Innholdsfortegnelse for January 5, 2015 i Woman's Own

Loose Women on the loose! Now here’s something to mark up on your 2015 calendar! Our favourite ex Loose Women, Denise Welch, Carol McGiffin and Lisa Maxwell, are reuniting for an explosive live theatre show. It’s going to involve a lot f acting but will also be nfluenced by experiences hared from their time on e show. Just think about hat – the Loose Women etting even looser on our! There’s no doubt hese TV queens know how o have a good time. Now hat could be better for 015 than a good laugh?!…

Spicy night! Emma Bunton, 38, and Victoria Beckham reunited in April for Posh’s 40th and were a tad bleary-eyed as they danced the evening away. Strictly sober? After announcing she’d hopped off the booze-free wagon, Zoe Ball, 44, was the last one stumbling while out with her Strictly pals. On the tiles Had a few bevvies, Gemma Collins? The TOWIE star, 33, looked a little groggy after a night out with castmates. Looking a Moss! Kate Moss is no stranger to enjoying a drink or two and she made no exception as she and her celeb pals celebrated her 40th at a birthday do in January 2014! Hazy Caroline After all that Strictly training she did, Caroline Flack, 35, is entitled to a good night out on the tiles. Tired…

As I drove into town, my partner, Tony Blake, gazed at me from the passenger seat. ‘Marry me,’ he said. ‘What?’ I giggled, taken aback. We’d only been together for three weeks after meeting at a music festival near my home in St Austell, Cornwall. Tony had asked me for my number and there had been something in those gentle blue eyes of his that made me say yes. For our first date, we’d gone out for a meal in Newquay, Cornwall, and within weeks he’d already said he loved me. I was crazy about him, too… but marriage? Surely it was too soon. So I smiled at Tony and squeezed his hand. ‘Ask me when we’ve been together longer,’ I said. Driving off, I smiled to myself. How had…

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N ew Year’s resolutions are made to be broken, aren’t they? By February, hardly anyone has quit smoking, run a marathon or kept any other extreme promise they made to themselves. Yet the resolution I made, sitting by my precious son’s cot at 9pm on New Year’s Eve 2011, was a life or death bargain. My beautiful boy Isaac was just 11 days old. He needed me and I wanted to be there for him in the only way I could… When he was born, on 19 December, my husband Tim and I were elated. He was our second child – we already had Isabel, three. Weighing 8lb 9oz, he seemed the picture of health. And back home in Crewe, we began to adapt to life with two children. Too…

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I was so ashamed of my life As the clock ticked towards 5pm, I couldn’t wait to leave the office and have a drink. I worked in a dull job in the construction industry and was totally uninspired. My job wasn’t about climbing the career ladder. It was about earning enough money to pay the rent and go out drinking. My fiancé, Charlie, now 36, and I would meet up with our friends in town, then go dancing afterwards. I would down vodka mixers all night, then Charlie would have to put me to bed in a drunken stupor. From Friday to Sunday I drank solidly, not wanting to think about going back to work on Monday morning. I was more concerned with staying up late with my friends than…

One evening last June, I was playing Woman’s Own Bingo on my laptop. It was my favourite game, the Tycoons Treasure Progressive slot. I’d been a member for about two years and had enjoyed the occasional win, the biggest being £507. I’d read about other people winning jackpots in Woman’s Own, but I never thought it would be me telling my story. After about 20 minutes, the slot machine spun and I could see three matching Tycoon faces. Not sure whether to believe it, I called my daughter Lyn, 29, into the room. ‘I think I’ve won the jackpot,’ I whispered. I daren’t say it too loud in case it I wasn’t true. ‘Can you check, love?’ I asked I Lyn. When Lyn looked at the screen, she I could…

Each to their own I couldn’t agree more with the recent letter from Julia Carney, saying that she shouldn’t have to explain herself just because she doesn’t want to have children. Like her, I also have never needed kids to make my life complete and always say I am child-free, not childless. What is today’s obsession with having babies? The celebs seem to try to outdo each other as to who can get pregnant next. They’re even on the front of magazines, naked, with their baby bumps for all to see! Babies are not fashion accessories, and there is more to life than having kids. S. Clarke, Stockport Fantastic TV I’ve really enjoyed watching The Fall on BBC2 – what an amazing drama! I was obsessed with it last year…

’New Year’s resolutions are pointless’ TV chef Gino D’Acampo on breaking promises and why abstinence doesn’t make his heart grow fonder! Happy New Year, Gino! Are you detoxing? Nah! Detox?! You do it for a couple of weeks and then you are back into the bad habits straight away. I don’t want to get stressed with stuff like that! When I don’t want to drink for a month, I’ll do it. Do you go to the gym? I do a little bit of swimming. My job means standing on my feet, left, right, go there, go here. But the gym? No. I just don’t like it. Any New Year’s resolutions? Pointless, absolutely pointless! My New Year’s resolution is always the same - do everything worse than you did last year…

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After a bust-up at home, LooseWoman Judy Finnigan feels torn over what to do as she watches the relationship between her husband and their daughter reach crisis. Judy, 66, is said to be in turmoil following the family row, in which husband Richard Madeley, 58, blasted their daughter, Chloe, 27, for posting revealing pictures of herself on Instagram and Twitter. Controversy Personal trainer Chloe has claimed, however, that it’s to encourage others to get fit and healthy, tweeting: ‘Health and fitness is my job, my hobby and my life really. I flex, take selfies and I talk about food. If you don’t get it, don’t follow.’ But Chloe has only enraged her father, who is said to be concerned after Judy and his daughter received threats of rape and violence…

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How do I cope with my rage? My partner left me last January and I’m still really angry. I found out that the woman he left me for has dumped him, but he’s still pretending to be with her. What can I do? Texting himat night is makingme feel awful. Keilly-Anne,39, viaFacebook A betrayal that leads to the sudden end of a relationship can take years to come to terms with, and the New Year anniversary is bound to stir up more grief. Writing the texts is OK, but sending them isn’t. Save or send them to yourself or even a good friend. But don’t stop writing down how you feel – it’s a good way to acknowledge what’s happened. Other exercises include shouting along to loud music in the…

As I went to bed on that ordinary Saturday night, I felt a glow of contentment. With Jason, my husband, lying beside me, our eightweek-old son, Dylan, tucked up in his Moses basket, and our two girls, Olivia, then eight andMollie-Jai, two, sleeping soundly next door, everything was as it should be. If I could go back to that moment, I’d hold on to it and never let it go. Because inamatter of hours, life as I knew itwould change forever. Jason and I had met aged 12 in Pontypool, South Wales. I was a straight-A student and loved school, while he preferred doing tricks on his BMX, but somehow we clicked. Over the years, our teen crush grew into something special and we became inseparable. By 20, I was…

5MONEY resolutions to make today There’s nothing like the beginning of a new year to make you feel like turning over a new leaf. So if your finances could do with some attention, particularly after taking a bit of a battering over Christmas, there’s no time like the present to make a change. A recent survey by the Debt Advisory Centre found that one in 10 adults are still paying off debt they accumulated from Christmas 2013 - let alone the hefty credit card bills that will start landing on doormats over the next few weeks. Here’s how you can avoid a financial hangover stretching beyond January. 1 CRUNCH THOSE NUMBERS .Set aside some time to look at what comes in and what goes out each month. You might be…

Craig Revel Horwood CAPRICORN (4 JANUARY) The acid-tongued Strictly judge may go too far in the coming year and say something that creates a storm. It provokes some deep soul-searching as to what makes him speak out so strongly. Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr Get in extra aspirin for New Year when there’s a theme of overdoing it. On the 1st, a hangover could prompt you to actions you regret, or overspending. You may resolve never to drink or spend again when your real goal needs to be to change. Yes, again. ◆ For more call 0901 609 4780* Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May Planning on being a homebody this New Year’s Eve? Or inviting friends for dinner? You’ll have the best time doing just that. If there…

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Stephen Mulhern, 37, shot to fame when he started presenting CITV back in 1998. 17 years later and he’s now fronting some of TV’s biggest shows, from Britain’s Got More Talent to his latest project Get Your Act Together. We caught up with the presenter/magician to discuss embarrassing TV moments, wanting to be Phillip Schofield, and his guilty pleasures… Can you tell us what colour eyes does the other one have? JAMIE Jimmy’s are brown. When you’ve kissed a man many times, you know his eye colour. JIMMY Jamie’s are blue. Because when you’ve kissed a man... [laughs] What is the other’s favourite food? JAMIE Jimmy loves Sri Lankan food -a seafood curry. JIMMY Correct. Jamie has two favourites - comfort food like Mum’s fish pie, and Italian JAMIE Very…

Singer Ronan Keating, 37, on life as a dad, guilty pleasures and getting emotional What can’t you leave the house without? Sunglasses, I’ve been living in Australia, so it’s pretty much sunny all year round, which makes sunglasses pretty important. I never leave home without my shoes, either. Do you have any hidden talents to share? Not many people realise I’m quite good at cooking. I make a mean steak and I’ve been learning a bit about wine, so I now know how to pick a good bottle if we’re out for dinner in a restaurant. What makes you happiest? My girlfriend Storm andmy kids. When we’re all together watching a movie or out doing something fun together like paintballing, it’s when I’m at my happiest. I also like to…

‘SHE IS DISGUSTING’ ‘I hate GETTING OLD!’ He’s the silver fox of daytime telly, but Phillip Schofield has revealed he’s afraid of ‘getting older’. He said, ‘It genuinely causes me deep-seated concern. I hate it. It was never supposed to happen to me. There’s so much to do, so much to see, so many places to go. It has given me sleepless nights.’ The This Morning presenter, 52, also admitted that he’s not the best person on the road. ‘I constantly surprise people by flicking Vs at them out of the car window,’ he said. TOOTH astrophe! Poor Sharon Osbourne has learnt that anything really can happen on telly – her TOOTH fell out recently during a live taping! The star was chatting away on her US showThe Talk when…

Coleen Nolan 2015s mission for Coleen,49, istoget her marriage back on track-there has reportedly been some strain surrounding her relationship with Ray Fensome. She will form a new friendship, which will help put the spark back, and could lead to her giving up smoking and adopting a healthier lifestyle. Her witty comments on Loose Women and obvious zest for life could lead Coleen to signing up for her own show by the end of the year. Holly Willoughby This Morning presenter Holly, 33, is settling down with her new baby Chester and enjoying being at home with all three of her children. Holly knows how important it is to keep working, but it seems she will reassess her life and is likely to cut down her workload. Her husband, Daniel…

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DAY 1 Breakfast 2 poached eggs topped with 2 rashers bacon and 2 sliced sautéed mushrooms. Carbs 2g Snack Atkins Cappuccino Ready To Drink. Carbs 1.2g Lunch 100g grilled burger on 2 romaine leaves topped with ½ sliced avocado and a sliced tomato. Serve with a mixed green salad. Carbs 5g Snack 2 strips smoked salmon with 1tbsp cream cheese. Carbs 1g Dinner 100g beef strips stir fried with 100g broccoli, ½ garlic clove, 100g beansprouts, with 2tbsp soya sauce and 100ml beef stock. Carbs 5g. PHASE 2: Add 100g of sliced carrot. Carbs 12g DAY 2 Breakfast Boiled egg, 3 asparagus spears in prosciutto, 1tsp oil. Bake 10 mins. Carbs 3g Snack 1 chicken leg. Carbs 0g Lunch 1 tomato and 30g mozzarella, sliced. Drizzle 1tbsp oil and ½tbsp…

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Venison burger and chips SERVES 1 PREP TIME 5 MINS COOKING TIME 20 MINS COST PER SERVING £3.18 YOU WILL NEED For the chips ◆ 1 medium Maris Piper potato ◆ Spray oil For the burgers ◆ 125g venison steak, roughly chopped ◆ 1tbsp quark ◆ 2 spring onions ◆ 1tsp freshly chopped thyme To serve ◆ 6 baby plum tomatoes, halved ◆ 4 small gherkins HOW TO DO IT 1 Set the oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Cut the potato into chips. Cook them in boiling water for 5 mins, drain and spread on to a baking tray. Spray very lightly with oil. Bake for 10 mins. 2 Place the venison, quark, spring onion and thyme in a food processor and whizz until just blended. Shape into 2 burgers and…

To look at my puppy Ozzy, a Tibetan Spaniel with a thick, cream coat and big, brown eyes, you’d never believe that just a few months ago, he was abandoned on the streets. And yet his recovery is all down to one very special woman - Lisa Smart. I’ve always loved dogs, and last summer I decided I wanted a second one to keep my five-year-old Lurcher, Florie, company. Looking online for rescue dogs one day, I came across a photo that stopped me s in my tracks - a little Tibetan s Spaniel sitting in a dirty cage | surrounded by food pellets and 1 crumpled newspapers. His fur I was matted and patchy, his eyes full of fear. ‘My name is Ozzy,’ read the caption. ‘I’m four months…

Coffers dwindling after Christmas? Everyone could do with some extra help at this time of year, so Woman’s Own has teamed up with Plenty to offer you the chance to win £1,000 worth of vouchers to spend at Asda. With a myriad of practical and ingenious uses, Plenty household towels do more than you think. In fact, you’ll be amazed by how versatile they are. Plenty is great for loads of New Year tasks – from drying washed salad for a healthy lunch and wrapping baubles when you tidy away your decorations to even cleaning out the oven after all of the holiday baking. It’s strong when wet, super-absorbent and reusable! HOW TO ENTER Just answer this: Which member of Juan Sheet’s family joins him in the Plenty Genius YouTube…

I first heard about Quidco seven years a when I was looking at Martin Lewis’ website moneysavingexpert.com,’ says Claire. ‘I decided to try using it to get money off my train fares as I often travel to Manchester to see my boyfrien Adam. When I realised I was getting around 4-5% off the tickets, I was thrilled.’ Soon Claire was using Quidco for other purchases too. She used it to earn cashback on clothes at M&S and for home and travel insurance. ‘For the past 10 years, my three friends and I have been going away for a winter weekend every year,’ explains Claire. ‘The rule is we always go somewhere colder than London. We went to Prague and I shared the money I earned booking through Quidco with the…

BABS returns The Queen Vic is about to see a familiar face walk through its doors after the BBC confirmed Peggy Mitchell is to return for a one-off episode to celebrate EastEnders’ 30th anniversary. And Barbara Windsor, 77, who played feisty Peggy for 16 years, can’t wait! ‘I’m absolutely thrilled that Peggy has been included in t e celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary,’ she says. ‘What an incredible achievement.’ Peggy isn’t the only familiar face we could be seeing in the soap. Olly Murs has hinted that he might be joining the show, too! The cheeky pop star, 30, wants to land a part alongside Shane Richie after he recorded a sketch on the Square for his recent TV show, A Night In With Olly Murs. ‘I always joke…