Innholdsfortegnelse for 16-Jan-2017 i Woman's Own

Missing your Saturday night Strictly fix? Fear not – the live tour is about to kick off! Winner Ore Oduba will perform his showstopping jive, with Ed Balls, Danny Mac and Louise Redknapp all taking part too. Judge Rinder, who will be starring in Manchester, told Woman’s Own, ‘I am genuinely looking forward to dancing without the element of, ‘What if it goes wrong?’’ *Strictly Come Dancing Live starts on 20 January in Birmingham 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.…

• Citizens Advice suggests that if you’re experiencing a problem with your neighbour, speak to them calmly as they not have realised they were making so much noise or that their children were upsetting you. • If issues persist, keep a record of each incident as – evidence. There may be local mediators who can help go to civilmediation.justice.gov.uk. • But if the situation escalates, get in touch with your council or, if your neighbours are committing a criminal offence, contact the police. • Go to citizensadvice.org.uk for more information.…

HOW TO DO IT 1 Warm up with some light jogging on the spot for 2-3 minutes (or when you’re into it, you can just do a lighter version of the exercises that follow as warm up) 2 Interval 1 – do knee press-ups for 60 seconds (see photo opposite) 3 Go easy for 30 seconds but aim to keep your heart rate up, so try walking on the spot, shuffling from side to side or dancing around – whichever suits! 4 Interval 2 – do squats for 60 seconds (see photo opposite) 5 Go easy for 30 seconds – as before, walk on the spot, shuffle, dance 6 Interval 3 – do jumping jacks for 60 seconds (see photo opposite) 7 Go easy for 30 seconds – as before,…

Lamb tagine with sweet potatoes SERVES 6 PREP TIME 15 MINS COOKING TIME HIGH 3 ½ - 4 ½ HOURS LOW6-8 HOURS COST PER SERVING £1.20 YOU WILL NEED • 800g lamb neck fillet • 2 medium onions • 4 garlic cloves • 300g sweet potatoes • 400g can chickpeas • 25g bunch of fresh coriander, plus extra to garnish • 4tsp ras-el-hanout spice mix • 1tsp cumin seeds • 100ml hot lamb stock (made with 1 lamb stock cube) • 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes • 4tsp harissa paste (from a jar) • 2tbsp runny honey HOW TO DO IT 1 Trim the lamb neck fillet of any hard fat or sinew that you can easily reach, and cut the lamb into roughly 4cm chunks. 2 Peel and…

17 tips to save you cash in 2017 These tips will help you save £1,000s this year Starting off the new year with the right attitude is the sure-fire way to sort out your finances – these tips will help you stash away cash, cut your spending and even earn a bit extra. 1 GET THE RIGHT CURRENT ACCOUNT Saving rates are pretty poor these days – but some current accounts pay decent interest. TSB, for example, pays 3% on the first £1,500 and Nationwide pays 5% on £2,500 for the first year. Use money savingexpert.com to compare accounts. 2 MARRIAGE TAX ALLOWANCE? If you’re a non-taxpayer and your partner is a basic-rate tax payer then you can transfer some of your personal tax-free allowance to them. For example, you…

Last year, I was reading Woman’s Own , and saw a story just like this one about Woman’s Own Bingo and thought that I would sign up. Boy, am I glad I did! I had played bingo locally before, but I had never won and it was getting a bit pricey, so playing online seemed like a great alternative. The site is really easy to use and there’s always something going on, so it’s always good fun to log in. In July this year, I logged in one Monday afternoon. I’d just had lunch with my daughter, and husband, John. They were all sitting on the sofa, and I signed into my account for a few games. I had £10 in my…

Claudia Winkleman CAPRICORN (15 JANUARY) The TV presenter’s anger becoming a powerful force for change now – expect her to keep speaking out about subjects she’s passionate about in the year ahead. Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr If you get through this week without hurting other people’s feelings or having your own hurt, it’s an achievement. Especially towards the weekend, if people overreact it’s because old sore spots have been triggered. Go easy on yourself and others. • For more call 0901 609 4780* Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May It’s a week of some profound emotions and there may be disappointment or loss in the mix making you extra-sensitive. If you can accept the feelings and that it’s natural to have them, there’s an opportunity to learn to…

‘I’d like to think that I’d have been a rock’n’roll star if I was around in the 1960s’ With his strong Liverpool accent and cheeky grin, it isn’t hard to see why Shaun Evans has become a bit of a heart-throb. His breakthrough came in 2002 when he played JP in Channel 4 comedy Teachers and he also starred as Daniel Lomas in BBC1’s Silk in 2012. Now he’s back as young detective Endeavour Morse for the fourth series of Endeavour . We sat down with Shaun, 36, to find out why he wasn’t scared to take over the role made famous by John Thaw and what he likes to do while filming in Oxford… Hi, Shaun.…

‘It was his excuse. I think he was trying to blame me for being away working’ TV’s Linda Robson has revealed that she caught her partner cheating after growing suspicious of his late nights out! The actress admitted that she even went so far as to follow him for several weeks before she caught him in the act, but has no regrets that she did it. ‘I had a relationship once, he was going out for the night and not coming back until the next morning and he was coming home sober and I started suspecting something was going on,’ revealed the Loose Women panellist. ‘So after a couple of weeks of this, I went down to the club I knew he was going to and waited outside in the…

Forget the face cream! Well, not entirely, but at the very least buoy up its skin-smoothing, glow-getting benefits with a super supplement. From traditional tablets to the new wave of coloured powders and magical liquids, ingestible beauty is gaining traction on the high street. Boots recently launched Beauty Beneath, a two-a-day pill prescription, to sit on the skincare shelves, rather than their customary health aisle. This revealing relocation paid off – not only were the prettifying pills the bestselling supplement that week, they also outsold any face cream, serum or other traditional topical fare. And this oral beautifying lark doesn’t stop at your face. The right treatment could offer knockout nails, a healthy scalp and swingy hair to boot. But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding –…

HE’S CHEATING ON ME A few weeks ago I found out that my partner was cheating on me with a mutual friend. I really love him and I can’t bring myself to tell him I know what’s going on. This person he’s seeing has had a thing for him for years, even jokingly telling me she fancied him on a number of occasions. My partner and I always laughed about it and, because we’ve been together for 15 years, I never thought I had to be worried. I feel devastated and ashamed, and even feel it’s my fault, although I’m not sure why. I haven’t told anyone as I don’t want to make it into a big thing. I want it to be a mistake that he realises and for…

TRY BOOKING YOURSELF A MASSAGE Start the intro new year in here as you please mean thanks to go on very with some much TLC. New research from Sweden shows that regular massages really can help alleviate anxiety and depression, so it's not just a treat. BUY ADUNA BAOBAB SUPERFRUIT POWDER, 99P PER 4.5G SACHET OR £22.99 FOR A BOX OF 30 (ADUNA.COM) These little stick sachets are great for boosting your immunity. Shake a sachet into your water bottle, add to hot water with lemon, blend into shakes or sprinkle on porridge. STOP OVERCOOKING YOUR VEG! Cases of scurvy are on the rise and overdoing your veg depletes the vitamins and nutrients. Scurvy leads to bleeding gums and muscle pain due to a lack of vitamin C, but it…

FAMILY / MAKING CONNECTIONS ‘Family’ is about getting the support you need as you go on your journey to get in shape and be happier and healthier. Jessie suggests four key relationships that you should cultivate: YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF ‘Nothing is going to change until you start loving yourself,’ says Jessie. ‘Even if it’s just liking your smile or your eyes, or being proud of a physical triumph such as running a race or giving birth, that’s a good place to start. The point is that you are re-establishing a relationship with yourself that needs to be honest and kind, in the same way as you hope your best relationships with other people would be.’ YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS ‘At an absolute minimum you need one person who can…

‘He will be here for you’ ‘You look like a princess’ My daughter Emma was never one to complain but when she limped in from school in tears one day, I knew something was wrong. Rubbing her right leg, she cried, ‘It really hurts.’ Aged 11, Emma had been experiencing aches in her leg for several months, and our GP had put it down to growing pains. But when I took her this time, in May 2010, he sent us straight to hospital, where I watched with quiet panic as doctors crowded around Emma’s X-ray results. In the consultant’s office, my worst fears came true. ‘Emma has osteosarcoma,’ he said, explaining that she had a large cancerous tumour in her leg. ‘But we were told it was growing pains,’ I…

‘Suddenly he felt confident’ I’d always wanted a big family and with eight children and five adopted, I’d certainly got my wish. Then in June 2010, my husband Chuck and I had our ninth and final child. Our son, Apollo, was born weighing 8lb 12oz, but the birth was tricky. For the first time, I’d needed an emergency C section. ‘Thank goodness you’re here safe,’ I said, as he lay gently in my arms. But back home, I noticed Apollo’s breathing was very loud and rasping. ‘It’s just an after effect of the C-Section,’ the doctor said – it was nothing to worry about. But Apollo didn’t improve and when I started weaning, he’d gag on solid foods. Every meal ended in screaming. At six months, he weighed 14lb –…

PIC OF THE WEEK Win £50 if we feature your photo Don’t be so hard on yourself! I think new mums can be too hard on themselves – remember that you’re human! Being a parent is a learning experience and there will be challenges along the way. Don’t compare yourself to other mums as we are all individuals. Carmel Miels My, how things have changed! It baffles me how much we have changed in such a short space of time. All these gadgets we have now to help us along in our everyday life – even simple things like tumble driers! My mother used to stand outside in winter and put the washing in a big wooden barrel. I would then get the washing off the line frozen stiff! Norma…

‘No one wants me to marry him!’ She’s planning her wedding day, but is it all about to end in disaster yet again for Eileen Grimshaw? After struggling to find love, Eileen thinks she’s finally found the man of her dreams in Pat Phelan (played by Connor McIntyre). And this week is a big one for them as they plan their wedding day! We caught up with Sue Cleaver, 53, who has played poor suffering Eileen for 16 years, to find out more… It’s a big week for Eileen, what do you think is going through her mind as she waits for him at the register office? He’s late, she just thinks, ‘Well of course this wouldn’t work out for me, nothing ever does.’ She’s standing there thinking, ‘I should…

What gets you up on the dance floor? Beyoncé’s Crazy In Love – something like that, a powerful female anthem. It doesn’t take much to get me up, to be fair. One drink, if that! I’m usually first on the dance floor and the last to leave it. Is there one song that makes you shuffle off the floor? My own! Whenever one of my songs comes on, I’m like, ‘I’m just going to the bar…’ Is there anything more embarrassing than dancing to your own song in a club? How’s your daughter, Azura? I just did a show in Cape Verde and it was the first time she’s seen me perform. I’ve got footage of her dancing at the side of the stage, it was lovely to see. I…

Davina McCall has revealed that she’s contemplated surgery – after she felt that her body didn’t look the way she wanted it to. Appearing on Loose Women , the TV presenter confessed in a shock revelation that she was once unhappy with her breasts. ‘After I had my third baby I thought, ‘Shall I? Shall I go for augmentation?’ Because they were literally socks with balls in the ends,’ she said. ‘I really thought about it. And then I thought, ‘Oh no, I can’t be bothered.’ And actually they kind of perked up after a while. ‘So I was like, OK they’ve come back a little bit, that’s OK. And if stand like this [arms in the air] they actually look OK.’ Davina, who’s mum to…

‘My husband and I will go to the movies and sleep. I often pay to go to the movies to sleep!’ Ever since Nadiya Hussain won The Great British Bake Off in 2015, she’s been a woman in demand. Just last year the star baker, 32, hosted her own BBC documentary, The Chronicles Of Nadiya , judged Junior Bake Off and appeared as a panellist on Loose Women . Add to that her cookbooks, baking a cake for the Queen’s 90th birthday and writing her debut novel, and you’ve certainly got a recipe for huge success! We sat down with Nadiya, married to IT worker Abdal and mum to Musa, 10, Dawud, nine, and Maryam, six,…

1 Pick your battles. There will always be work annoyances and irritating people. Not everything needs to be a conflict. Pick what’s worth arguing about. 2 Admit when you’re wrong. You don’t have to win an argument. While you might fear you’ll lose face, sometimes the most powerful thing to do is say you were wrong. 3 Handle conflict the correct way. Don’t try to deal with it yourself. If it’s a major problem keep line managers in the loop, and keep all evidence. 4 Don’t gossip. Offloading on colleagues can ignite a conflict into a much bigger issue. If you need to offload, tell friends outside of work. 5 Move on. Sometimes you won’t get the result you want. If so, don’t turn it into a grudge – accept…

Festive Rooster Tea & Caddy, 125g, £15 from newbyteas.co.uk Toast to the Year of the Rooster with this award-winning, limited edition Assam tea blended with almonds for a unique brew. Chinese Noodles, 400g, £1.40 from Wing Yip Recreate your usual takeaway noodles with these – simply add mixed veg and prawns. Oriental Spiced Tofu, 160g, £2.50 from Tesco Handmade tofu marinated in Oriental spices and a sweet chilli sauce for maximum flavour and minimum fuss.…

‘I couldn’t stop at one packet’ Everyone has their weakness and mine was chocolate digestives. I could easily polish off two packets while watching Corrie . It meant that with each year that passed I was getting bigger and bigger, although I refused to weigh myself. I was 27 when my daughter, Georgina, was born in November 1994, and rather than attempt to lose my baby weight I swapped my size 14s for 16s. By the time I turned 40, in 2007, even my size 18s were tight. Determined to do something, I tried more than 40 diets. But as soon as I lost a few pounds I’d treat myself. Because I couldn’t stop at one biscuit or even one packet, I’d eat a staggering 3,000…

‘I turned off my computer’ I’ve been a member of Woman’s Own Bingo for nine years now and the time has flown by. I have my favourite games and have made friends in the online chat rooms, too. Playing online bingo is similar to going to the bingo hall in a lot of ways – it’s friendly and there’s a good vibe in all the chat rooms. I log in a few times a week and I’ve set myself a budget so I never go over my limit. With games starting at a penny, it suits anyone’s budget. In September, a few days before my birthday, I was playing Sapphire Bingo. It’s a 90-ball room and tickets are only 10p each. I had four tickets on…

Look at Carol Vorderman! What wouldn’t I do to have a figure like that at her age – absolutely stunning dress! Sue Parr I’m so happy that Prince Harry has found love. He’s chosen such an elegant and charming young lady. He deserves all the happiness in the world. Shirley Smith A rule I try to live by: Never force anything, if it’s meant to be, then it will be. Sue Smith I’m fed up of people asking if I’m a dog or cat person! What does that even mean? They’re totally different and it’s possible to like both! Brenda Mers…

ON YOUR TV Coach Trip MONDAYS, E4 Coach Trip is gearing up for another series taking a new batch of fun-loving Brits to Europe’s top holiday spots. Every day they’ll take part in exhilarating excursions and by the end of each episode they’ll be voting to bid one couple au revoir ! Lots of fun! Our Dancing Town WEDNESDAYS, BBC2 Four Yorkshire towns are going to tell their stories through the medium of dance in this heartwarming documentary, with West End performer and choreographer Steve Elias visiting each place. Bones SATURDAYS, SKY LIVING Fans will be pleased that some familiar faces are set to return in the brand new series of Bones , plus the gang also go incognito at a lumberjack…

Sean Fletcher is a man of many talents – not only does he bring us the news and sport on GMB , he also hosts his own game show, Rebound, and occasionally presents Countryfile too. We caught up with the star, 42, who is married to TV producer Luned Tonderai and dad to Lili, 18, and Reuben, 13, to find out about his love for singer Prince and learning a new language… What makes you happy? Spending quality time with my family. We had our daughter quite early on, when we were students, so the kids have been a crucial part of our lives. What makes you angry? I’m a positive guy but cancer makes me really angry. I…