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When grabbing your last-minute essentials at the supermarket before your beach day or holiday, don’t forget to take a look at the clothing section. Tesco’s F&F is onto a winner this summer – every little helps… • Shop in store or online at: tesco.com Wearing shirts over a bikini top and shorts is a perfect cover up – slip on some sliders, too! Aztec print is trending this summer – playing with textures can be a lot of fun!…

Angela Wakefield, 39, from Worcestershire Wincing as I pushed with all my might, the leg press came back down with a clunk. Taking a rest in between sets at the gym, my legs felt shaky. But then someone appeared in front of me. ‘Angie?’ the man said. ‘Wow, how are you?’ ‘Steve?’ I said in shock. Steve and I had gone to school together, but I hadn’t seen him since we were 16 – 20 years later, he was nothing like I remembered. We got chatting, and there was definitely a spark between us – but saying our goodbyes, I carried on with my workout. Back at home though, I was swiping through Tinder and I came across Steve! I swiped right, not thinking much of it – and then…

Get the family moving It’s summer – and now is the perfect time to get outdoors, moving your body. Outdoor experts at Millets have shared their tips to make the most out of the season for the whole family… Prepare in advance One of the best ways to ensure you stick to your plans is to prepare all your family’s outdoor wear the night before. Putting out walking boots, finding those ever-important thermals and packing non-food items ahead of time will help you to stay on track. Reserve a time Routine is essential for children to develop healthy habits, but it is as important for ever-busy adults! Dedicating a specific amount of time to outdoor exploration will ensure that all members of your family are experiencing nature together. Be patient…

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STRAWBERRY TART WITH HORLICKS CRÈME PÂTISSIÈRE YOU WILL NEED: THE TOPPING • 600g strawberries, sliced• 2-3 tbsp strawberry jam THE TART PASTRY • 150g plain flour• 100g chilled unsalted butter, grated or finely diced• 50g ground almonds• 50g golden caster sugar• 1 large egg yolk HORLICKS CRÈME PÂTISSIÈRE • 250ml whole milk• 1 vanilla pod• 4 egg yolks• 75g caster sugar• 3 tbsp Horlicks Original HOW TO 1. To make the pastry, place the flour and butter into a large mixing bowl, and using the tips of your fingers and thumbs, mix together until it resembles breadcrumbs. 2. Add in the ground almonds, sugar and egg yolk. Mix and finish bringing it all together with your hands, squeezing gently to form a soft ball of dough. Chill the pastry in…

If you are concerned about any health woes, contact your doctor We all love summer but rarely we think about the pesky health problems that come with it. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. David Monk, Associate Medical Director at St John Ambulance, has shared his top tips from dealing with heat stroke to hay fever. For more information, please visit: sja.org.uk What are the biggest summer health worries? What’s the best ways to prevent heat stroke and sunburn? Over the summer our volunteers treat a whole host of injuries and illnesses whilst supporting events and providing first aid in communities across the country. During this period, some of the most common incidents we treat are caused by the hot weather, which can often exacerbate pre-existing conditions like asthma,…

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Vanilla, mint choc chip, raspberry ripple – as a nation we all have our favourite ice cream flavours, especially during the summer heat. What if things started to get a little wacky? Taking the phrase ‘we all scream for ice cream’ quite literally – would you be brave enough to try these? MAX & MINA’S – NEW YORK Choosing an ice cream flavour is hard enough – but how about making a decision from more than 5,000 options? Where to start? Opening its doors to New York in 1998, Max & Mina’s ice cream house offers exclusive flavours, with a menu that changes daily – and boy do the owners have some fun! With corn on the cob a popular summer favourite, garlic, pizza, jalapeño, horseradish, turtle, malt and merlot…

Alysia Passfield, 31, from Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire Setting up the camera, we all posed, smiling. Spending the morning getting ready for a wedding, it was the perfect opportunity to get some family pictures. Twirling in their dresses, our daughters Daisy, then 14 months, and Immi, then three, were excited. Daisy had her pink bunny in tow – it never left her side. ‘Let me get one of you three,’ my husband Ross, 31, said. So, I sat down on our living room floor with Daisy and Immi either side of me. ‘Ah, that one’s lovely of you all,’ he said. Only, I noticed something… There was a strange white glow on Daisy’s right eye. ‘What’s that?’ I asked Ross. ‘Maybe it’s something on the camera,’ he said. So, cleaning the…

Wordsearch The names of the cities Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo all mean what? The answer is the one missing from the grid below. • BEAUTIFUL • CAPITAL • COUNTRY • CREST • FARM • FIELD • GARDEN • HOUSE • MOOR • ORCHARD • PORT • RIVER • SANCTUARY • VILLAGE • VOLCANO Your answer ______________________________ Brick trick When they were first introduced onto the menu of a restaurant in London, what were described as ‘thighs of nymphs at dawn’? To find out, solve the puzzle… Enter the answers to the clues in the grid. Every word is an anagram of its neighbours, plus or minus a letter. Read the shaded squares in number order for the answer. 1 Lashed with a whip 2 Recorded in a register 3 Small…

Who said you have to spend summer inside? There are plenty of activities you can get involved in – here are our favourite outdoor adventures! The sun is shining – so get outside! And what better way to celebrate the season than watching an outdoor performance? From music, jaw-dropping acts and theatre shows to remember, there’s no better backdrop than the UK’s great outdoors – what are you waiting for? The Minack Theatre – Porthcurno, Cornwall Arguably one of the UK’s greatest and most beautiful outdoor locations, the Minack Theatre is a must-see at least once in your lifetime. A unique, open-air venue, you can watch on with the view of the Celtic Sea. Set on the shoreline, just a few miles away from Land’s End, you will sit, quite…

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Brain power We all know visceral fat – the fat that wraps around your internal organs – is bad for you. But did you know that it is also linked to memory loss and poor cognitive function? A report titled The Health For Life In Singapore published a study of 8,769 people comparing body fat with cognitive function. The report found that those with a higher BMI had aged more cognitively. So, if you were thinking about cutting back on the cake, there’s a good reason to do so! Have you tried… Magnesium 375mg Tablets, £3.99, Holland & Barrett Magnesium is one of the most abundant minerals in your body, but sometimes you need a little boost. This tablet can help ease tiredness and fatigue as well as promoting strong,…

Number Jig According to a room freshener manufacturer, how many minutes a week does the average Brit spend tossing and turning in bed struggling to get to sleep? To find out, solve the puzzle… Fit these numbers into the grid, reading across and down. One number doesn’t fit. This is the answer. 3 digits 130 147 175 193 204 228 256 271 326 339 341 369 372 4 digits 1348 2730 3246 4502 5213 6929 7428 8637 9954 5 digits 10665 12824 22026 26705 38647 48173 59071 64131 74052 86357 96389 6 digits 457179 362301 603360 743597 877183 7 digits 1332387 3963039 5441325 8194961 8 digits 18792152 Your answer _________ Answer on page 60.…

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A VERY IMPORTANT DATE Alice’s Day is celebrated on 1 July in Oxford every year – it is the home of the real-life Alice in Wonderland after all. And this Alice Day, you should really think about heading to the Story Museum, Oxford. Take a tumble down the rabbit hole and explore this year’s amazing theme, The Great Outdoors. From bread and butterflies to talking flowers, there will a be a host of activities all over the city for the whole family to get involved with. Meet the Wonderland insects in the courtyard, help a dung beetle make pooey perfume, visit the library where Lewis Carroll worked, take part in the Queen’s croquet match before taking the Mad Hatter’s cocktail making class. With something for everyone to enjoy, you’re guaranteed a fabulous time.…

Hot dog My dog Matilda has been finding the summer weather a bit too hot. Here she is hiding under a log for a bit of shelter. I don’t walk her for very long when the weather is like this. Isla, Hastings Hello there On my morning commute, this squirrel followed me all the way along this wall. He was very interested in where I was going, although I did tell him the office was not at all interesting. I’d much rather be out in the park. Ellie, Stoke-on-Trent Walkies! My pooch, Lady, is very naughty and has to stay on the lead. Here she is looking longingly at the big, green field. She can long all she wants, if I let her off, I won’t catch her again. Bridie, Slough Sitting…

Rule of thumb, if you’re not sure what you’re picking – don’t eat it! FILL YOUR BOOTS! Grab a basket, scour the fields and start picking – there are plenty of pick your own fruit farms ripe and waiting for you – here are some of our favourites… Strawberry Fields Farm Shop – Lifton, Devon Nestled in the vast Devon countryside, make your way through fields paying homage to Peter Rabbit and see novelty scarecrows to keep those pesky birds away. And just like its name, you’ll be picking strawberries! The perfect treat to take home and make some jam! Also offering apples and pears, not the rhyming slang, and having an on-site restaurant offering food that is cooked fresh from the field, this location is a must-see. • To…

Tina King, 67, from Sheerness Strapping myself in the car, it was just another typical Wednesday afternoon. Leaving our Whippet Toby snuggled up at home, me and my husband Dave, 65, left for our son’s house to go and pick up our grandson Zach from school on 22 March this year. With our son, Chris, making me a cuppa, we had a good old natter on the sofa, with Dave outside. Recently having an engine service done on the Vauxhall Astra, Dave wanted to pop the bonnet to check the oil and water before setting off on the round trip – a typical man! Only, within seconds, my peace was interrupted. ‘Come and have a look at this,’ Dave cried from outside in a panic. ‘Oh, what is it?’ I…

Shona MacLaren, 34, from North Ayrshire Rushing to the toilet for the third time in 15 minutes, I couldn’t believe how many times I’d been up and down the stairs. Yet, looking into the toilet, there was bright blood gushing from me. Then I passed a blood clot the size of my hand – it was terrifyingly huge. ‘I think my stitches must have come undone,’ I confessed to my husband Will in spring last year. I hadn’t been feeling sick or had any other symptoms, but I had just given birth to our baby boy Mason, delivering him via C-section. Something that I hadn’t experienced with our first-born Thea, now five. Thankfully, being referred for an emergency ultrasound at University Hospital Crosshouse, as well as having a smear test…

Lynn Black, 56, from Colchester Selecting my favourite red dress, teamed with my best lipstick, I dashed out the door in order the catch the number 167 bus in time. You see, I was going on a blind date. And it had me feeling very excited. I’d been set up on a blind date by my sister Claudine and her hubby Leigh, with a man called David, 52. A double date, they were coming too, and we were already waiting at the restaurant with a bottle of sauvignon blanc. But there was no sign of David. Just as I was getting worried, a loud voice bellowed behind me. ‘Sorry I’m late,’ they shouted. When I turned around, I saw a handsome man with a huge grin. ‘You must be Lynn,’…

Victoria Massey, 38, from Cardiff Watching the smooth polish coat my fingertips, I smiled. ‘Keep still,’ my sister Laura, 35, giggled, as I tried to get a better look at the intricate nail art she’d swirled all over my fingernails. As a nail tech, Laura had to practise new designs and I loved offering my hands up, free of charge. ‘It’s like I’m your guinea pig!’ I would laugh. As sisters, Laura and I had always been inseparable. As I grew up with cerebral palsy, my baby sister always protected me on and off the school playground. ‘Why are you staring at my sister?’ she would say to strangers at just two years old. And when we were both at school, she defended me from mean bullies. ‘Have you got…

Vanessa Rivera, 33 Grabbing a fur hat, a cup of tea and an old newspaper, I had a cunning plan… It was time to turn my son, Xander, now seven, into Mr. Wolf. Balancing him on a wooden chest, I helped him pose in the right position while my husband, Anthony, 32, snapped away, tilting the camera at absurd angles. Our family home was a mess, with props, books and costumes all over the floor, but there was a vision behind all of the chaos. Xander absolutely loved it and had lots of fun playing, while my daughter Adyline, 11, and son Indie, five, squealed in delight from the side-lines. Although we were physically in our home in Michigan, in our minds, we were flying across big cities and battling…

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