks had it…

The advice you need Janice Brock, 70s, Cheshire Standing in the sports hall, I watched my classmates doing gymnastics. It was 1960, I was 10 and loved anything athletic, but that day I watched sadly from the sidelines. ‘Get moving!’ my PE teacher yelled across the hall, so I took a heavy step but couldn’t go further. My feet were giving me agony. It had started as a small pain, before causing me to walk flat-footed. Soon, I could barely open doors and had to be helped out of chairs. Then a fever took over. ‘We need to go to hospital,’ my mum Joan, then 34, said. At Pendlebury Children’s hospital, my fever continued to rage. I grew weaker and couldn’t hold a knife and fork. A week later, a…

OVER TO YOU Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p3. There’s £20 for every one we use! This week’s puzzle was compiled by Lorna Ridgway, Milton Keynes, Bucks ACROSS 1 Brief record 2 Primeval Egyptian personification of air or breath 3 Hindu festival 4 Finishes DOWN 1 A word by which a person is known 2 A sign or warning 3 Communicated information 4 Name, meaning friendly one WIN 5x £25 Puzzle 6 Your answer: CHAIN WORDS Brass threepences during the reign of George VI, introduced as an alternative to silver coins of the same denomination, bore the image of which plant on the reverse? Get from Start to Finish, making words by joining two boxes together as…

ARROW WORD What is US actor Richard Gere’s middle name? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. WIN £1,000 Puzzle 10 Your answer: SUDOKU To solve the puzzle, each 3x3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN £60 Puzzle 11 Your answer: WORDSEARCH Bauer is the German word for which of these chess terms? The answer is the one missing from the grid. BISHOP BLACK BOARD CAPTURE CHECK DRAW GAMBIT KING KNIGHT MATE MOVE PAWN QUEEN ROOK WHITE WIN £50 Puzzle 12 Your answer: TO ENTER Turn…

Hubby never helps Q I’ve been diagnosed with a chronic illness. I’m still waiting to see how it will affect my daily life and am on a lot of medication. I try to keep active, but after a long day at work, I’m tired. My hubby is frustrated, and after another complaint from him, I snapped. Told him he needed to help around the house. We’ve had so many conversations about it, but nothing seems to get through... Terry, 27 A It sounds like it’s not sinking in for him, is it, pet? It’s time to be blunt. Many of us work hard and feel shattered at the end of the day. But having a chronic illness is a different matter! Your other half needs to understand that you need…

Kimberly Fisher, 33, Hampshire Hips wiggling and shoulders swaying, I made my way to the dance floor. ‘I love this one!’ I shouted as Umbrella by Rihanna played. It was 2008, and there was nothing like a good night out with a group of my best girlfriends. We were giggling and grooving, dressed to the nines with not a care in the world. But then... ‘Who’s your fat friend?’ a voice said, leaning into our group. I looked up to see a man I’d never met before smirking in my direction. My cheeks flushed. See, it was obvious he was talking about me. Whereas my pals were all slender and toned, at 20 years old I was 5ft 5in and a size 18. Humiliated, I tried to shrug it off.…

Q Is it cheaper to renew my driving licence online? A Going online is the cheapest way to renew a photocard driving licence, says DVLA. Renewing a photocard driving licence using gov.uk costs £14 and the driver will receive their new licence in just five days. Posting an application to DVLA costs £17 and will take longer. Plus, figures from DVLA show that drivers missed out on £2.3 million of savings between April 2020 and March 2021 by not renewing their photocard driving licence using DVLA’s online service.…

Imbue Curl Liberating Shampoo, £8.99, Superdrug This vegan-friendly option tames frizz and defines curls and coils all while deep cleaning and removing product on the scalp. A little goes a long way too – so this bottle will last you a while. Noughty Wave Hello Shampoo, £6.99, Boots Noughty’s entire range is sulphate free, making it suitable for curls. But their original formula is still a solid favourite – hair feels silky soft after just one use. That’s thanks to the avocado oil and sea kelp in the formulation – mega-hydrating, without weighing down strands. Only Curls Curl Cleansing Shampoo Bar, £12, onlycurls.com We’re all trying to make conscious steps to reduce plastic waste, and swapping to solid shampoos is a simple way to help. Lather this bar with water…

Dear Asha, Nothing compares to the smell of engine oil, the wheels on the track as I speed round in the racing car, lap after lap. I never thought I’d join a motor-racing team, representing the UK. But then, who could have predicted the last few years we’ve spent together? Exchanging wedding vows on a beach at Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, in July 2018, promising to stand by each other in sickness and in health as wives. We had no idea just how much those vows would come to mean. After our wedding, I started having problems with my right eye. At first I thought it was just a trapped eyelash, but soon I had pins and needles in my left-hand side. Passing out, waking up to find…