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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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Builder's diet of pies and cakes a distant memory

Terry Sharratt, left, before his weight loss and right, as he is today.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

At 24 stones Terry Sharratt needed to lose weight but thanks to Slimming World he's well on his way to reaching his target. Liz Rowley talks to the...

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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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Catherine Ball's Baby Blog – week 50

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

BACK in the early days of parenthood when it felt like all I was doing was breastfeeding and I was sore and tired, I made myself a deal. I promised...

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Dear Alison: Why won't my sons accept my affair with a married man?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

I AM 19 years old, in a boring job and have very little social life. It has taken me months to pluck up the courage to write this, I am not very...

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2 Minutes With Michelle Walsh

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Michelle Walsh, aged 24 from Birch Rise, Loggerheads, has recently opened a branch of Sunshine Dance Studios in Birch Terrace, Hanley. When did you...

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Streetstyle in The Potteries Shopping Centre, Hanley

Monday, March 15, 2010

Name: Melanie Bourne Age: 43 Address: Norton Occupation: Staff nurse at University Hospital of North Staffordshire Where did you get your clothes...

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Ask The Expert

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Q: When I had my first baby I had to stop breast-feeding him because I had mastitis. Does this mean I won't be able to breast-feed the baby I'm...

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Catherine Ball's Baby Blog – Week 49

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

THERE are quite a lot of things you never really imagine yourself doing until you become a parent. Making a giant birthday card for your little one in...

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'Inspiration' takes it easy with a fantastic new look

Lesley feels great after losing two stone. Inset, at her heaviest. Picture: Mark Scott

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

FORMER pub landlady Lesley Clarke was constantly surrounded by food, but it wasn't until she retired she started piling on the pounds. The 62-year-ol...

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