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What A Week! Kate Williams, Head of Features What A Manly Transformation! Have you tried the app Faceapp? Snap a selfie and it transforms you into an old lady, or even a guy… Here’s me as a bloke. Yikes! What A Style Icon! I have serious hair envy after watching a video about super stylish shih-tzu Kuma. Check her out for yourself at www.lifedeathprizes.com/videos/animal-videos/instagram-sensationdog-kuma What A Squash! What happens when you try to fit four grown adults into a photo booth? Me, my brother and each of our partners tried to find out… What A Scene! Walking along the South Bank in London recently, we bumped into hundreds of giant bubbles. It was magical...we felt like big kids all over again! Ed’s Test £25! win Puzzle 1 can you unscramble…

Jade Edgington, 28, Solihull Trust. Not always easy to build with someone you’ve never met. But a doctor? You trust them immediately, don’t you? I did. When I went to a private hospital with my mum Karen, now 55, and my dad Brian, 57, in October 2005, we all did. We instinctively put our faith in Ian Paterson, the doctor I’d been referred to see when I’d found a lump in my left breast the month before. My GP had been concerned after I felt the grape-sized growth. As Dad owns his own company, we had private insurance and went to the Spire Parkway Hospital, owned by Spire Healthcare. ‘It’s a fibroid adenoma,’ Mr Paterson said. ‘Not cancerous, but we’ll need to operate as soon as possible to remove it.’…

1 Update software Set up your system to get updates as soon as they’re available. 2 Password savvy Have a good, strong password consisting of nine or more characters, with a mixture of upper and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols. 3 Be secure Secured websites only begin with ‘https’. 4 Restrict posts Put on privacy settings to restrict social media posts to friends and family only. 5 Watch the kids Use parental controls to monitor the kids. Warn them about infected links, dangers of over-sharing and inappropriate content. 6 Stay separate Many games allow you to buy add-ons using your card details. So set up another email account to keep online banking separate.…

Real-Life PLUS Trends, Info and Advice Bronwyn Cotterrell, 23, North Wales Me and my fiance Mark, 30, couldn’t have been happier. In June, we welcomed our baby boy Joel into the world. At 9lb 1oz, he was big and strong. It broke my heart to see my tiny little boy in the brace… My pregnancy had been fine. But towards my due date, doctors said Joel was breech. At 39 weeks, I’d had a Caesarean. Back home, we adjusted to life with a newborn. At a few days old, Joel went to Wrexham Maelor Hospital for routine tests. One was an examination of his hip joints. ‘I think there’s something wrong,’ a nurse told us. Joel had to have scans on his hips and it was confirmed… ‘He’s got hip…

Shirley- Rose, 22, Liverpool Climbing the stairs, my heart raced and I felt dizzy. I paused and felt my heart palpitating. It only lasted for a few seconds, then it was over. I was 12, and occasionally suffered heart palpitations. My GP said it was anxiety, put it down to panic attacks. But by the time I was 19, the palpitations had become more regular and stronger. So I spoke to my GP, and was referred for various tests. But one day, I bent down to put a sock on and my heart suddenly started racing. I felt like I was going to pass out. Mum called an ambulance and I was taken to Aintree University Hospital, where I was kept in for three days. ‘Your heart was beating at…

Treat of the Week 83p per serving Strawberry & Blueberry Crumble Serves: 4 Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 20-25 min □1tsp cornflour □1 medium orange, juice, and finely grated zest of half □450g strawberries, hulled, halved or quartered, depending on size □200g blueberries □40g caster sugar Topping: □100g plain flour □40g caster sugar □50g butter, diced □75g marzipan, coarsely grated □Vanilla ice cream, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4. 2 Mix cornflour and orange juice together in a medium saucepan. Add strawberries, blueberries and sugar and cook over medium to low heat for 4-5 min, stirring until berries begin to soften slightly. Spoon into four 250ml-sized individual ovenproof dishes. 3 For the crumble topping, measure flour, sugar and butter into a mixing bowl and rub in butter until…

Anna Ritchie, 39, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire Giving one last push, I groaned in pain. My husband Iain, 39, squeezed my hand. It’s another girl!’ said the nurse. Her skin’s so thin, it’s as fragile as a butterfly’s wing It was 5 August 2012, and I was lying on the bedroom floor, towels all around me. We’d planned a home birth, after our first daughter Amelia, 3, was born in hospital. Our new baby had arrived safely, weighing 9lb 13oz. But, when Jasmine was handed to me, I noticed what looked like a burst blister on her knee, and little scratches around her mouth. ‘We’ll make a note to have them checked,’ said the midwife as she left. Hours later, she phoned and asked us to take Jasmine to Gloucestershire Royal…

We Angela Lansbury She was part of our childhood, and she’s still the tops! • She moved to the US in 1940 to escape the Blitz, but was born in London in 1926 – so she’s one of us! • She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for her first film in 1944, Gaslight. • Her second marriage in 1949 was to actor Peter Shaw. They were married till his death in 2003. • She was brilliant as the voice of Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. • In 2014, she was made a Dame by the Queen. Pure Joy! If you own an allotment, you’ll totally get it… 1 Misshapen, wonky veg aren't odd, they’re the norm. You eat everything you grow, whatever the…

Kathryn Jackson, 22, Nottingham In my final year of a Creative Advertising course at uni, classmates were deliberating over what to do for a new project. But I didn’t hesitate. I’’ll paint my condition! I thought. Chris makes me taste salt-andvinegar crisps! It’s actually something pretty tricky to diagnose. I found loads of info about it online. It’s called lexical-gustatory synesthesia, and it means that one sensation, like hearing, triggers another, like taste. So, basically, when I hear different words, especially names, I taste different things! I also see vivid colours and different shapes. But I can’t predict what’ll happen when. And there’s no cure. At the time of my project, I’d had it for as long as I could remember. I’d thought everyone was the same. Then, a few…

Steff Gibbs, 29, Lewes My heart fluttered when Ryan Gibbs passed me a note at school. Will you go out with me? it said, with two tick boxes. Yes or no. Ticking ‘yes’, I passed it back, smiling. Both 12, we’d steal kisses behind the bike shed, hold hands in the playground. It was all very innocent. But, at 13, we started having sex. We knew we were young but, at the time, we felt grown-up and in love. Plus, the doctor had already put me on the Pill to help with my periods. ‘So, you see, I can’t get pregnant,’ I reassured Ryan. Only, I got Fairy tale Ending food poisoning, and started vomiting. And, weeks on, I was still throwing up… Then, when I fainted at school, I…

Epidural Worry Q i'm about to give birth and an epidural has been suggested. although it sounds great, i’m very nervous about it going into my spine and damaging my nerves. Cassidy, Longfield A Epidurals are very safe, and the risk of any permanent injury is minuscule (one in several million, in fact). There can be temporary side effects, but these are also not very common. Lumpy finger Q I broke my finger years ago and it’s always been out of shape ever since. But now there seems to be a rubbery lump over it and, although it’s not painful, it is quite large. should I be worried? Lara, Bournemouth A This is called a ganglion, which can arise out of previously damaged joints. It’s a fluid-filled cyst that’s very common.…

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SRI LANKA: DEATH OF A HERO khuram Shaikh, 32, was a good man. After graduating with a degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics, the Rochdaleborn man worked all over the world using his vital skills. Trained in the use of artificial devices, such as splints and braces as well as false limbs, he was helping those in greatest need. Sandy beaches In 2011, Khuram spent months in the war-torn Gaza Strip with the Red Cross, helping amputees, before setting off with his girlfriend on a break to Tangalle, Sri Lanka. They’d planned to celebrate Christmas and New Year there on the resort’s stunning, white-sand beaches. But, in the early hours of Christmas morning, a fight broke out while revellers celebrated in the hotel’s bar. As was his nature, Khuram stepped in…

Jayne Chick, 50, Corfe Mullen, Dorset looking at my girl Clare’s pleading face, I sighed. ‘Fine, but you’re cleaning up after it!’ I warned. It was 2005, and my 18-yearold daughter, who was at uni but living at home, had just told me she wanted a snake! We chose a male corn snake and named him Azreal, settled him into his heated tank. But on the third day, the back of his tank had got loose and Azreal had slithered off! ‘He'll turn up,’ the reptile- shop owner reassured us. Clare got another new male snake called Serendipity. But three months on, as I put on my wellies, I felt something. I tipped them upside down… and out fell Azreal! Snakes can live for ages without food and water, but we hadn’t…

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Pick Me Up! BIG STORY •‘Perfect’ boyfriend turned violent •Beaten at 7 months pregnant •New mum left for dead Danni Wolschke, 20, Ayrshire Pain exploded as my boyfriend Kris’ fist smashed into my face. It was March 2015, and I’d stormed out after a petty row. But Kris had chased after me. Then… Crunch! He hit me. Sobbing, I held my face. ‘I’m sorry,’ Kris muttered. ‘But if you hadn’t run off, I wouldn’t have snapped.’ In the six months we’d dated, Kris, then 21, hadn’t shown any signs of violence. Was it my fault? I thought. We’d got together at a Halloween party in 2014 – Kris was quiet, shy. And gorgeous! He was into martial arts, protective. We’d fallen in love and things were perfect. Until now. Next…

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Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease (CJd) 1 It’s ‘mad cow disease’. □ True □ False 2 It can cause blindness and vision problems. □ True □ False 3 The cause is unknown. □ True □ False 4Most sufferers die from the disease. □ True □ False 1 TRUE It’s a rare and fatal condition that affects the brain. It’s often referred to as the human form of mad cow disease. It causes brain damage that worsens rapidly over time. 2 TRUE As well as vision loss, it can cause slurred speech, personality change, memory loss, and loss of brain function and mobility. 3 FALSE CJD appears to be caused by an abnormal infectious protein called a prion. Prions accumulate at high levels in the brain and cause irreversible damage to nerve cells.…

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Anna Blyth, 34, Horsmonden, Kent Plating up the Sunday roast, I noticed my 5-year-old son Max was staring at my hair. May need a brush, I thought. Max finished his meal, then raced straight back upstairs. I peered in later and he was looking at YouTube on his iPad. ‘Is that a hairstyle tutorial?’ I asked him, puzzled. It was September last year, and he’d just started school. He’d mentioned the make-believe hairdressing salon in his class. And he sometimes helped me brush my curls. But this was on a different level. ‘Look at this!’ he said, showing me the result. It was a pretty fishtail plait. I agreed to let him do my hair and was stunned by the results. He’s set his sights on having his own salon…

Issue 31, 3 August 2017 Closing date for all entries: 9 August 2017 (three working days later for postal entries) Puzzle 1 Ed’s Test p3 Final answer Puzzle 2 Follow It! p8 Final answer Puzzle 3 Bitesize! p23 Final answer Puzzle 4 Cross It! p28 Final answer Puzzle 5 Sudoku! p28 Final answer Puzzle 6 Crack It! p30 Final answer Puzzle 7 Strike It! p44 Final answer Puzzle 8 Number Fit! p44 Final answer GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR READERS! Pick Me Up!, published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd, will collect your personal information solely to process your competition entry. We will not be using this issue’s competition entries to send you special offers or to pass on to third parties. 4 WAYS TO ENTER EaSy TO ENTEr ONliNE! ONliNE It’s free and only takes a moment to…