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COLLEEN LONG, 55, FROM SURREY, SAYS: I’m nominating Jenni Juniper as my local hero. Jenni, 53, is putting her passion for animals to excellent use as a trustee of Charity Buddy and operations manager for PetRehomer. Charity Buddy offers free business

Mohammed Arif is credited with introducing what style of food to Britain? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. 1 Glasses (10)

As my sons, Callum, then 19 and Jamie, 16, gazed out at the New York skyline from the top of the Empire State Building, I felt full of joy. ‘Mum, this is brilliant,’ Jamie, or Jay as he was better known, grinned. It was February 2020 and me and my pa

A s the glug of red wine hit our glasses, I smiled at my husband. ‘Here’s to the weekend,’ I sighed to Darren, then 44. Just as I was taking my first sip, our youngest daughter Lyla, then 16, poked her head around the living room door. ‘I’m off out,’

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WIN 10× £20 Puzzle Look closely at these two pics - there’s a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details ■

True-life PATIENT CASEBOOK G etting out of bed, I gingerly touched the side of my face. Ouch! Mouth aching, I wandered to the mirror and gasped. Horrible blisters had erupted inside my mouth. As a nurse, I’d spent my career tending to ailing patients

Q I’ve lost a tampon and I’m terrified it’s gone inside me but I feel silly asking a doctor. Millie, Bromley A I’ve found and removed many a stuck tampon, it happens and there’s no need to feel embarrassed. It can’t stray inside your body but lodges

Q My mouth constantly feels like it’s burning, but my doctor and dentist can’t find anything wrong. Tess, Runcorn A Could be burning mouth syndrome (BMS). It probably affects around one person in 50 and is more common in women. Besides a burning sens

Drying off in your costume might seem like a good idea, but you could be putting yourself at risk of a urinary tract infection (UTI). ‘This occurs when bacteria travel up the urethra into the bladder,’ says Boots pharmacist Bina Mehta, causing pain w

Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p5. There’s £20 for every one we use! This week’s puzzle was compiled by Michele Mcguire, Cleethorpes, NE Lincs WIN 5 × £20 Puzzle 6 1 Applaud 2 Few and far bet

To solve the puzzle, each 3 × 3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN 2 × £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer: ■

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 The ostrich feathers on the Prince of Wales’ emblem are said to have been adopted from a ruler of which former territory? The answer is the one missing from the grid. ANGORA BOHEMIA BOMBAY BURMA CATHAY CEYLON FORMOSA GAUL NUMIDIA PE

The band Alt-J take their name from the Mac shortcut to type what character? Solve the crossword, then read down the yellow squares to find the prize puzzle answer. 1 Pleased, happy (4) 5 Girls _, pop group (5) 7 Scottish actor, _ McGregor (4) 2 Star

Welcome to this week’s Chat… The grannies out there will know that there’s not a lot they wouldn’t do for their grandkids. But Cecile went one step further than most (p44). She doesn’t just spoil her granddaughter Uma with sweeties and cuddles. She g

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WIN £100 Puzzle 14 Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was the real name of which writer? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. Your answer:

My libido has vanished Q I do want a sex life, but I’m just not attracted to my partner, or even anyone on the telly. A I don’t know what to do or who to talk to about it. I don’t want to hurt my partner by telling him I have no desire for him, or do

Which 1990s hit’s similarity to The Air That I Breathe, a 1972 song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Haziewood, resulted in legal action? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. KEG KID KIN KIP OAK ORC ORE TEA

Q My parents detest my boyfriend, and they haven’t even met him. They make horrible comments and say they will never accept him. I have to lie about where I’m going when I go to meet him, and I am sick of it. I haven’t had the heart to tell him. I do

Q I have everything you could want in life. A partner, beautiful child, house, loving parents and a good job. I But I feel so empty. I’ve lost joy in everything. I cry most days, but I’m afraid to tell anyone about it because I feel so ungrateful. Wh

Trenchers and chargers are both names for types of what domestic object? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six items you would find in a restaurant. Now fit them across the grid and you’ll spell out the answer to the question. 1 PEEP PR 2

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Dear Mum, Watching you quietly crocheting when I was growing up, I thought you looked ridiculous. Like an old lady, I’d think, as you sat on the sofa with your glass of cider, whipping up granny squares. Yet, whenever I teased you, you’d just smile.

Tightening my laces, I gulped and started putting one foot in front of the other. Just keep going, I told myself. It was 9am on a Saturday morning in April 2019, and while I’d recently joined Caerphilly Runners, I was far from a natural. My dad and s