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Friends fear Courtney Love is putting her life at risk, as her obsession with losing weight begins to take its toll. A gaunt and pale Courtney shocked fans at a surprise gig for her 43rd birthday in London, having lost more than 23kg and at least three dress sizes in what she calls an “anthropological […]

Anthia Mishra has no doubt her husband was murdered in a Delhi hotel room three days after leaving Sydney for India. The devastated widow believes her husband fell victim to an organ trading ring. Since learning of his death, Anthia, 48, has been battling Indian and Australian authorities to get to the truth and find […]

By Michaela Ryan Cycling is a great way to kill two birds with one stone — you can exercise while getting from A to B. Even taking into account the cost of your bike and gear, it’s usually cheaper than public transport or driving. It’s often quicker, too!

The perennial self-promoter has his sights set on the gold coast’s highest office. After a string of low-profile jobs — a “stop-go” man on a road repair crew and a meter-maid — Warwick Capper is trading in his tight shorts for a suit and running for mayor. The former AFL star is so serious he’s […]

At 39 weeks into her pregnancy, entertainer Alyssa-Jane Cook was so big she was struggling for each breath. It was such a concern that her doctor thought it wise to schedule an early induction. But her bolshy yet-to-be-born son, Lucca James Anthony Davis, had other ideas. Two days before AJ was booked into Sydney’s Mater […]

I was so excited when I started my first professional job at a human resources company. All my previous jobs were temporary positions in hospitality that entailed long hours, low pay and a lot of fussy customers. So I was ecstatic, to say the least, to be finally working in a professional environment with professional […]

Have you ever tried going to do a couple of dance classes instead of going to the gym all the time? I used to weigh 80 kilos, then I started going to funky jazz classes and the weight dropped off me! Of course I was eating right — I was going to the gym once […]

By Judy Davie “I make a sandwich every day for lunch with canned tuna. I’ve noticed there are a number of flavoured varieties on the market. Are they any good?” — Marie For convenience and variety there’s nothing terribly bad with the gourmet tuna in the supermarkets, although gram for gram they contain around 20% […]

By Judy Davie **”It’s the same story every time I try to lose weight. Even weekends are easy compared to weekdays in the office. Almost every day at around 4.00pm my energy plummets and I make for the vending machine. Can you suggest anything I can do to overcome this?” — Fiona** There’s a clue […]