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They’ve lost 270kg between them and never looked better. This year’s remaining seven contestants in The Biggest Loser are scrubbing up very well. Just look at the hotties who’ve been hiding beneath their workout gear of lycra leggings and tatty oversize T-shirts! “I feel so good,” says Lara Whalan (Westren family), 25, who’s lost 37kg. […]

Justice was served last week with a father found guilty of murdering his little girl. But this is little solace to a mother trying to come to terms with such a senseless loss. His chilling words still haunt her. “You’ll never see your children again”. They always will. And even as her former husband, Arthur […]

An old friend of mine has started going out with our 20 year old daughter and we are so upset. My wife is distraught and I can hardly sleep thinking about this horrible man pawing my lovely daughter and that he seems to have no shame over taking advantage of her and our friendship. He […]

To help you make the most of your wardrobe staples, save a few hundred dollars each year and build a wardrobe full of wearables, follow these quick tips and tricks. Garment care instructions It’s important to look after the items in your wardrobe so always read the garment care instructions before washing. Dry cleaning Research […]

When Julie Hawkins’ third child was born, she and her husband thought they had “struck gold”. Unlike her two older siblings, baby Sarah was quiet, laid-back and had no problem sleeping for hours on end. But as their “perfect child” started to grow up, Julie began to notice that something might be wrong. In pictures: […]

Prince William will not wear a wedding ring following his marriage to Kate Middleton later this month, a senior palace source has claimed. The St James’s Palace aide said only one ring will be exchanged at William and Kate’s wedding ceremony in London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29, due to “personal preference”. In pictures: The […]

Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden have announced that they have split up. The pair released a joint statement today saying they had “mutually decided” to end their engagement and separate. “This decision has been made with a lot of soul searching from both parties with the realisation that they have grown apart,” representatives for the […]

Well it is official ladies, Canadian singer Michael Bublé is off the market. The Grammy Award-winning singer married his Argentine fiancée, actress Luisana Lopilato, in a civil ceremony in Buenos Aires yesterday. Taking a new spin on the traditional white wedding dress, Luisana wore a purple pleated mini-dress with sheer tulle trim and held a […]

The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt, Sceptre, $25 When Mia’s husband of 30 years calls for a pause in their marriage (“the Pause was French with limp but shiny brown hair. She had significant breasts”) she goes mad briefly, is hospitalised, and emerges from hospital shaken but sane into a world entirely made up […]

Savages, by Don Winslow, William Heinemann, $29.95 It was Sir Michael Parkinson — well-known TV interviewer, lesser-known crime buff — who first put me onto Don Winslow, describing his 2005 novel The Power of the Dog as the best crime thriller ever written. He’s probably right. Four books on, Winslow returns to Dog territory, where […]