Innholdsfortegnelse for September 30, 2013 i Woman's Own

It’s official! Mouthy former Apprentice star Katie Hopkins (left) has been voted the ‘celebrity we most love to hate’ in a recent online poll. Her controversial views leave me ranting at the TV, while her recent clash with This Morning’s Holly Willoughby about kids’ birthdays left Holly and Phil open-mouthed in shock. Find out how Katie stunned them both on page 9. By the way, if you want to know who was second to Katie in the poll, it was Simon Cowell, with Justin Bieber in third place!…

25 years!’ Ruth & Eamonn What’s been your best moment on the show? Ruth Speaking to Barry White and Jeff Bridges, who are both heroes of mine. Eamonn Interviewing Dame Edna Everage. I can genuinely say we didn’t stop laughing. Were you ever star-struck? E I am in awe whenever I meet a big movie star, like Nicolas Cage, Kiefer Sutherland or Sir Roger Moore. R Sometimes you get worried about meeting your heroes, but Jeff Bridges was fantastic – and I got him all to myself because Eamonn couldn’t make the interview! Who was the worst guest you’ve had to interview? R When Samantha Brick said women hated her because she was beautiful, I did get quite cross. I had quite a few comments afterwards saying, ‘Ruth, you don’t…

Last year on Strictly, Lisa Riley wowed the judges with her bubbly personality and fancy footwork. After bowing out with partner Robin Windsor in the semi-final, Lisa, 37, has gone on to have a roller-coaster year. Woman’s Own cosied up with her for a good old gossip! It’s been a busy year for you! When I started on Strictly, I thought I’d be done with it within a few months, but it’s still keeping me busy! I’ve been touring the UK with Craig Revel Horwood’s Strictly Confidential, written a book, modelled for Evans [Lisa looks dazzling in black, bottom right] and I’ve been doing some presenting for the new series. That’s exciting! What did you do? I was on the red carpet with Bruce and Tess for the launch show and…

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Sean Felton, 42, met future wife Kim on holiday in thailand and they married in 2006. ‘everything was fine at first,’ he says. ‘But after she had our son, Jobe, she had an affair. I wanted a divorce but she threatened to take Jobe away.’ Then in 2010, Sean came home to find Kim had fled back to thailand with the three-year-old. the police were unable to help, so Sean hired private investigators. But every time they arrived at a suspected address in thailand, it was boarded up. ‘I was desperate. I sold everything to get enough money to go over there and find him,’ says the charity worker from cannock, Staffs. It was then he discovered Kim had set up a Facebook profile and, posing as a rich American,…

Wake-up call Need a quick pick-me-up? Loose Women stars Carol McGiffin and Lisa Maxwell are both fans of the natural energy booster Vitano (£13.49 for 30 tablets, Holland & Barrett). It’s a traditional herbal remedy made from extract of Rhodiola rosea, which contains chemicals known as rosavins. Research suggests that these affect the function of neurotransmitters (your brain chemicals) to regulate your mood, relieve tiredness and boost mental performance. Not so sweet You may get a short rush of energy when you eat a few biscuits or chocolate – but at a long-term cost to your health. The average Brit consumes 238 teaspoons of potentially toxic sugar every week, very often without realising if it’s hidden in processed foods (often as corn syrup). Some scientists believe we may actually be hooked on…

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Debbie macKenzie, 44, lives with her husband, Richard and their two daughters, Georgie, 17, and Skye, 13, in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, and she works for the local council. Debbie first heard about Quidco in 2007, through a colleague of her husband... ‘It was someone at Richard’s office who first recommended Quidco to us. When Richard came home and told me about it, I opened my own account straight away, and the first things I bought were home and car insurance. I couldn’t get over how easy it was.’ Soon, Debbie was logging on to quidco.com whenever she wanted to buy anything. ‘I’d looked at other sites, but they just weren’t as good as Quidco. The site keeps track of all your cashback earnings, so you can see how it mounts…

Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr You know what it’s like in a new love affair? You feel gorgeous. You’re a bit distracted. You can’t stop thinking about a certain subject. Plus, there’s a spring in your step, a song in your heart and all that. That’s how you’ll feel this week, whether there’s a new love or not. For more call 0901 609 4780* Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May Hundreds of romantic comedies revolve around sexual tension between two quite different and often incredibly stubborn people. That’s the storyline you’re living now. and like a romantic comedy, there’s the promise of a happy ending. and so all you have to do is find it. For more call 0901 609 4781* Birthday next week? This whole next year is…

Being a carer for our little boy Zack, who we have special guardianship of, is so rewarding but it can be tiring. He’s an adorable toddler but, as he has special needs, it often means long, 20-hour days. I’m rarely able to leave the house, as he’s sensitive to sunlight, so taking care of him is a full-time job. Not that I’d change it for the world. But on the rare occasions I have a bit of time to myself, I love to treat myself to a few games of Woman’s Own Bingo. For those precious, snatched couple of hours a week, I can relax and indulge in some light-hearted banter with my friends on the site – and enjoy a few games of bingo! Friday and Saturday nights are…

The Strictly judges are a fiery bunch and with the show back, we cosied up with them to get the lowdown… This week sees the competition really kick off on Strictly Come Dancing and we can only imagine the celebs are a bag of nerves as they step on to the dance floor! Woman’s Own caught up with judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli for a chat to find out who makes them giggle, their pre-show rituals and why they don’t feel guilty for making negative comments. Could you ever get bored with being a Strictly judge? Len What is there to be bored about? It’s a lovely show and it has got such a wonderful spirit. I love the band, Bruce and Tess, and it’s…

Kiss Embarrassingly, I was quite a late bloomer, so it was with a doll that I stole from my sisters. I was trying to get some practice in! Drunken night out I was at a party for a friend’s holy communion when I was 15. His family had a keg of Guinness in the garden which I kept returning to until I was really drunk and feeling ill. Even now I don’t drink Guinness unless it’s a special occasion. Designer item An Alexander McQueen onesie – I bought it to wear to an awards ceremony in America. It was sleeveless and had a belt stitched on to the front. It is my favourite and also my most embarrassing purchase ever. Car I bought a BMW when I was 18, which…

Body-con Carol Vorderman, 52, is a big fan of Victoria’s designs. This floor-sweeping gown hugs her curves and we love the zip detailing. Power dressing Katherine Jenkins, 33, looks stunning in this cobalt-blue number. while demure, the pencil style still enhances her shapely figure. Punchy purple Gwyneth Paltrow, 40, shows off her long legs in this vibrant minidress. Double up your brights with a pair of neon sandals. Minty fresh Andy murray’s other half Kim Sears, 25, cheered him on to victory in this lace dress from Victoria’s summer collection. Flirty and floaty Demi Moore, 50, glides down the red carpet in this strapless style. The royal blue hue is flattering against her hair and skin. If it’s good enough FOR THEM... VB loves her creations so much, she’s got…

Holly Willoughby was shocked after being accused on air of being ‘overdramatic’. The outburst came from former Apprentice star Katie Hopkins, who was on the This Morning sofa for a live debate about parents missing their During the exchange Holly, 32, disagreed with Katie’s stance that her busy work schedule takes priority over her children, India, eight, Poppy, seven, and Max, four. ‘Is their birthday not a special time for you too? Almost selfishly, when it’s my child’s birthday, I remember that day – it was a wonderful day when I gave birth,’ Holly said before Katie, 38, snapped back, ‘I think that’s rather overdramatic!’ Katie continued, ‘It’s almost like an emotional saga, isn’t it? It’s a physical process. And you have to recognise that birthdays are like trains – there will be…

Fat people are greedy, unhealthy slobs who don’t do any exercise and gorge on junk food and sugary drinks, right? As a result, they will suffer from dangerous illnesses such as diabetes and heart problems. That’s what we’ve been led to believe anyway. But wait. Before we fuller-figured lot start digging ourselves an early grave, look at what some clever boffins have come up with. But wait. Before we fuller-figured lot start digging ourselves an early grave, look at what some clever boffins have come up with. New research reveals that one in four people labelled obese is actually in tip-top form. They have normal blood pressure and process sugar easily. Scientists are even calling for the medical profession to embrace the term ‘healthy obesity’. Role models Oh, what music…

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Emotional health Should I call time on our friendship? A year ago I had a falling out with a friend. She eventually apologised, but then blew up at me when she saw some Facebook pics of me and a mutual friend having a girls’ weekend without her. A few days later she sent an email apologising again. I haven’t responded because I can’t see much point in our friendship if I constantly feel like I’m walking on eggshells. Sandy, 43, Reading Friendships are a lot like sharing a joint bank account. as long as both parties deposit more than they take out, it’s a great resource. The problem is that your friend keeps making big withdrawals and thinks saying sorry brings the account into balance. she’s wrong. I think you…

The family supper over, I started clearing plates. ‘I’ll do that,’ my eldest daughter Elly, 21, said. She knew I was itching to get back to my laptop. I scurried to the sofa and, while the others watched TV, I put on my headphones and lost myself in another world. It was 2011 and, at 49, a married mum of three with a job in public health, I was finally fulfilling my childhood fantasy of writing a book. I loved the characters and the sense of control I had over their destinies. Sometimes I’d weep, or grin naughtily if I was imagining a saucy scene. It amused my husband Mark. ‘I’ve never known you to stick at anything for so long,’ he said. He was used to me throwing myself…

Every day at 3.30am, while most of us are asleep in our beds, my friend Fiona Oakes gets breakfast for her family. Yet it’s far from an ordinary family, as she has to feed 82 pigs, 53 horses, 50 cats, 40 sheep, 22 dogs, 20 goats, three cows and various chickens, geese, ducks and peacocks. And while they’re all contentedly munching, she then cleans them out. It’s an incredible feat for one woman, but she’s dedicated to her animals. ‘I’d do anything for them,’ Fiona, 44, once told me. But her work is all the more special because the animals she cares for have been abandoned or ill-treated, and would otherwise be left to die. It means that at any one time, there can be people turning up at Fiona’s…

Could I say goodbye to the city? For nearly two years, I hated Sunday nights. I’d dread the end of the weekend – not because it meant going back to work, but because each time I’d suffer the same heartache. It was when I’d have to say goodbye to my boyfriend, Malcolm, who lived in rural Scotland, a world away from my life in London. And each time, it got harder and harder to leave him. We’d met in August 2010 at a friend’s wedding in Loch Lomond, Scotland, where Malcolm, then 29, was one of the groom’s friends. He looked so handsome in his kilt, and on our first date a month later, I went to stay at his two-bedroom cottage in the Scottish Borders. He cooked me a…

McCain and Woman’s Own have teamed up to offer every reader a free two-pack of Ready Baked Jackets. of Ready Baked Jackets. There’s nothing quite like the smell and taste of an oven-baked jacket potato, but the downside is waiting ages for it to cook. And we all know that with the rush of family life these days, we sometimes need meals to be on the table much faster. Well, now the wait is over – McCain Ready Baked Jackets are ready in just five minutes, making it possible for you to have a delicious slow-baked potato on your family’s plates in a flash. McCain simply cross cut top-quality potatoes, drizzle them with oil and slowly oven-bake them, meaning that not only are their jackets tasty and quick, they’re healthy too. So…

Elaine Terry, 56, from Ashford, has won nearly £23,000 with four jackpots After logging on to Woman’s Own Bingo, I bought a few tickets for Bingo Lounge. I had watched the progressive jackpot creeping up over the past couple of days and decided now was the time to try my luck. Before my son Gavin, 33, had left for work that day, I said, ‘The jackpot is almost £17,000. Do you think I’ve got a chance of winning it?’ ‘Why not?’ he replied. ‘A bit of your old luck might rub off today!’ He was referring to the win I’d had four years earlier when I scooped £5,201. Not long after that, I was amazed to win another jackpot of £419. Helpful hosts I pre-bought tickets for the next few…

‘WE FIGHT LIKE SISTERS’ They play siblings in EastEnders, and Samantha Womack and Rita Simons behave like family in real life too – even bickering with each other and comparing figures. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Own, Rita, 36, admitted that some of their colleagues are taken aback when they hear the two of them fighting. ‘People They play siblings in EastEnders, and Samantha Womack and Rita Simons behave like family in real life too – even bickering with each other and comparing figures. Speaking exclusively to Woman’s Own, Rita, 36, admitted that some of their colleagues are taken aback when they hear the two of them fighting. ‘People And Sam, 40, agrees. ‘Rita’s very rude, but we have a good time,’ she said. ‘She keeps coming into my dressing room…

Rave on... At Woman’s Own we worship Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry and since finding out she’s a secret clubber, we love her just that little bit more! Mary, 78, revealed that she went on holiday to Ibiza when she was 71, and ended up dancing the night away in one of the island’s top clubs. Who knew? Bake Off host Sue Perkins, 43, explained, ‘I wanted to go to Ibiza this summer and Mary told me she went somewhere called Pacha. She is an extraordinary woman!’ ‘The insults upset me’ Jane McDonald has said that the derogatory mentions she gets on The X Factor make her ‘upset’. Each series the judges criticise acts for sounding like a ‘cabaret singer’, often comparing them to Jane, 50. But the…

this morning Happy Birthday celebrate the 25 most memo rable moments from our favourite TV show 1Richard Madeley had viewers watching through their fingers in 2000 when he dressed up as Ali G – dodgy accent and all. 2The gang caused controversy in 2011 with their no-holds-barred look at OAP sex. 3Kerry Katona slurred her way through an interview in 2008, later blaming the odd behaviour on her bipolar meds. 4Schofe and millions of others around the country shed a tear when Fern Britton left the show in 2009. 5Cheeky chappy Gino D’Acampo showed more than viewers bargained for when he went naked in the kitchen! 6It broke new boundaries by becoming the first show to broadcast an examination for testicular cancer live on TV in 1999. 7 Eamonn Holmes…

When the news came it was in a phone call. I heard my son Barri on the line, his voice shaking, and for a second my heart faltered. I was scared there had been another setback, after everything we’d already been through. But then… ‘He’s guilty, Mum,’ he said. ‘They have got Rachel’s killer.’ I began to cry with relief. Because after 13 years, Barri was truly free. Yet our fight for justice had come at a terrible price. Our nightmare began on 9 December 2000. To celebrate my 40th birthday, I had laid on a fancy-dress buffet for 100 people in a village hall near our home in Milton Keynes. Barri, then 21, and his girlfriend Rachel Manning, 19, were coming along with the rest of my family and…

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The number of youngsters snatched and taken abroad in desperate custody battles has risen by 88% in less than a decade. Last year, 580 children found themselves thousands of miles from home and cut off from half their family after being abducted by one of their parents. Here, we look at the devastation it causes for those left behind. RECENTLY DIVORCED Anisa Khansia thought that she was doing a good deed when she flew to turkey with her twoyear-old son, Amani. The kind-hearted mother believed that her former in-laws deserved to see how their baby grandson was getting on. anisa had been granted sole custody of the little boy by the High Court after the end of her marriage to mehmet Baki sakaraglu. But once she arrived, her trip turned…

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Griddled lamb cutlets with tomatoes and bean mash SERVES 4 PREP TIME 10 MINS COOKING TIME 20 MINS YOU WILL NEED 8 lamb cutlets 2tbsp olive oil 2 pinches of smoked paprika 1 garlic clove, crushed 2tsp finely chopped rosemary leaves 400g cherry vine tomatoes FOR THE MASH 6tbsp olive oil 1 red chilli, deseeded and halved 2tbsp rosemary leaves 2 x 400g cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 175ml hot chicken stock HOW TO DO IT 1 Place the lamb, oil, paprika, garlic and rosemary in a bowl and toss well. Leave to marinate. 2 Meanwhile, make the mash. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the chilli and rosemary and cook for 2 mins, then remove the chilli and rosemary with a slotted spoon. Return the…

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Then in April this year, after I’d been in Scotland a year, Malcolm and I got engaged. Now, I see my future as his wife here in this rural landscape. I like making jam and growing courgettes and cucumbers in our garden. It’s strange but these simple hobbies bring such pleasure and a real sense of fulfilment. Bold decisions sometimes pay off in life. But I never imagined uprooting a city girl into the wildnerness would’ve been quite so rewarding. EIMEAR O’HAGAN, 32, FROM THE SCOTTISH BORDERS As I stepped outside on a cool, sunny, bright blue morning, my herd of goats bleated impatiently for their breakfast. It was August this year and my husband Rich, 51, and I had begun our daily task of feeding and mucking out on…

After a lovely Sunday with my two kids, they were finally in bed asleep. Their bags were packed for the morning, as was my schoolwork – I’m a teaching assistant at their school! Finally, I could have a bit of me-time. I logged on to Woman’s Own Bingo to pre-buy a few tickets for the evening’s games. I headed to Bingo 20, my favourite room, then as I had a couple of pounds left in my account, I also bought some for the Round The Clock Bingo room, which is just 10p a ticket. Totally amazed I went upstairs to run a bath. While it was filling up, I popped down to check how I was doing. In the Round The Clock room I was amazed to see a box…

PIC OF THE WEEK Win £50 i f we feature your phot Not so special I see ‘buy one, get one free’ offers advertised all the time but as a single woman, I don’t have the storage space for so much shopping. Deals are aimed at families – it would be much fairer if the single items were half price. Now that would be an offer worth buying! Jenifer Molyneux, North Wales Tattoo much! Oh no, Cheryl, your new tattoo is a monstrosity! Discreet, intimate tattoos are one thing; a huge rose covering most of your rear is huge rose covering most of your rear is another! Cheryl, this ‘body art’ is poor taste and as a icon to young girls, it’s very bad news. Lisa Bruton, Birmingham Deadly dogs…

Windsor change Shane Richie says he’s desperate to get Barbara Windsor back behind the bar at The Queen Vic full-time. ‘I’m trying to convince her to come back,’ he told me following Barbara’s recent triumphant one-off return to EastEnders. ‘The show needs a matriarch,’ he adds. I have to agree, no one titters and teeters in a heel like our Babs! Slap stick Former Emmerdale star Siân Reeves treated herself to a quick blow-dry in make-up. The actress – currently in Mount Pleasant – was delighted to put herself in the wise hands of our expert team at Daybreak. I never know what shade I’ll what shade I’ll emerge from in that room but that’s the trouble when you ask for an extra base coat. ‘Any more and you’ll slide off the…