Pick Me Up! 15-Jun-2017

What A Week! Deborah Black, senior sub editor What A Cowboy! My man made a big mistake, showing me this old photo of him as a nipper, dressed in cowboy gear, with his mum… What A Hoot! I’ve found a great shop near me selling a huge range of beers. My current fave is Himalayan Monkey… ‘a beer with ooh ohh aah aah’, as its ad says! What A Crush! I loved the ‘realpeople’ Beauty and the Beast. But though Dan Stevens is lovely, is it wrong to fancy The Beast more..? What’s your cartoon crush? Go to lifedeathprizes.com/ hot-cartooncharacters What A Voice! Here’s my talented cat Yoda, singing along with me to his favourite song The Lovecats by The Cure. Why, yes – I sing to my cat. You don’t, you say..?!…

Look who I met! While on holiday, I was thrilled to meet actors Adam Gillen and Tony Maudsley, who play my favourite characters in Benidorm – Liam and Kenneth! Lesley Phillips, Liverpool Now you see me… I saw this collection box for the invisible man in Cornwall, and I reckon this clever bloke definitely deserves a bit of spare change for entertaining us – even though we couldn’t see him... Angela Codling, Halifax My little boy Jenson dressed up as Donald Duck for a Disney-themed party, and I think he looks quackers! Lucy Thomas, Neath Little STAR Worth the walk I was lucky enough to visit the gorgeous Mini-Europe Park in Brussels recently. It was a really memorable trip, but with lots of walking! Manisa Kuinkel, Harrow Growing up When…

PICK ME UP! BIG STORY Six months along with ex’s baby He broke in and attacked Jailed and deported She finally feels safe Marina Adams, 45, Bognor Regis My phone beeped with a text, and I smiled like a giddy schoolgirl. I had a great time tonight. When can I see you again? it read. It was autumn 2009, and I’d just got home from a first date with Olexandr Volynets. A single mum to my then 4-year-old daughter, my social life was pretty non-existent. So I’d turned to online dating. Olexandr was a window fitter who’d moved to the UK from Ukraine. Charming and kind, he seemed like a sweet guy. And he’d travelled from London to Bognor Regis to meet me. ‘Bonus points for effort,’ I’d told him,…

Faye Ryder, 29, South-east London It had been sitting there on the left side of my face for 10 long years. And I hated it! The mole was only about the width of a pea, and slightly raised. I covered it in make-up every day, but it was a chore. ‘There must be something I can do about it,’ I moaned to my partner, Wayne, 30. When it first appeared on my face, I’d thought about having it removed. But then I had two children, and the mole went on the back-burner. So around Christmas last year I went to see my GP. ‘We don’t remove moles on the NHS for cosmetic reasons,’ he explained. Determined, I searched online. Found a YouTube video which suggested putting tea tree oil on…

Your Best CHeese Tips 1 Grate Idea To make grating much easier, keep softer cheese in the freezer for 15 minutes before you need it. Cassie Muldern, Oxford 2 Sensible Storage Don’t store cheese in the door of your fridge, as it can be affected by temperature changes. Keep it in the drawers instead to keep it more fresh! Peggy Cartwright, St Ives 3 Less Mess Keep your worktop free of mess by grating cheese straight into a freezer bag and placing it into a container. Alma Hardman, Kinmel Bay 4 Bump And Rind Save the rinds from Parmesan cheese and add them to soups and stews while cooking for extra flavour. Once you’ve done cooking, discard the rind. Joanna Barnes, Ripley Top Mum’s Tip! Mulch sliced banana skins and…

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