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SHACKETS STYLE TIP A cross between a shirt and a jacket, this is a perfect lightweight style to wear every day. BOMBER STYLE TIP Team a bomber with jeans for a casual, laid-back look. BIKER STYLE TIP Toughen up a floaty floral dress with a biker jacket. DENIM ALL UNDER £40 STYLE TIP Update this wardrobe classic with a studded, belted or peplum version.…

Boost your energy levels Are you among the 97% of Brits who are tired most of the time?* Try these top tips from experts at GR Lanes Health to get your spark back. 1 Get moving A healthy dose of morning exercise can release a welcome burst of feel-good endorphins. If it’s too cold outside, or running just isn’t right for you, try an indoor workout. Aim for the NHS guideline of at least 150 minutes of exercise per week. 2 Manage stress Clear away the mental clutter. Many people find adding meditation, yoga, breathing exercises or mindfulness techniques into their day helps them to feel more relaxed and, in turn, energised. 3 Prioritise self-care While it can be hard for us to find the extra time, it’s extremely important…

We know all the stories, we’ve heard all the names. And for the most part, we’re safe in the knowledge that they’re off the streets. Will never witness the reign of terror they once had. But some people know what it’s like to be at the mercy of a serial killer. Victims who somehow escaped a grisly death. Often, it’s thanks to them that the most notorious murderers are locked away. But after the trial is over and the media coverage dies down, what then? How do the victims – the ‘ones who got away’ – deal with the memories, the trauma? And is it ever possible to move on? The Green River Killer It was a drizzly, damp evening when Rebecca Garde finished her shift as a telemarketer in…

Hit TV shows Poldark and Doc Martin are set in Cornwall and brought the region to a global spotlight. Cornish pasties enjoy protected status, which forced Greggs to rename its version of the pastry dish as it was not made in the county. Samantha Cameron, wife of then-Prime Minister David, had their fourth child Florence by caesarean at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, while the family was on holiday in Cornwall in August 2010.…

3 Ways to... Avoid spending because you are bored Do you find you’re splashing the cash on things you don’t need just for something to do? Here’s how to curb the habit.... 1 Do something else you enjoy If you’re prone to grabbing your tablet or smartphone to indulge in a spot of online shopping when you’re bored – and you want to stop – then think about strategies that will help you achieve that. So the next time you’re feeling at a loose end and get an urge to spend, do something else that will make you happy – such as phoning a friend or spending time on a hobby you enjoy. 2 Limit social media If you find yourself scrolling through your social media feeds when you’ve got…

After showing off my healthy ingredients to Dad, I made my dinner. Only, instead of using a jar to cook spag bol, I made my own sauce with tinned tomatoes and beef stock. ‘It’s tasty, Mum,’ said Rio, then 7, surprised. Gareth nodded, too. I’d have a small bowl of cereal or wholemeal toast with eggs for breakfast, homemade soup and fruit for lunch and something cooked from scratch for dinner. Like lasagne or yummy Singapore noodles. ‘I’ve not even felt hungry,’ I told Dad a week later, after losing 4lb. Week after week, I stuck to my plan, occasionally treating myself to a chocolate bar. By January 2020, I’d lost 5st and was size 20. ‘I’m holding my trousers up with a belt,’ I laughed to Dad when I…

Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Moisturizing Body Oil, £5.39, Boots With pure cocoa butter and vitamin E to keep skin nourished, this hydrating body oil is great for soothing dry, itchy skin that’s craving moisture. Slather it on postshower and dry skin will stay soft all day. Aveeno Daily Moisturising Creamy Oil, £7.69, Boots If you hate the feeling of sticky body oils, but need more hydration from your moisturiser, use this nongreasy, oil-infused cream to prevent dry, scaly skin from forming. Farmologie Coconut Body Oil, £7.99, childsfarm.com This simple, nonirritating formula smells amazing, is great for all skin types and quickly absorbs into the skin so you’re able to get dressed straight away. A total body oil hero in our books.…

• Victim Temel Atacocugu read out his statement in court: ‘The gunman and I looked into each other’s eyes… I was shot nine times. I laid under bodies in the mosque, thinking I was going to die. I tried to lie as still as possible when he came back a second time. I could feel the blood and brains of the person above me running down my face and neck.’ • Janna Ezat, who lost her son Hussein al-Umari, told the court, ‘I weep every day for him and for my family’s loss. I decided to forgive you, Mr Tarrant, because I don’t have hate, I don’t have revenge. Hussein will never be here, so I have only one choice: to forgive you.’ • Speaking directly to Tarrant, Gamal Fouda,…

To Boris Johnson, I’ll never forget my daughter Fallon’s first day at school, in September 1998. You see, Mr Johnson, it was also her last. That morning, the school called my husband, Graham, then 40, to say that Fallon, 4, was unwell. I was at the hairdresser’s, so Graham dropped her at the salon. ‘Hi, Mummy,’ she smiled. Then her body started to convulse and she toppled to the floor. Her head smashed against furniture as her body thrashed around. After a week in Great Ormond Street Hospital, she was diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe and incurable form of epilepsy. Lesions on the brain also caused learning disabilities. Back home, we had to explain to our other children – Cameron, then 5, and Sydney, 1 - what was happening…

THE BIGGIE What connects the musician Simon Le Bon and actor Dame Julie Walters? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the four-word prize answer. Across 1/6 British Formula One driver recently knighted (5,8) 4 Young sheep (4) 13 Most proud of one’s appearance (7) 14 Pickled cucumber (7) 15 Block of glass that produces rainbow effect (5) 16 Very small amount (4) 17 Invent (6) 18 Made of timber (6) 20 E.g. Superior or Victoria (4) 21 Evade (5) 22 Commend highly (6) 25 One who tells a story (8) 28 Emblem (6) 30 Not small (5) 32 Scottish city (8) 34 Runner-up’s place (6) 35 Blemish (4) 38 Dried grape (6) 39 Not as good (5) 40 Monarch’s seat (6) 43…

It took just two hours for the jury to find James Hawkins guilty of the premeditated first-degree murder of Charlene Gaither. His mother, Della Thomas, begged the court not give him the death penalty, so she could visit her son in prison. But her pleas failed to sway the jury and Hawkins was sentenced to death by lethal injection. For the convictions of initiating a false report and abuse of a corpse, he received sentences of 12 and six years, to be served consecutively. ‘I do want to apologise to the Gaither family for what I did do,’ Hawkins told the court after sentencing. Charlene’s father, Louis Irvin, said he was relieved by the verdict. ‘My family has been tortured and burdened for three years,’ he said. Speaking about the…

I can’t cope with shingles again Q I’ve just recovered from shingles. It was agony! Could it strike again? Hilary, Swanley A Usually, shingles is a one-off, and chances are you won’t catch it again. It often starts as pain or tingling on one side of your chest, abdomen or face. A few days later, a band of blisters appear that burst and form scabs, before clearing up over the next week or so. Shingles can be very painful, and sometimes leaves pain for months or even years after the rash has gone. It’s caused by the chickenpox virus – years ago, most likely as a child, you caught chickenpox. Although you recovered, the virus lay dormant in a nerve before reappearing as shingles in the skin over that nerve.…

ARROW WORD Which Disney character is based on Badroulbadour? 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 3 x 3 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 Based on The Bull Boys, a play by R F Delderfield, which was the first Carry On film to be released? The answer is the one missing from the grid. ABROAD BEHIND CABBY CAMPING CLEO COWBOY DOCTOR GIRLS HENRY JACK MATRON NURSE SERGEANT…

Glenda Young, 56, Sunderland Curled up on the sofa between my mam Joan and my grandma Emily, I listened as the familiar theme tune started. It was my happy place. From about 8 years old, that was where you’d find me, twice a week. Glued to the screen watching the latest episode of Coronation Street. ‘Would you look at her!’ Mam, then 33, tutted. Grandma nudged me, gave me a wink, and the two of us giggled quietly over Mam’s disapproval of Elsie Tanner. She was Coronation Street’s siren, with fiery red hair and an attitude to match. But while Mam raised her eyebrows, I was secretly fascinated. Growing up in Sunderland in the 60s, I didn’t often see women who looked or behaved as boldly as Elsie Tanner. Corrie…

A never-ending engagement Q My partner popped the question 16 years ago. But every time I’ve picked a wedding date, he’s said it’s inconvenient. Why did he propose if he had no intention of marrying me? I told him it’s ridiculous having an engagement this long, and his response was, ‘It’s just a piece of paper.’ I booked a wedding venue to view, but he said he was working. How do I show him that if he doesn’t marry me, I’m off? Jan, 44 A Jan, my love, I hate to break it to you. This man doesn’t plan on marrying you. He put the ring on your finger to shut you up, and it has worked for 16 years. It sounds harsh, but it’s reality. Put the ring back…

Inside No. 9 BBC2 The anthology comedy is back with another all-star guest cast joining Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in their darkly comic tales. Star turns from Adrian Dunbar and Paterson Joseph, while Derek Jacobi becomes the first actor to return to Inside No. 9. The Mosquito Coast APPLE TV+ Based on the best-selling novel by Paul Theroux, this adventure series stars the author’s nephew Justin Theroux as radical inventor Allie Fox, who uproots his family for Mexico when they find themselves hunted by the US government. The Nevers SKY ATLANTIC Set in Victorian London, this drama follows gang of women who suddenly develop unusual abilities and take on a series of dark enemies. The cast includes Poldark actor Eleanor Tomlinson and McMafia’s James Norton. The Pact BBC1 Look…

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Amie Sims, 41, Derbyshire Clapping my eyes on a bloke across the bar, my stomach flipped. He was wearing a sexy cowboy hat and red leather jacket Not many fellas could pull that look off. But… He’s so cool, I thought. It was Valentine’s Day in 2011, and I couldn’t believe my luck when he asked me out for a drink. Robert Cutts was his name, he was 42 to my 31. But the age gap didn’t bother us. I’d been through a difficult time, and Robert quickly became my rock. I had a 5-year-old daughter with my ex, but she was living with her dad. From the start, Robert swept me off my feet. Turned heads in his cowboy hat wherever we went. I felt like the luckiest girl…

After dating since school and starting a family, it seemed James Hawkins and Charlene Gaither would share a life together. They had three children, a daughter and two sons. But around 1999, Hawkins went to prison for aggravated robbery, leaving his family behind. And for seven years, Charlene and her children had nothing to do with him. That was until Hawkins was finally released and, in September 2007, he reconnected with Charlene. By then, she was living with a new man, her husband of four years, Melvin Gaither. Charlene was working at an adult developmental centre in Tennessee, USA, where she was described as ‘inspiring’. But within a month, she’d left her husband and moved in with Hawkins in Memphis. It wasn’t a happy ending. Over the next months, Charlene…

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 Jane Homewood, Aldington, Kent ACROSS 1 Dismissive word for girl 2 Like a rabbit 3 Of similar character 4 Like an exam DOWN 1 Magazine or conversation 2 Type of fish 3 Flower 4 Home when camping WIN 5x £25 Puzzle 6 Your answer: HALF & HALF In biology, what structure can be eukaryotic or prokaryotic? Cross out a letter in each square to get a grid filled with words. The uncrossed-out letters in the shaded squares give the prize answer. WIN £100 Puzzle 7 Your answer: BRICK TRICK ʻBlue tea’ is a less common name…

SLAIN DOG WALKER It’s a murder mystery that’s haunted the rural Roseland peninsula in Cornwall for over 22 years. Loving mum and housewife Lyn Bryant, 40, was stabbed to death while walking her lurcher on 20 October 1998. Lyn, who lived in a nearby village, had wounds to her back, neck and throat. Police believed the attack was sexually motivated and that she’d put up a fight against her killer before she was left in a field and found by a tourist. Forensic experts pieced together a partial DNA profile of her killer in 2016, but the murder still remains unsolved today. SICKENING ATTACK After watching a DVD featuring eye gouging, Shane Jenkin, then 33, from Hayle, attacked his girlfriend, Tina Nash, 31. After beating and gouging her eyes, leaving…

FILL ME IN Which island group has also been historically known as the Isle of Devils, Virgineola and the Somers Isles? 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 Palm Islands are a man-made development off the coast of which city? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. 3 letters ASH BIT ILL KEY SKI SKY SPY TON WHO WHY 4 letters BALL DAUB EPIC PALE RAIN STUD TOFU 5 letters BIJOU RAIDS WHIRR 6 letters BYWAYS INJURY PRESET REBELS RUBBER TROPHY 8 letters LOCATION WIN £100 Puzzle 15 Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to…

Some 34% of Brits have reported being unable to pay with cash at least once when trying to buy something since last March, when COVID-19 restrictions were first introduced, a Which? study reveals. The survey found people were most likely to be refused to pay in cash when grocery shopping, which accounted for 28% of total incidents. Did you know? A third of Brits shopped more often at local independent stores last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Aviva’s latest How We Live Study reveals. TOP TIP Write down every penny you spend in one week to reveal exactly where your cash ends up.…

Beth Young, 29, from Hull, East Yorkshire Tying a colourful bobble to my dad’s shoulder-length hair, I giggled mischievously. ‘How do I look?’ he grinned, shaking his head so the tiny plaits I’d put in his hair shook wildly. ‘Pretty, Daddy,’ I chortled as he pulled a funny face. That was my dad Pete, then 35, all over. Such a joker. I was 8, and although he and my mum weren’t together, I loved my weekends with Dad. I thought he was hilarious. Especially when he insisted on popping to the shop with me, his new hairstyle intact. There, he bought me a huge bag of sweets. And that was the other great thing about Dad. He loved his food as much as me. But while he loved anything savoury,…

Top tip Add a tsp of ground cumin or curry powder for an extra hit of flavour. Sweetcorn fritters with chilli and avocado These fritters are simple to make, but are a popular breakfast and lunch option for all of the family. SERVES: 6 PREP TIME: 20 MINS COOK TIME: 10 MINS • 2tbsp coconut oil • 1 large shallot • 1 clove garlic, crushed • 1 small bunch coriander • 1 chilli, seeds removed and finely diced • Sea salt & cracked black pepper • 325g can sweetcorn in water • 75g gram flour (chickpea flour) To serve: • 1 avocado, roughly chopped • 100g sour cream • 1 red chilli, seeds removed and finely diced •1 small bunch of coriander, leaves removed • 1 lime, cut into wedges…

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