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WIN £1,001 Puzzle 5 What connects actor Ving Rhames and singer Barry Manilow? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to find the two-word prize answer. ACROSS 1 _ Fawlty, character played by John Cleese (5) 4 Drinks delicately (4) 6 Someone who looks after sheep (8) 13 Roman god of the sea (7) 14 Sweetheart (7) 15 Rafael _, tennis player (5) 16 Plug for wine bottle (4) 17 Money earned (6) 18 Secret plot (6) 20 Curse (4) 21 Sound made by a dog (5) 22 Improvises (2-4) 25 Popular American sport (8) 28 London landmark (3,3) 30 _ Maradona, retired Argentinian footballer (5) 32 Reading group (4,4) 34 Two-seater bicycle (6) 35 Jump over a rope (4) 38 Wound (6) 39 Big cat…

Cure for painful foot Q My doctor says that my heel pain is due to plantar fasciitis and an X-ray has shown a heel spur. Will it get better? Lynette, Matlock A Plantar fasciitis means that the tough band of sinew running along the sole of your foot has become inflamed where it joins your heel bone. Often it’s triggered by a sudden increase in exercise, especially running on hard surfaces, and is more likely if you’re usually inactive, overweight or over 40. Sometimes the inflammation causes a small spur of bone to grow into the sinew from your heel bone, which shows on x-ray as a so-called heel spur, but the spur doesn’t mean anything. Treatment means stretching exercises, shoe inserts to support the arch of your foot, painkillers…

Q A flowing liquid with a high Reynolds number is likely to create what type of phenomenon? Solve the crossword, then read down the yellow squares. The letters in the yellow shaded squares will spell out the competition answer. ACROSS 1 Annoyed or bored (3, 2) 4 Lair (3) 6 Billy _, White Wedding singer (4) 7 Pie in the _, 1990s crime series (3) DOWN 1 Natural ability (5) 2 Extinct birds (5) 3 Writing tool (3) 5 Moose (3) WIN £5 0 Puzzle 13 Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details or visit comps.lifedeathprizes.com/puzzles…

The word ‘cult’ usually conjures images of the likes of Charles Manson and his drug-fuelled followers The Manson Family. Fifty-one years ago, during the summer of 1969, they slaughtered seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. Then there was the tragic Jonestown mass murder-suicide in 1978, where more than 900 people, many children, died after drinking cyanide-laced punch at the order of leader Jim Jones. Yet cults are not confined to the history books. According to the Cult Information Centre, a charity providing advice for cult victims, there are at least 1,000 secretly operating in the UK today, and up to 10,000 in the USA. Only recently, there has been the case of Keith Raniere, 59 – who faces a possible life sentence after disguising his sex cult NXIVM as…

3 ways to… get cheaper home insurance Home insurance premiums have risen by more than a quarter in the last three years, according to research from MoneySuperMarket. Here’s how to slash the cost of yours… 1 Do your research Always shop around to find the best deal instead of letting your insurance auto-renew; you could save serious cash. Begin by searching on price comparison sites, it’s best to try two or three. And remember to check insurers you won’t find on price comparison sites, such as Direct Line, too. And make a start on your research early; a MoneySavingExpert investigation found that buying your home insurance three weeks ahead of the day you want your policy to start can save you more than 20%, compared with leaving it until the last…

Enola Holmes NETFLIX Sherlock Holmes had a feisty younger sister Enola, played by Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown. When her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing, Enola goes on a mission to find her, befriending an aristocratic runaway (Louis Partridge). Simon Schama: Romantics and Us BBC2 Historian Simon Schama will explore Romanticism in his new BBC2 history series. He’ll be joined by Sir David Attenborough, Christopher Eccleston and Tobias Menzies to discuss art, poetry and music. Why Women Kill ALIBI This dark comedy series from Desperate Housewives exec producer Marc Cherry follows three married women living in three decades, whose husbands all commit adultery. The Wheel BBC1 This Saturday night gameshow has Michael McIntyre as ringmaster with a big wheel. Each week contestants will be competing to win big…

Q How can I keep my dry skin hydrated throughout the day? Barbara, 53 A If you want to stop your skin from drying out, a hydrating facial mist is perfect for you. They won’t disturb your make-up but the are great at refreshing your base and making you glow. Sensitive skins should try Super Facialist Rose Hydrate Soothing Facial Mist, £9. The aloe vera, hibiscus and rosehip extracts won’t irritate your skin, leaving you soothed and hydrated. For an ultra glowy base, try Pixi Glow Mist, £16. Shake it well to combine the oils and spritz on the face for a luminously healthy look. Formulated with pure rose water, the Garnier Naturals Rose Soothing Face Mist, £5.99, will work as both a toner and refreshing mist in one. TRIED…

Sidney Chambers, Geraldine Granger and Adam Smallbone are all TV characters with what occupation? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer’s in. We’ve put a section in to start you off! There may be two Across answers in one line. Down words fill themselves in. The shaded squares spell out the one-word prize puzzle answer. WIN £150 Puzzle 3 2 The Poseidon _, 1972 film 4 Soldier’s equipment • Refreshment booth 6 Culinary herb • Question word 8 Performers’ entrance (5,4) Your answer:…

June Williams, 45, Nottingham Shading between the lines of her colouring book, my lovely daughter, Jodie, 18, looked totally relaxed – content, even. In that moment, in November 2017, the humming of the hospital machines faded into the background. All the other patients, nurses and doctors vanished. And above all, she was no longer a cancer patient. Just my gorgeous, strong, vivacious girl. These colouring books had been a godsend for Jodie’s anxiety. See, in May 2017, Jodie was at the Manchester Arena when a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb, killing 22 people. I’ll never forget that phone call. ‘Mum, a bomb’s just gone off!’ she said to me. My blood ran cold. Thankfully, she was safe, and her dad Damian rushed to pick her up. Others weren’t so lucky.…

Dee Izmail, 56, Epping When my daughter Nadia stopped feeding at 7 months old, I immediately knew something was wrong. She had a fever and her moods were restless. Worlds away from the happy, easy-going baby she’d been before. But my GP couldn’t find the root of the problem. ‘It’s probably just an infection,’ he said, prescribing penicillin. But days passed and she went from bad to worse. She developed a blotchy, red rash all over her body, and her skin began to peel. The whites of her eyes turned grey. By late January 1993, I was desperate for answers. So I rushed Nadia to the A&E at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Sitting in the waiting room, I feared we might be turned away again. It was agonising to watch…

Jill Mosier, 45 Rushing round the kitchen, I dumped the cereal bowls in the sink and the banana skins in the bin. Grabbing my water bottle and keys I was about to head off to my job as a fitness instructor when a little voice piped up. ‘Can I come too, Mum?’ My youngest Lyza, nearly 10, was a keen gymnast, spending 15 hours a week with her coaches, perfecting her tumbles and somersaults. It wasn’t a surprise that she loved the sport, my whole family were an active bunch. My eldest JP, 17, was a talented baseball player. Mia, 15, loved volleyball and cross-country, and Rylie, 14, was as obsessed with football as her dad JPaul, 45. No wonder Lyza wanted to tag along with me to the gym…

Shirley Godley, 78, Sheffield Sneaking up to my bedroom, I pulled out a newspaper from my coat. I scanned the list of names, hundreds of young men in the Armed Forces looking for pen pals. It was August 1957 and I was just 16. ‘Able Seaman Williams,’ I said, picking a name at random. He’d get my first letter – all the girls at my job in a printing factory were writing, too. But I knew my dad George, then 39, wouldn’t approve, so it had to be my little secret. Penning a letter, I told my sailor about my job and where I lived. I folded it up and popped it in an envelope. Addressed it to HMS Ganges. A week later, my mum Joan, 41, handed me an…

Hoisin duck wraps A Chinese takeaway favourite without the wait! SERVES 2 PREP TIME 5 MINS COOK TIME 10 MINS • 2tsp sunflower oil• 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced• 175g pack mini duck fillets• 2tbsp hoisin sauce• ½ cucumber, cut into strips• 4-6 spring onions, cut into thin strips• 1 Little Gem lettuce, shredded• 2 flour tortilla wraps• Hoisin sauce and spring onion, to serve 1 Heat the oil in a frying pan. Cook the peppers until they start to soften. Add the duck fillets to the pan and cook for 4-5 mins over a medium heat until the duck is just cooked. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the hoisin sauce. 2 Divide the cucumber, duck and lettuce between the wraps, placing them in the centre.…

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WIN £500 Puzzle 18 The answers to all but one of these questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. To help you, we’ll tell you that the answers are in alphabetical order in each section. However, one answer can’t be found in the grid. This is your prize puzzle answer. THE SILVER SCREEN – ROSE 1 Who played Cal Hockley, the fiancé of Kate Winslet’s character Rose, in Titanic? (5,4) 2 Which French singer was the subject of the 2007 biographical film La Vie En Rose? (5,4) 3 Sean Connery starred in the 1987 film The Name of the Rose, based on the novel of the same name by which Italian writer? (7,3) WHERE IN THE WORLD? NARCISSUS 4 The legend of Narcissus,…

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Jodie Connor, 38, Leicester Flicking through Facebook pictures of the holiday camp, I looked up at my boyfriend Shaun, then 40. ‘Let’s go for a romantic weekend to Butlin’s!’ he’d suggested in August 2019. But, with five kids, it wasn’t easy to get away. Still, I knew it’d be fun. And a change of scenery would do me and Shaun some good. Our relationship had been rocky recently… We’d been together for two years. At first, he’d been so warm and charming, treated me to fancy dinners and cocktails. Even when I explained I had five children from previous relationships, he wasn’t fazed. He’d do anything for me. So we’d moved into his house in March 2018. It was chaotic, but we had so much fun. To begin with, at…

In rock climbing, what word is used to describe advice and information provided in advance of a climb? To find out, solve the puzzle… The three answers in this puzzle read the same across and down. The clues are given, but not in the right order. Read down the shaded squares to spell the prize puzzle answer. LLOYD WEBBER/ RICE MUSICAL TAKEN _, SURPRISED DOG-LIKE MAMMAL WIN 4 x £25 Puzzle 4 Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details or visit comps.lifedeathprizes.com/puzzles…

After a three-month-long trial, it took jurors just a few hours to find Lonnie Kocontes guilty of special-circumstances murder for financial gain for the slaying of his wife Micki Kanesaki, 52. Assistant District Attorney Susan Price said Kocontes was the only person on the ship with a motive to kill Micki. ‘She didn’t deserve to have her life taken from her that night by someone who decided she had no more worth to him,’ Susan Price told jurors. ‘Only one person in this world felt she was holding him back. Only one person felt she was being unreasonable.’ Incredibly, in the lead up to the trial, Kocontes, was also charged with soliciting a fellow inmate to kill Amy Nguyen to stop her from testifying. Kocontes has denied that allegation and was…

World health According to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, a whopping nine out of 10 adults aren’t getting enough fibre in their diet. To hit your daily recommended 30g of fibre, include sources such as wholegrain, beans, pulses, vegetables and fruits such as apples, berries and pears. Swap and see With some shop-bought iced teas containing your entire recommended daily allowance of sugar, why not try this deliciously refreshing peach iced tea from OFFBLAK? With a guilt-free 0g of sugar, it makes the perfect summer drink (£4.99 for 12 teabags, offblak.com). Switch up your routine New research reveals a link between different daily routines and how positive we feel. Scientists found those who had more variety in their routine reported feeling happier.* They also showed a stronger connection between…

50-YEAR COLD CASE This year marks half a century since schoolboy Allan Graham, 11, was murdered. The youngster was staying with his brother in Newcastle’s West End when he disappeared in January 1970 while out at the shops. The following day, Allan’s body was found dumped in a ditch. He had been strangled. Nobody has ever been charged with his murder, and the case remains a mystery to this day. KIDNAPPED FROM HOME Brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein were arrested in January 1970, on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of Muriel McKay, wife of Alick McKay, Acting Chairman of the News of the World newspaper. The Hoseins demanded £1 million from the newspaper for Muriel’s return. Her body was never found and the pair were charged with murder and…

My son’s flirty friend Q My husband died when my son was 6, so it’s always been just us. I know my son’s friends well and lately, one’s been helping with jobs in the garden. He’s 24, I’m 46 – and he flirts. I know it’s wrong, but he’s good looking, funny, intelligent. I look forward to his visits, but I’m confused. My son jokingly says ‘Your boyfriend’s here’, so maybe he’s noticed? Should I act on it? Ellie, 46 A Why is it wrong to find him attractive and enjoy his company? You’re focusing on age – but you’re both single and it’s legal. Our kids always notice things and make jokes, so don’t worry – just keep enjoying his company and see how it goes. It’s lovely that he’s making…

Mel Houghton, 48, Widnes Struggling down the corridor with my food shopping, I made my way to my boyfriend’s flat. Paul, 45, and I had been together for five years and spent most evenings at each other’s flats, although we still hadn’t moved in together. But I liked it that way. Living on my own, having my own space, I was fully independent. Still, Paul only lived two minutes away. That evening in February 2017, I rounded the corner to see him chatting to two men on his doorstep. The neighbourhood was pretty friendly, but people tended to keep themselves to themselves. Recognising one of the blokes as Paul’s upstairs neighbour, I grinned. But his mate seemed uneasy, wouldn’t look me in the eye. ‘This is Stuart, my brother,’ the…

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