Índice para 18 May 2023 em Chat

Welcome to this week’s Chat… Viktoriia was living a normal life in Kyiv when the war started and everything changed. She had to flee to the UK, with her two kids and dog, leaving her hubby behind (p24). It’s a moving reminder that sometimes ordinary folk show extraordinary courage. This weekend our two countries are united by music when we host Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine. If you’re watching, add to the fun with our special bingo card (p27)! Have a great week,…

TRUE-LIFE Perched on the edge of my parents’ bed, I watched as my mum Angela, then 34, picked up a suitcase and stuffed it with clothes. ‘Why are you crying?’ I asked, as tears rolled down her cheeks. ‘Don’t worry, love,’ Mum said, wiping her face with the back of her hand. It was 1997, and aged 11, I wanted to give her a cuddle, tell her it’d be OK. Like she'd done for me whenever I cut my knee or fell out with school friends. But Mum was a grown-up. Grown-ups didn’t cry, did they? With her bag packed, Mum made for the door. Then she was gone. ‘When is Mum coming back?’ I asked my dad David, then 34. ‘She’s not,’ he said sternly. Quietly retreating to my…

True-life PATIENT CASEBOOK Watching the snow falling on the pavement outside, tears snaked down my red-raw cheeks. It was December 2017 and unlike everyone else I wasn’t overjoyed at the thought of a white Christmas. ‘Please not now,’ I begged the weather gods. I suffered from rosacea, a skin condition that caused flushing and visible blood vessels in my face. It had no known cause, but was always worse in the cold weather. My face was constantlysore and itchy. It’d bleed and swell too. I’d suffered from skin redness since I was 14. Like a lot of my mates, I had acne, but I also got really rosy cheeks. It was worse when I got hot playing sport, and kids at school often teased me. ‘Tomato face,’ they’d taunt. I…

NO-FUSS FOOD Pea pesto with prawns Sweet peas and salty prawns take this simple pesto pasta to the next level. SERVES 2 PREP 10 MINS COOK 15 MINS 1 Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta shells according to pack instructions. Toss in the prawns 5 mins before the end of cooking time. 2 Pour boiling water over the peas and leave for a few mins to defrost completely, then drain. Blitz the peas together with the tarragon, garlic clove, grated Parmesan, lemon juice and olive oil. Toss through the drained pasta and prawns, then top with fresh basil and rocket leaves, plus extra Parmesan, to serve. PER SERVING: 884 CALS, 47g FAT,…

WHO WAS JEFFREY DAHMER? Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer lured 17 men and boys from gay bars, shopping centres and bus stops, promising money or sex. Once they were home, he laced their drinks with drugs, strangled them and had sex with their corpses, taking gruesome photos. He then dismembered and disposed of his victims, often eating bits of them and keeping body parts as souvenirs. He was murdered in jail in 1994, two years into a life sentence. Since his death, the Milwaukee Monster has only grown in infamy, with numerous books and films being made about his reign of terror, including Netflix’s hit 2022 series Dahmer - Monster. While most of us are disgusted and horrified by Dahmer’s gruesome crimes, some were inspired… 'HUNTING GROUND' It was…

Q My hair always gets so frizzy in the summer! Can anything help? Sandra O’Neil, Birmingham A A Weather can cause havoc with your hair, especially as it gets warmer and more humid. Help protect it against the elements with some small product changes to keep hair looking its best. Start by investing in an anti-frizz shampoo and conditioner duo such as Monday Smooth Shampoo and Conditioner Duo, £10, lookfantastic.com, which smooths strands without losing shape or definition. Use every time you wash your hair to maintain smooth and controllable tresses. Follow with an intensive mask such as John Frieda Frizz Ease Miraculous Recovery Deep Conditioner, £7.99, Boots, which works to repair damaged and frizzy hair. Use twice a week and leave it on for 10 minutes; it’s really useful…

TRUE-LIFE BEHIND THE BIG CRIME Like most teenagers, Cynthia Hoffman just wanted to fit in. CeeCee, as she was known, had never found it easy to make friends. With learning difficulties, developmentally she was behind other kids. So she was thrilled when someone finally started paying her some attention. With cropped blonde hair, Denali Brehmer was one of the ‘cool’ girls. And more than anything, CeeCee wanted to be cool too. The two girls grew close. They called themselves best friends. Denali introduced CeeCee to other mates. After graduating from Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2018, CeeCee worked with her sisters and dad Timothy on building sites. They worked hard, measuring windows and mixing concrete. In her spare time, her dad knew where she’d be hanging out with…

Tapping my fingers to the beat of the music, I stood up and walked over to the bar. It was August 2019 and I’d gone with a friend to a reggae night at a local pub. Loved swaying to the tunes and downing a few drinks. As I waited, elbows propped on the bar, I noticed a man beside me who was also waiting. Handsome. Nice physique and a smiley face. Ten years earlier I’d separated from my husband. I’d had a brief relationship but been single for years. This man probably wouldn’t be interested in me. Already taken, no doubt. I gathered my drinks and returned to my table. But later in the evening, when I was feeling more tipsy, my friend came back to our table and motioned…

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My baby is so blotchy Q My health visitor says that the red patch on my baby’s face is a stork mark and will fade, but wouldn't a laser get rid of it? Ruby, Bath A The so-called stork mark is the most common type of birthmark. It appears at birth as pink patches over the baby’s forehead, eyelids and the back of the neck - exactly where the stork who delivered the baby would have held the head in its beak! Sometimes the patches might affect the scalp or back, too. Up to 40% of babies are born with a stork mark and it’s harmless. It’s just an area of skin where tiny blood vessels called capillaries have widened. Crying, or straining to do a poo, might make the…

Walking through dimly lit streets, I put the vodka bottle to my lips and chugged. As it burnt my throat I closed my eyes, waiting for the buzz. Much better, I thought. It was January 2012, but even in the winter chill, I felt wrapped in a warm blanket of booze. Thirty minutes later, I stashed the empty bottle in a bush and stumbled home, hoping to get to bed without my dad noticing. I was only 16. For as long as 1 could remember I’d suffered from anorexia, skipping meals and binning my school lunch. But I’d started drinking at 12, after sneaking wine from the garage. Hooked, I began decanting vodka or rum from bottles in my parents’ i drinks cabinet and downing it in my room. Weekends…

Eurovision BBC1 • Get ready for more Eurovision fun and mayhem as Graham Norton, singer Alesha Dixon, Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer-songwriter Julia Sanina present the grand final live in Liverpool. The 20 countries who have made it through from the semi-finals will join last year’s winning nation Ukraine and the so-called Big Five, namely France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, which is being represented by Mae Muller with I Wrote A Song. There are also live performances from 2022’s winning act Kalush Orchestra and the UK’s Sam Ryder who came second in the contest. Liverpudlian singer Sonia makes an appearance too as she celebrates 30 years since she came second in 1993’s contest. DON'T MISS DON'T MISS Steeltown Murders BBC1 • Set in 1973 and…

TRUE-LIFE When Kevin Bacon, 25, failed to show up for his family’s Christmas Day breakfast in 2019, they raised the alarm. It wasn’t like Kevin - a hairdresser and student - to miss the special day. Police found his car five miles away. Inside, a mobile phone revealed texts between Kevin and another man, Mark Latunski, 50. On 28 December, Kevin’s body was found hanging upside down from the rafters in the basement at Latunski’s house. He’d been stabbed in the back, his throat slit. He’d been castrated. Latunski - who confessed - even admitted eating one of his victim’s testicles. He’d bought a dehydrator to carry out his plan to turn Kevin’s muscles into dried meat, known as jerky. Yet, he also claimed he’d been playing out a fantasy…

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Chat winners issue 7 (16 Feb 2023) Anyone from your town in the list this week…? Chat PUZZLE 1 33235 Chat PUZZLE 11 392 Chat PUZZLE 12 SNOOPY •Any material submitted to Chat must be original, not copies or duplicated to other editors. Upon submitting material you warrant that you own or have the right to licence the material to Future pic for publication. Chat reserves the right to shorten, edit or modify any material that is submitted. In consideration for a worldwide, royalty-free licence…

ANNA FERGUSON MONTAGUE, 51, FROM BATH, SAYS: My mate, Helen Hobbs, 74, has been helping save toads, newts and frogs in our local area for over 20 years. Despite being a busy mum and grandmother, she works as a volunteer patrol manager for Frog life’s Toads on Roads campaign. Helen manages a large rota of volunteers, who all take turns patrolling a stretch of local road identified as a migratory crossing in Bath, every night from January to April - rescuing migrating amphibians who would otherwise be squashed by cars. Helen goes on patrol in rain or shine, staying out for hours at a time. Back in 2010, she won a conservation award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for her work. As part of the awards, we…

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It was 1987 and Klaus Schelkle and his girlfriend Bettina Taxis were embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. The pair, both from West Germany, had met in a nightclub in winter 1986. After falling in love, they spent the following spring and summer saving up to Interrail around the Nordic countries. Their mutual friend, Thomas Schmid, 21, joined them as they left Stuttgart, in south-west Germany, on 23 July 1987 and travelled by train through Denmark and Sweden. The trio phoned home, sent postcards. Said how much fun they were having. Then, in Stockholm, they changed their original plan. Rather than going through northern Sweden to Finland, they decided to go on a cruise around the Gulf of Bothnia, and arrive in Finland that way. It was a change…

Q I lost the sight in one eye for about five minutes. I’m fine now, but my GP says that I need tests! Peg, Alloa A Sounds like amaurosis fugax, sudden temporary blindness often like a curtain coming down over your vision. Usually it affects one eye for just a few minutes, but this needs to be taken seriously. The cause is likely to be a clot in a large blood vessel, such as your carotid artery in your neck. A fragment of clot broke off and travelled to your eye where it temporarily blocked a smaller blood vessel, resulting in blindness. The danger is that another clot could travel to your brain, resulting in a stroke. Tests will show what treatment you need, but reduce your risk by not smoking,…

I want answers from Mum Q Growing up, my mum always made me do everything around the house - cooking, cleaning, getting myself to and from school from a young age. She was a single mum and often went out up to five times a week, leaving me alone. As an adult, I’m now resentful for all the things that I feel that I missed out on as a kid. How can I forgive her? Emma, 24 A Oh, sweetheart, you mum sounds quite cold and absent. Some parents are like this because their parents were too. Or maybe she was struggling? Ask for a serious chat and calmly explain how you felt as a kid. Try not to criticise her but let her know you want to understand, and…

3 ways to… SAVE ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE Don’t pay more than you need to - here’s how to cut costs. 1 Switch to SIM-only If your mobile phone contract ends soon and you’re happy with your current handset, you can save cash by taking out a low-cost SIM-only deal when your current deal ends, rather than getting a new phone. Also, consider your usage. If you mainly use your phone when you’re connected to Wi-Fi and hardly ever make phone calls, pay as you go might be the cheapest option. However, if you do want a new phone, always shop around for the best deal and try haggling with your current provider to see what they’ll offer you too. Before signing up for a contract, bear in mind that it…

12-18 May 2023 Aries 21 March-20 April Jupiter is now in the last few degrees of your sign, making this a strong time to take bold action and courageously make positive changes in your life! • Call 0905 817 0690* for more Taurus 21 April-21 May With Mercury retrograding through your sign and the Sun in Taurus, it is time to re-evaluate your most important goals. Need to change your approach? • Call 0905 817 0691* for more Gemini 22 May-21 June Now the Sun’s in an earth sign, make the most of this influence by starting a new daily routine, which will help calm your mind and improve your physical wellbeing. • Call 0905 817 0692* for more Cancer 22 June-23 July Venus and Mars are in your sign.…