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A GOOD YEAR FOR JESS

START YOUR week with a smile

KATE’S PAIN • As Christmas approaches and husband Derek is still gravely ill in hospital, times are desperately tough for GMB’s brave and brilliant presenter Kate Garraway

Meghan & Harry’s tears for lost baby • As Meghan Markle opens up about her ‘unbearable grief’ - has she helped lift the taboo surrounding this often silent heartbreak?

Christmas with Boe & Ball • Music and laughter, two things the world needs – and who embodies that spirit more than Alfie Boe and Michael Ball? Editor Siobhan Wykes chats to the nicest men in Britain to put us in the festive mood…

JUST THE two of us… • Christmas isn’t cancelled, so dress up at home and celebrate!

AT HOME WITH Ruth & Eamonn • Is time the greatest gift we can give, this year? Our columnists Ruth and Eamonn welcome us to their home and say spending time with family is what we’ll all be wishing for this season…

We’re about • If you haven’t had time to keep up with Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, we’ve done it for you…

Pretty PERFECT! • Sparkling skirts, especially with elastic waists, are perfect for all occasions

Festive full house! • This Christmas Terri Hawthorne will be celebrating with her husband and their THIRTEEN children…

6 reasons to: Run a bath tonight! • Find a moment of calm in a stressful day

The BIG beauty QUESTIONS • From skincare routines to sensitivity, Lesley Reynolds from the Harley Street Skin Clinic shares her advice on how to look younger for longer

Scent FROM A LOVED ONE • Treat the man in your life to a fresh, new fragrance

Dear Vanessa • Our celebrity agony aunt, Vanessa Feltz, tackles your problems with her usual wit, wisdom and humour

Ask Dr Hilary • Hilary Jones MBE is a GP, medical writer and Good Morning Britain’s resident medic

Santa saved my life! • Mhairi Derby-Pitt had suffered with seizures for years, but it took a rather special man to persuade her to seek help…

The big festive food test • What food and drink is worth serving up at the Christmas table this year? The Hearst Institute results are in…

TOP TABLE! • Brilliant buys to spruce up the most wonderful meal of the year…

Strictly LAID BARE • Craig Revel Horwood has the hot news on this week’s movers and shakers…

FREEDOM PASS? PASS!

Win! AN OVERNIGHT BREAK AT RAMSIDE HALL HOTEL, GOLF & SPA

I’m a real-life ‘Elf on the Shelf’ • Christina Hutson loves dressing up and re-enacting the mischievous antics of Santa’s little helper – and all for a good cause…

Welcome Christmas! • Get crafty and make your own bespoke wreath this year

I ate 10,000 calories on Christmas Day! • After gorging on seasonal sweet treats, Liza Pepper made a New Year’s Resolution to lose 7st – and she did!

Ally, our wonder dog!

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THE BEST Garden panto…

‘I want to squeeze in all the loving I can!’ • This month… best columnist ULRIKA JONSSON explains why - unlike Towie’s Fern McCann - a life of celibacy really isn’t for her…

We pets • ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FURRY FRIENDS

Have an ethical Christmas • This season is shaping up to be like no other, here’s how to make your Christmas celebrations ethical and sustainable…

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