Innholdsfortegnelse for December 30, 2012 i Woman's Own

You’ve got to admit, 2012 has been one hell of a 12 months! Putting together our Women Of The Year feature triggered a lot of debate in the Woman’s Own office as there have been so many amazing women to choose from. I hope you enjoy reading our final cut on page 10. Plus, we asked our columnist and Daybreak presenter Lorraine Kelly to reveal her own inspirational women of 2012. Turn to page eight to read about the brave ladies she has met this year who have made such a difference. Have tissues at the ready... facebook.com/womansownmagazine twitter.com/womansown womansowneditor@ipcmedia.com 020 3148 6565…

Raid the cupboard When it comes to knocking off years, you’re more likely to find Catherine Zeta-Jones, 43, in the kitchen than the beauty salon. She puts her glowing skin down to a DIY scrub. ‘I rub a mix of honey and salt all over my body to moisturise and exfoliate,’ she says. Lighten up She claims she doesn’t have time for regular beauty treatments, but Carol Vorderman, 52, shows how a few golden highlights through your hair can revive a dull complexion – think of it as a light switch for your skin. Sleep tight Well, they don’t call it beauty sleep for nothing! Jennifer Aniston, 43, reveals the secret to her clear, healthy-looking skin is making sure she has plenty of shut-eye. ‘I get at least eight hours…

When I arrive at Bernie Nolan’s beautiful home in the Surrey countryside, I am greeted by a typical family scene. Bernie’s husband of 16 years, Steve, a drummer, is busy making tea, feeding the family schnauzer, Dexter, and taking pizza out of the oven. Their daughter Erin, 13, is engrossed in her laptop. ‘We’re carrying on as usual, living as normal a life as possible,’ Bernie says as she hands me a cup of tea. But what this tightly knit family has been through this year has been anything but normal. In February, Bernie received the news that her breast cancer, first diagnosed in 2010, had disappeared. However, in June, she was told that the disease had returned. And this time it had attacked her lungs, liver, bones and brain.…

Nominate A FRIEND RECEIVE £50 EACH On these cold winter mornings, my friend Maureen Iggleden gets up at 6.30am to see to some very important visitors. For, just outside her back door, are rows of kennels where up to 60 dogs are eagerly waiting for breakfast. And Maureen makes sure each of them is cared for in turn, letting them out for exercise and giving them lots of pats and cuddles. ‘The animals always come before everything,’ says Maureen, 62. And her dedication and hard work have made the mum-of-two a true doggy saviour. Maureen is the manager of the Dogs Trust’s rehoming centre in Newbury, West Berkshire, a job she’s done tirelessly for the past 30 years. And what makes her so inspiring is seeing just how much she cares. I…

In a recent web poll, we asked you if you’d ever consider a facelift. A whopping 61 per cent of you said you would never go under the knife, 20 per cent weren’t sure and one per cent admitted you had already had the procedure. If you want the effect without surgery, here are our easy cheats, which will have people asking, ‘Has she?’ The super gadget Smoother-looking skin is at your fingertips. FAB Uplifting Serum, £29, thehealthcounter.com, is a roll-on wand that delivers a peptide-packed anti-ageing serum as it massages. The roller bar stimulates the skin to help re-contour, and provides a touch-free application to keep the formula potent. Don’t believe the hype? Testers noticed a smoother, more toned face and neck within minutes. The jowl buster Inspired by…

1The Specialist Nurse-Organ Donation (SN-OD) will discuss the donation form and procedures with the donor’s family. 2Next the doctor will take a blood and tissue sample from the donor so the tissue type can be matched between donor and recipient. The nurse will then consult the transplant list to get the best match for each of the organs or tissue. 3The organ retrieval surgical teams will be called to the donor hospital while the SN-OD nurse there contacts the recipient hospital to inform them an organ has become available. 4The recipient of the new organ comes to the hospital to be prepared for their transplant. Recipients must always be contactable as the call can come at any time. 5The SN-OD will accompany the donor to theatre and stay with them…

MEET OUR EXPERTS Mushtaque Ishaque is a spinal consultant surgeon at BMI The Priory Hospital in Birmingham. He specialises in spinal conditions related to degenerative disc disease. Tim Hutchful is a registered British Chiropractic Association chiropractor. He’s helping to champion the Straighten Up UK campaign, which promotes back care. Simon Webster is a lead physio at Nuffield Health, which has a national network of more than 2,000 physiotherapists. Listen to your body ‘As we get older, it’s normal to get a bit more back pain. Learn to read your back to discover the cause,’ says Mushtaque. ‘The pain isn’t just something you’ve woken up with, it’s due to something you did the day before. Whatever the trigger, modify the activity. Do the task in stages, try new ways of approaching…

Save with out spending Here are my top tips this week to ensure you’re making the most of your hard-earned cash 1 BUY NEXT YEAR’S GOODIES NOW Give yourself a head star t. Cards, decorations and gifts will be heavily reduced after Christmas Day. Stock up now for next year and you could save a for tune. 2 RE-GIFT YOUR PRESENTS Try to avoid waste this Christmas. You can either sell unwanted festive gifts on sites like ebay.co.uk or uk.ebid.net, or alternatively keep them in pristine condition and re-gift them to friends and family throughout the year. Just remember to keep track of who gave you what to avoid an embarrassing faux-pas! 3 STAY STRONG IN THE SALES Don’t be lured into buying an item in the post-Christmas sales just…

Read this before you buy a Blu-ray player Best Blu-ray players Dan Eldridge, technology buying manager at Bid Shopping, reveals his top three picks Blu-ray discs have a higher memory capacity than DVDs, so can store highdefinition information to produce crystal-clear pictures and precision sound. Many people haven’t made the switch to Blu-ray players as they think they’ll have to upgrade their DVD collection. But Blu-ray players offer much more than just playing HD Blu-ray discs. They also upscale DVDs to near HD quality and many of them now come with smart functionality so you can use apps to turn your TV into a smart TV! SAMSUNG BD-ES5000, £59.99, bid.tv In a nutshell This is a stylish-looking, great-value Blu-ray player. You can play both Blu-ray discs and DVDs on it…

Change it! Substitute the mint with rosemary – both herbs taste fantastic with roasties. Roasted new potatoes with herby salt and watercress and salmon soup SERVES 6 PREP TIME 15 MINS COOKING TIME 40 MINS YOU WILL NEED FOR THE POTATOES ♦ 1kg Jersey Royals ♦ 1tbsp olive oil ♦ Small dish sea salt flakes ♦ 1tsp red peppercorns, crushed ♦ Small bunch mint, finely chopped FOR THE SOUP ♦ 1 small onion ♦ 20g butter ♦ 200g watercress ♦ 75g cooked potato ♦ 1ltr vegetable stock ♦ 400g salmon fillet, skinned 1 Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas 7. Wash the potatoes and parboil until almost tender. Drain, tip into a roasting tin, drizzle with the olive oil and roast for 25 mins. Add the mint and peppercorns to the…

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May 25, 1992 was a Bank Holiday Monday. My 15-year-old brother, Daniel, was kicking a ball around the garden of the family home in Leeds with my dad, Terry, a former footballer. Daniel went to retrieve the ball and just fell forwards. Dad thought he was messing about. He went to him, rolled him over and that’s when he saw the life had gone out of his eyes. ‘He was starting to blossom into a young man’ Our neighbour had had some medical training, but he couldn’t get Daniel’s heart going again and nor could the paramedics. The doctor on duty at the hospital was the one who’d brought me into the world. He examined Daniel and then told my parents the terrible news. They couldn’t take it in. We…

On the spot with... Lesley Nicol Downton Abbey’s cook, Mrs Patmore, 59, lives with her husband in London 1 Telephone or text ? Telephone. Texting is too laborious if you have more than one thing to say. 2 Flats or heels? Flats. I’m quite a fan of the Ugg boot! 3 Online or in-store? In-store. I’m not all that good at computers. I’m of the age where I didn’t go to computer school. 4 Brighton or Benidorm? Brighton. There are too many Brits in Benidorm – it doesn’t feel like you’re abroad. 5 Cash or credit? If you have been self-employed all your life, like I have, it’s safer to pay cash! 6 EastEnders or Corrie? Corrie. My mum was in the third episode, in 1960! 7 Posh or Becks?…

My Women O f 2012 I’ve been lucky to meet some incredible women this year. Against all the odds, they’ve fought for their loved ones and battled hardship in inspirational ways Tina Nash Defiant after attack Tina suffered horrific injuries at the hands of her violent boyfriend, Shane Jenkin, who broke her nose and jaw and gouged her eyes, blinding her in an ordeal that lasted more than 12 hours. Jenkin was jailed for the crime and Tina, 31, has refused to let him ruin her life. When I interviewed her recently, I couldn’t believe how positive she was. She now helps other victims of domestic violence and is learning to live with her blindness, trying to stay independent for the sake of her two young sons, Ben, 14, and…

Here at Woman’s Own, we’ve got a serious case of the post-Strictly Come Dancing blues. How are we going to get through those grey Saturday nights in January without Brucie, Tess and the gang? To ease the painful transition, we asked our columnist and Strictly pal Richard Arnold to look back at the series and take us into the nooks and crannies we didn’t see on TV… SHOUT FROM THE TOP Group rehearsals were a riot – especially for me, Sid and Michael, who were always kept away from the front for some reason. BOSOM BUDDIES Lisa lost a shedload of weight during her stint, but there was no hiding her blossoming friendship with Dani! MODEL PAL Jerry had Anton right where she wanted him from the very beginning. LIP…

‘We’re both absolutely blown a way with our new looks!’ As a detective sergeant at a busy London police station and an avid rower, newly single Jacquie has a wardrobe full of plain trouser suits and Lycra. ‘I like to look trendy, which gets harder when you hit your forties,’ she says. ‘But I don’t really like drawing attention to myself, so I’d never wear sequins.’ Sister Lesley, meanwhile, juggles the role of wife, mum to two boys and manager of their family building business. ‘Life’s always so busy, I just haven’t got a spare minute to shop for new clothes,’ she says. ‘It’s difficult to find the head space to devote any time to yourself when you’re trying to keep on top of work and family commitments.’ Get the…

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Diet tip Avoid bad eating habits by sniffing jasmine essential oil. It helps block the aroma receptors that trigger desires for certain foods. What causes the problem? It’s definitely more than hormones, because women get cravings at any age. ‘Most have an emotional element,’ says registered dietitian Fiona Hunter. ‘Fatty and sugary foods taste good and make us feel better, at least temporarily.’ It’s also thought that chocolate, cakes, crisps and chips are a reflection of the foods we were given as treats or associated with comfort when we were young. 10 ways to BEAT TEMPTATION Fortunately there are some practical ways to temper your desire for unhealthy food. ♦ EAT REGULARLY Though strong longings are rarely driven solely by hunger, they are more likely to strike when our eating…

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£1.90 per serving One-pan Christmas brunch SERVES 4 PREP TIME 5 MINS COOKING TIME 15 MINS 1 Preheat the grill to high. Heat a medium non-stick frying pan, add 4 chipolatas and fry for 3 mins. Add 4 rashers bacon, turning occasionally, until it starts to crisp – about 5 mins more. 2 Tip in 140g button mushrooms and continue to cook for a further 3-5 mins. Drain any excess fat and move the ingredients so they are evenly spread out. 3 Season 6 beaten eggs then add to the pan, swirling to fill the spaces and keep on a low-medium heat for 2 mins, until they begin to set. Scatter over 8 cherry tomatoes, halved, and a handful of grated cheese and 1tbsp chives, chopped, then grill for 2 mins…

My skis swooshed through the pure white snow as I took in the most incredible mountain views. It was February 2010 and the first day of a skiing holiday in Switzerland with my husband Gus, then 38, our daughters Alex, eight, and Nina, six. We were all there to celebrate my 39th birthday and, after we had dropped the girls at ski school, Gus and I headed for the slopes. I’d been skiing since I was young, but all of a sudden my ski caught awkwardly in a mound of thick snow and I went bowling over, rolling five metres down the hill. ‘Louise!’ Gus cried as he raced over to where I was lying on the snow. But as I went to sit up, I felt a sharp pain…

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Monday So to a Great British Bake Off photo shoot with this year’s victor, John Whaite, as the judge. I was pipped by a Yuletide log from Essex. John said that he preferred my mince to shortcrust when it came to my pies, but as you can see by my gritted teeth, there were no hard feelings! Tuesday Another red carpet means another A-lister! And the legendary Joan Rivers cha-chaed up to me and asked if I was ready for a hoedown. Either she has been in the UK and caught me on Strictly recently, or she was expertly briefed – I think the latter! But she did give me a butcher’s at her handbag, where I found a clean flannel. ‘Have you seen the washrooms in this place?’ she…

Sharon Osbourne FIGHTING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Just three weeks after Sharon became a granny, her son, Jack, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis following the birth of his daughter, Pearl, in April. Later in the year, Sharon, 60, revealed that she’d had a double mastectomy after learning she carries the gene that increases the risk of breast cancer. ‘I didn’t want to live with that shadow hanging over me,’ she says. ‘I want to be around for a long time and be grandmother to Pearl.’ Jessica Ennis BEATING THE WORLD As the poster girl of London 2012, nobody felt the stress to deliver more than Jess. ‘If I had won silver I think the country would have been devastated. Anything but gold was failure,’ says the heptathlete. Set to marry…

‘Philip wanted a boy – and I had let him down’ In my darkest moments, I’m back there. His hands are round my neck. He’s so close, his breath beats on my face. Then he’s smashing my head on the kitchen worktop and I can feel the warm trickle of blood running down my face. ‘Stop it,’ I’m screaming, but his face is manic. The night my partner Philip beat me haunts my every moment. Yet what’s almost harder to accept is why he did it – the crazy reason he believed I should suffer… I met Philip Davison, a carpenter, in September 2008 when he moved into the same shared house as me in Birmingham. I was 27 and he was a year older. He was cheeky, fun and…

Jennifer Saunders Laid-back luxe A checked shirt works for lots of occasions and can be dressed up or down. Teamed with leather or PVC trousers, it’s chic and modern. Tess Daly The 7lb less dress This illusion design can make you look half a stone slimmer. Team with nude heels to lengthen legs, too. Davina McCall Bold and classy Leopard print suits all ages and shapes, and it’s a winter must-have. To keep the look understated, always wear it with black.…

Gaynor Taylor will never forget the day she had to make a truly heartbreaking decision. She gave her consent to switch off her son Richard’s life-support machine and, eight years on, the memory is still desperately painful. ‘Three people on the list die every day’ Richard, 23, was a professional rollerblader who was left severely brain damaged in August 2004 after colliding with a lamppost in his hometown of Barry, South Wales, while out skating. Yet before Gaynor gave the go-ahead to switch off the machine, she had to make another difficult decision – whether to donate her dead son’s organs. She bravely said yes. ‘My late husband, John, and I had both agreed to be organ donors when we died so we thought Richard would have wanted that too,’…

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Catch a glimpse of my friend Debbie and me, our heads bowed in the corner of a cafe, and you might think we’re just two regular mums catching up on gossip over a cup of coffee. But listen to a snippet of our conversation and you’d hear a different story. For we share a heartbreak from which there is no escape and it’s only together that we can hope to find strength… It was 9 January 2007 when my nightmare began. My daughter Naomi, then 19, the middle child of three, had offered to do an extra evening shift at the pub where she worked part-time. ‘I won’t be late back,’ she said, knowing how much I always worried about her. Very close She was my live-wire girl with a…

14 runners-up prizes Plus! ♦ £400 spending money ♦ £100 for travel costs ♦ Behind-thescenes tour ♦ Cream tea ♦ A Quartet goody bag Courtesy of Momentum Pictures, Hedsor House and Cliveden House, the winner and their guest will stay at the five-star Cliveden House for two nights, with a full English breakfast each morning. The winner will also receive £400 spending money and £100 for travel. In addition to this, they will be treated to a private, behind-thescenes tour of nearby Hedsor House. This magnificent, privately owned Georgian country estate in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, is where Quartet was filmed, and the winner will discover how the former 18th-century home of Princess Augusta, mother of King George III, was transformed. Following your tour, you can enjoy a delicious English cream tea…

Treat yourself With the craziness of Christmas subsiding, make the most of any time off you have over the rest of the festive period and indulge in a spot of breakfast in bed. Retro storage It’s a biscuit barrel with a stylish edge, that’s not only chic but useful too. This TV-styled tin will store your snacks and look good on your shelf – a must-have! £12, Bhs. Reader rated MANDI HILLMAN, 43, SHROPSHIRE ‘Every year I send thankyou cards to anyone who buys me a gift – it’s something my parents taught me. This year I’m sending these lovely stitched ones.’ Priced £3 for six, Paperchase. EXPERT ADVICE ‘This paint is fantastic for adding a new lease of life to furniture. And no sanding needed!’ SUE KILLINGTON, DIRECTOR OF…

‘I needed someone to inspire me’ As fireworks exploded above us, I drained a glass of champagne. ‘Happy New Year!’ I cheered. My husband Darren, 45, and I had come to London to celebrate and were having a great time seeing it in with a few glasses of bubbly. But next morning in our hotel, the first day of 2012, I was brought back to reality. ‘It’s time for resolutions again,’ I groaned. Darren laughed. He knew I always made the same vow, to lose weight and get fit. And, without fail, by 2 January, I’d broken it. I ran an accountancy business and the beginning of the year was one of our busiest times, so I always ended up making the same excuses… there’s no chance to exercise, I’m…

1 G-ripping thriller Ripper Street BBC1, TBA A gruesome drama set in foggy London isn’t the most festive of shows, but bear with us – this new series set just after the Ripper murders is utterly compelling. The Whitechapel police (Adam Rothenburg, Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn) have to restore order to a neighbourhood where panic reigns. Unmissable. 2 Och aye the noo! Downton Abbey: A Journey To The Highlands Out 26 December Whether you missed it on Christmas Day or want to relive it again and again, the two-hour Downton special is available on DVD. The Granthams trek north of the border to visit their Scottish cousins at Duneagle Castle, including fiery Lady Rose (Lily James). But while the masters are away, the remaining servants will play… Poor Carson! 3…

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