Innholdsfortegnelse for June 1, 2015 i Woman's Own

On Saturday 30 May there will be a special memorial service for Anne Kirkbride, the much-loved soap star. William Roache, who played her on-screen husband, and former co-star Beverley Callard will lead the tributes for Anne, who died from cancer in January, aged 60. And on Corrie itself – to be aired in the summer – Anne’s character Deirdre will be given a moving send-off. ‘The scenes will be absolutely heartbreaking,’ a show insider said. They undoubtedly will. Anne and Deirdre – you’re both so missed. Join us online Head to our fabulous website, womansown .co.uk, to get all the latest celeb gossip, great competitions and deals, plus beauty, fashion, easy recipes and health tips.…

Phillip Schofield has slammed critics of This Morning , asking them, ‘Are you serious?’ The TV host has hit back at moaning viewers after numerous complaints came in about breasts being shown live on air. Phil defended the segments, saying, ‘We had a breast cancer item on and I could not believe people complained that we had shown a woman who was checking herself for breast cancer. I was like, ‘Pull yourselves together. Are you serious?’’ This isn’t the first time This Morning has had complaints. Recently viewers were up in arms about a Fifty Shades Of Grey bondage feature. On this, Phil, 53, said, ‘A woman tweeted, ‘I am absolutely bloody outraged at This Morning…

Matthew Healy, the son of former Loose Woman Denise Welch, has also made it big with his rock band, The 1975. And Denise has said of her talented 26-year-old, ‘I’m the proudest mum in the world.’ Denise, 57, and Coleen fell out in 2013 over remarks Col made regarding mental health. The two have still not repaired their friendship, and it seems their boys are now competing in a battle for the big time on the music scene. WOMANSOWN.co.uk…

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1 EXPERIMENT. Flavour doesn’t only come from salt, try adding fresh herbs and spices to your recipes instead. 2 DON'T BE FOOLED. All salt is the same, whether it’s pink, black, rock, crystal or flakes, they all contain the same amount of sodium. Less refined salts, such as Himalayan rock salt, contain more nutrients than table salt, but the negative effects of sodium far outweigh any benefits. 3 WATCH YOUR TABLETS. Studies show that dissolvable medications, such as soluble paracetamol, can contain a lot of salt – as much as 1g a tablet. Either use sparingly or switch to nondissolvable forms. 4 DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE SWEET STUFF. Salt’s added to just about anything, even sweet foods and cereals. So always check products such as muffins and biscuits, as well…

It was barely a year ago that Sara got the devastating news she had triple negative breast cancer. Facing an uncertain future, plus months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she made a brave decision. ‘Rather than face the slow torture of waiting for my hair to fall out bit by bit, I decided to take control by shaving it all off,’ she says. But far from being self-conscious of her newly shorn locks, Sara was determined to show that having no hair didn’t have to mean hiding away. So the next morning, she took a photo of herself and posted it on Facebook, encouraging her friends to donate to Macmillan – and to check their breasts. Sara was overwhelmed by the result – £1,000 donated in just three days – and…

Watch out for… Millions of us are wasting money by paying for smartphone handsets we already own. Consumer group Which? estimates that rip-off mobile tariffs are leaving bill payers out of pocket by £92 each a year – that’s a total of £355 million! Most contracts include a fixed monthly payment that covers two elements – the cost of buying the device and the use of the services, such as calls, texts and internet usage. But many customers continue to pay the original amount even after they’ve fully paid off the cost of the handset. O2, Virgin Media, Tesco Mobile and Utility Warehouse offer tariffs that separate the handset and airtime costs. FIND YOUR PERFECT BANK ACCOUNT In the past year, 1.1 million of us switched our current…

Walking through Los Angeles International Airport recently, Amal Clooney looked noticeably slimmer, sparking further concern for her health – with some wondering if life in the limelight is too much for her to handle. Since marrying George Clooney, 54, in September, Amal, 37, has been juggling her career as a human rights lawyer and her marriage, as well as adjusting to life as a celebrity – and the added pressure seems to have taken its toll. When she appeared at the airport after celebrating her new husband’s birthday earlier this month, many people went online to show their concern for her health. ‘She does not look well, extremely thin and tired, she needs to slow down for a while,’ one said, and another added, ‘She looks like she hasn’t eaten…

MID TOP KNOT For effort-free chic, pull hair into a tight ponytail on top of your head, wrap the loose hair around the base and secure with bobby pins. NATURAL WAVES Create loose, relaxed waves with tongs, like Julianne Moore, 54, and part in the centre for an on-trend look. LOW-SLUNG CHIGNON Elegant and timeless, this is a winning style for evening. Soften the look with a deep side parting and add gloss with Tresemmé Salon Shine Glossing Spray, £5.49. SHORT PUMP UP THE VOLUME Go for a ’60s vibe with a simple black headband and plenty of height at the crown. ROCKABILLY Glam up your ’do for night-time with a quiff. Backcomb your fringe then brush it back. Slick down the sides with hairspray. SIDE-SWEPT CROP Emma Willis, 39,…

My son’s partner was raped  My son is 37 and he’s dating a woman he’s very serious about. A few weeks ago she told him she was raped – which she’s never revealed to anyone else. He’s completely freaked out and doesn’t know what to do. He’s asked me for support as he feels rage towards her rapist and doesn’t know how to treat her. How can I help him? Penny, via Facebook You’re already helping by acknowledging that your son may need more than just your support. Direct him to rapecrisis.org.uk, which has information for both the victims of sexual violence and the people who care for them. If he rings 0808 802 9999, Rape Crisis can put your son in touch with local services that can help him…

3 fast fixes Make the latest wellbeing advice work for you TRY GOING HAIRY if you want to boost your love life! All that plucking, waxing and shaving body hair kills the chances of dispersing pheromones, key odours that attract potential partners. Do you dare not to be bare? DITCH …SMOKING TO PROTECT YOUR EYESIGHT The link between smoking and sight loss is as strong as that between smoking and lung cancer. It increases your risk of age-related macular degeneration, which can lead to vision loss. Go to nhs.uk/smokefree . SWAP …FIZZY DIET DRINKS FOR WATER if you want to avoid a pot belly. It’s thought that diet drinks containing artificial sweeteners may be linked to an increase in fat around the waist. Reader rated Lydia Franklinos,…

Hospitals can be a terrifying place for anyone, let alone children – but Helen came up with an ingenious solution to make it less scary. Helen’s daughter, Josephine, was born in August 2007 with a rare lung condition called congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM). While it wasn’t immediately life-threatening, she’d one day need major surgery to prevent the growths on her lungs from becoming cancerous. ‘I was worried about how daunting the hospital stay would be for my little girl,’ says Helen. So she devised a plan – she put together a storybook called Monkey Goes to Hospital. Using a toy monkey as the ‘patient’, she used photos of him in the actual hospital rooms Josephine, then 18 months, would visit, with the equipment she’d see there. As Helen read…

Seafood linguine SERVES 4 PREP TIME 5 MINS COOKING TIME 25 MINS YOU WILL NEED 350g linguine 3tbsp olive oil 1 garlic clove, crushed pinch dried chilli flakes 350g seafood selection mix 1 roasted red pepper, chopped 60g peas Juice and zest of 1 lemon Small handful basil leaves, chopped HOW TO DO IT 1 Cook the pasta to pack instructions until just cooked, drain and reserve 2tbsp cooking water. 2 Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan with the garlic and chilli flakes for 2 mins. Add the mixed seafood and gently cook through, add the pepper, peas, lemon and pasta water and cook until hot through. Serve scattered with basil. NUTRITION PER SERVING 500 cals, 28g protein, 67g carbs (4g sugars), 13.5g fat (2g saturates), 5g fibre,…

Debbie first heard about Quidco in 2007 from her husband Richard and has been making money ever since. She logs on for everything she wants to buy these days. ‘Someone at Richard’s office recommended Quidco to him and he was so impressed by the website that he decided to sign up for an account,’ says Debbie. ‘When he told me about it, I followed suit and opened my own account. The first thing I bought was house insurance, and then I sorted out my car insurance, too. I just couldn’t believe how easy it was.’ Soon, Debbie was logging on to quidco.com whenever she wanted to buy anything. ‘I had looked at other sites in the past but they were far inferior to Quidco,’ she says. ‘The site lets you…

Megabucks deal! Tulisa Contostavlos, 26, could be about to make a whole lot of cash – thanks to the rumoured £250,000 big-money fee she’s been offered to enter Celebrity Big Brother. ‘Producers have dug deep in the past for stars like Katie Price, and they know bringing someone like Tulisa on board will guarantee some wild antics in the house,’ a show source revealed. ‘She’s opinionated and feisty and they will do as much as it takes to get her to sign up.’ Keeping up with Brooklyn We could be getting to know Brooklyn Beckham, 16, a little better, if the producers of reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians have their way. An insider revealed, ‘Brooklyn is the next big thing. Not only is he…

The Cube WEDNESDAYS, ITV Phillip Schofield makes his return to ITV’s most intense game show this week and we can’t wait! Missed it on TV? Catch up with the challenges and contestants’ skills on ITV Player. Benchmark MONDAYFRIDAY, CHANNEL 4 Paddy McGuinness has swapped matchmaking for a brand new daytime game show, in which contestants can take home thousands of pounds with the help of the public. Storage Hunters UK TUESDAYS, DAVE After a hugely successful first series, Storage Hunters UK is back. Starring auctioneer Sean Kelly, the show follows British collectors on the look-out for some bargains.…

LOOKING GREAT! We were blown away by how well Carol McGiffin, 55, looked on her return to TV after bowing out from public life following a breast cancer diagnosis. The former Loose Women star, who announced she was going through treatment in February, appeared alongside pal Rylan Clark on Channel 5’s Big Brother’s Bit On The Side and neither of them could hide their delight. Rylan, 26, said on Instagram, ‘The best thing about my day was getting a cuddle from my Carol! Adore this woman with all my heart.’ Heartfelt plea Claudia Winkleman’s decision to give an emotional interview about her daughter’s terrifying Halloween accident was to urge other parents ‘to think about what they’re going to put their kids in, because I didn’t and it cost…

Coleen Nolan can’t stop gushing about her son Jake Roche. The star, who’s one part of the boy band Rixton, appeared on Loose Women with his band mates recently, and Coleen couldn’t have looked more proud, jumping up to greet him when he walked on set saying, ‘I’m not being funny, don’t ever walk on and not give your mother a kiss!’ When Ruth Langsford asked if it was odd for Coleen to see her son as an international pop star, she responded, ‘It’s very, very strange, I want to scream and cry.’ Sibling rivalry? Grinning away during the interview, Coleen asked her son when their album was out, before confessing, ‘Like I don’t know! I’m trying to be professional here, like I’m not biased that you’re here.’ Jake, 22,…

A good neighbour is someone who takes in your parcels when you are at work and keeps hold of a spare key for emergencies. But what happens when the person who lives next door wants more than just to borrow a cup of sugar? When what they really want is your life and they’re prepared to do anything to have it… I first met my neighbour Janet Pearson in July 2012. I’d moved into a two-bedroom flat in a gorgeous converted house in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, with my son, Stephen, 26. I had been separated from Stephen’s dad since 1995, and single for about a year. I ran my own property business, so lovely homes were a real passion and I just loved this apartment with its sea views.…

Downsize your crockery Smaller plates and bowls are key to eating less food because it looks like you’re eating a lot. Ditch the guilt Feeling bad about slipping up on your diet only reinforces negative body image. And that in turn doesn’t help us to look after them. So stop being so hard on yourself! Be a savvy shopper Only go food shopping after a meal – you’re more likely to make healthier choices when you’re not so hungry. And make sure you stick to your shopping list! Be mindful Every few mouthfuls, ask yourself how hungry you are feeling, how full you are getting and how satisfying the food is.…

Why do we crave the white stuff? We’re not born with a preference for salty food, it’s something we develop,’ says Sonia Pombo, nutritionist at Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH). ‘Like sugar, the more salt we eat, the more our taste buds adapt to the flavour, and the more we need. It’s been shown that if children eat a high-salt diet, they’ll continue doing so into adulthood. By reducing your salt intake or, ideally, cutting it out completely, you can retrain your taste buds within a few weeks.’ HIDDEN DANGERS Even if you don’t add salt to your food during cooking or after, it’s the hidden salts – in processed foods – that can ramp up our intake, and often without us realising it. ‘Up to 75% of…

Macmillan Cancer Support offers help to cancer patients, their friends and families. Visit macmillan. org.uk , or call 0808 808 0000. To help Macmillan ensure no one faces cancer alone, text ‘inspire’ to 70550 and donate just £3. Over the past year, we’ve made it our mission to celebrate women who go above and beyond to help others with our Role Model Awards, in association with Macmillan Cancer Support. All of their stories touched our hearts and we were overwhelmed to hear their incredible fundraising efforts – often in the face of terrible misfortune and tragedy. Now, after carefully drawing up a shortlist, we can finally reveal our inspirational winners. Let’s give them a big hand… Lynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, says,…

When Sophie Parr died from a rare form of cancer in December 2009, aged 24, her close friend Shamela struggled to make sense of her death. But after speaking to friends and family at the funeral, Shamela had an amazing idea. ‘Sophie and I had bonded over our love of Bollywood dancing,’ Shamela says. ‘I got the idea of organising a mass dance-off in her memory, to raise money for charity.’ Over the next year, the plan for BollyGOOD began to come together. ‘It was only meant to be a small affair,’ Shamela says. ‘But word spread on Twitter and Facebook, and before long even people in Australia and Malaysia had volunteered to take part.’ On 12 May 2012, people recorded themselves doing a synchronised Bollywood routine and uploaded their…

‘Iwaited...six hours into our first date!’ It was March 2009, and I was visiting Poland with two of my best friends. We were out partying when Rafael came over and started dancing with me. At first, I ignored him, but my friends nudged me and told me to go for it. So I joined him at the bar for a drink and we got chatting. It turned out he wasn’t local either. He said he was there with a couple of friends too, but he couldn’t help noticing me from across the room. He was so lovely – charming, sweet, kind – and I could feel my heart racing. When, at 3am, he asked if I’d like to go back to the flat he was staying at, I said yes…

Jamie Oliver TAURUS (27 MAY) He’s tackled school dinners and troubled kids and this year Jamie’s drawn to use his power and influence in another way. It may be another campaign, as it looks like he’s worked up again… Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr This is a week when you can talk yourself into trouble, then out of it again. Especially around Wednesday, when you tell it like it is, or even inadvertently say the wrong thing. Be careful what you say and be aware others are more than likely to twist things now. For more call 0901 609 4780* Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May A conversation with friends could easily get you in deep water. If that does happen, the core of the issue has to do…

Internet predators I found your crime-special report, ‘Kidnapped and tortured by my online stalker’, really interesting. I think it’s so important to raise awareness of these issues. Predators can pretend to be anyone online and it’s so unsafe for young girls who innocently think they’re chatting to fellow teenagers. Alica’s ordeal is a shocking example of how far these monsters are willing to go. Jessica Cornish, Cardiff Good riddance I’m glad that Louis Walsh has been axed from The X Factor . He doesn’t know what he’s on about most of the time and isn’t exactly a great role model for success in the music industry. Yes, he may have launched Westlife, but that was years and years ago. Get over it, Louis! Samantha Lauriston, North Yorkshire What a heartwarming…

Paul O’Grady’s glittering CV contains an array of all things showbiz, from playing Lily Savage back in the 1990s to presenting The Paul O’Grady Show . And now the funnyman can add history buff to his list of talents thanks to his new series Bob Monkhouse: The Million Joke Man. Here he tells us more… he had been watching me – he taped everything, read everything. I was stunned. This is somebody I’d grown up watching on television. Did he help you with your early career? Yes. I’d ring him up for his opinion on my gags, and he’d be howling down the phone. And I’d think, ‘Good God, this is Bob Monkhouse.’ It was a real confidence boost. It was like somebody…

‘I like a bit of Zumba’ He’s the star of hit shows including No Offence and In The Club, so no wonder Will Mellor is loving life! It’s nearly 20 years since you shot to fame in Hollyoaks . What would be your dream role? An action man sent in to rescue his family after they have been kidnapped! That’s a big dream if anyone out there is listening. You suffered from depression in 2013 and were quite open about it. How are you now? I hit a low point in my life when my sister died. I’m just like anyone else who can get down at times but I picked myself up and realised how lucky I am. Are your kids Jayden and Renee into showbiz,…

Gino D’Acampo talks buying boats, his love of superheroes and splashing the cash on taxis… You’ll often find TV chef Gino D’Acampo, 38, whipping up delicious dishes on This Morning or creating mischief with his co-stars on Celebrity Juice . We caught up with the married dad of Luciano, 13, Rocco, 11, and Mia, three, to find out more… What’s your favourite item in your wardrobe? I love Italian style, of course – but right now, it’s my Spider-Man jacket! I’m really into superheroes and Spidey’s outfit just has to be one of the best. Have you googled yourself? No. I’m a pretty spontaneous person – I tend to think once I’ve done something, that’s it, move on. I don’t need to read about it all over…