Elle Relationships

Diagnosis meant different kind of life began at 40

Deborah Salt was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis soon after her 40th birthday. Picture: Malcolm Hart

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

MANY women want to forget their 40th birthday, but for Deborah Salt it was pretty impossible. Although she didn't know it at the time, rheumatoid arthritis had begun to take hold and now the 47-year-old is one of around 350,000 affected by the debilitating disease in the UK....

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Surprise Valentine's card was start of life together

Jean and Gordon Lomas at the birth of their first son, Stephen, in 1957. Top left, the couple's wedding day on July 7, 1956. Left, the couple today.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Everyone dreams of getting the perfect Valentine's card, but the one Gordon Lomas received from his future wife in 1954 was the best he could have...

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Dear Alison: I no longer love my husband

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

I KNOW I no longer love my husband. We have been together for 29 years and he was my first boyfriend from when I was 15. I'm scared to leave. I want...

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Plucky Liz uses her experience to help others

Liz Hulme and mum June. Below Liz in her prom dress. Picture: Malcolm Hart

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

CEREBRAL palsy may have stripped her of her mobility, but Liz Hulme is a picture of positivity. The 22-year-old, of Abbey Green Road, Leek, was born...

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Dear Alison: My daughter doesn't take any pride in her appearance

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

I KNOW this may sound trivial, but it is causing me a problem. My daughter, aged 17, doesn't take pride in her appearance and I find this embarrassing...

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Soldier's letters led to love for bingo couple

Phyllis and Jim Martin have not only had a long and happy marriage together, they've also raised a fortune for charities across North Staffordshire with their prize bingo nights.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

RETIRED Doulton workers Jim and Phyllis Martin first cast eyes on each other in July 1962. But their friendship dated back further when Jim started a...

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Daughter dieting to help day centre

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Leslie and Hazel's daughter, Sentinel property representative Janet Johnston, is doing a sponsored slim to raise money for Alsager and District...

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'I'm not frightened anymore'

Hazel and Leslie Flavell keep a positive attitude about their situation. Inset, when they got engaged in 1958. Picture: Mark Scott

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

BEING told you have only got a few years to live is everyone's worst nightmare. For Hazel, that nightmare became a reality four years ago and now...

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Best pals bring fresh hope after pain of bereavement

Charlie O'Dell, left, and Tracey Hewitt at The Dudson Centre, Hanley. Picture: Shaun Smith

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

CHARLIE, aged 31, and Tracey, aged 39, both from Crewe, work for The Dove Service, which helps people across North Staffordshire and South Cheshire to...

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Dear Alison: I'm 16 and with my first serious girlfriend but I fancy her brother

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

I HAVE been seeing my girlfriend for six months and she is my first serious girlfriend. We are both 16 and although we have not had sex yet she has...

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