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This week in YOUR FAB VALUE

Our MAD WORLD! • Guaranteed to make you smile!

TAKEN FORA RIDE • Dawn had never liked her son’s new girlfriend, but was it protective mum syndrome or a chilling premonition?

SPEED DEMON

Real People Roulette

OIL blow YOU UP! • Chantelle was tortured by a devil, but she was more worried about her dog...

HE’S BEHIND YOU! • It’s panto season and Shanice’s trip to the zoo didn’t disappoint...

NEW YEAR, NEW MAN? • Fate has given Nicole a festive family, and a fella would be the fairy on the tree

Builder’s BUM • Caitlin had a plan, and it weren’t half steak-baked...

MURDER MAP When EVIL is in YOUR town... Suffer LITTLE ANGEL • New Year glasses clinked… a child was dead and Mum felt like celebrating…

Pemphigoid gestationis ❯ the FACTS

Health & happiness • Pregnant Janine was scratching like mad, but she didn’t live in a flea pit, honest!

DIPPY DISCOVERIES • Think the most important scientific endeavour for a generation has been to find a Covid vaccine? Nah! It’s the breakthrough that going on a Big Dipper will dislodge a kidney stone! This won an Ig Nobel award, an annual prize for the barmiest research by boffins that has thrown up some head-scratching winners...

KILLER STRONG ARM OF THE LAW • Married PC Tim was a serial cheat, until one lover dared to tell his wife...

WIN! A £150 Amazon gift card!

MUM to MUM • No one can give better advice to a mum facing a hard time than another mum who’s been there herself…

Mum KNOWS BEST • OUR PANEL OF MUMS IS HAPPY TO HELP

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ANIMAL crackers! • Holly’s cat is a senior kitizen at 100, and her happy - deafening - hum has won the hearts of UK cat lovers...

ASK NIGEL • Real People’s resident ‘doggie doctor’, Nigel, answers your pet’s problems

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YOUR STARS • HOROSCOPES for the week of Dec 31 - Jan 06

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FLORENCE'S TAKE YOUR PICK!

A FAMILY AFFAIR • Everything was relative for Mindy, from sex to murder…

A colourful kettle and toaster set!

CRUMBS OF comfort • The same resolution as last year? Sarah was taking the biscuit…

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UNDER THE HAMMER • What’s hot at the auctions this week – check your loft... if you find one of these, you’ll be quids in!

Bob’s BIG treasure hunt! • Got a boot sale bargain or an old ornament you reckon is worth a fortune? Why not let me – top auctioneer Bob Hayton – find out? Just send me a pic of your treasure. If it’s printed, you’ll get £25 – even if it’s trash!

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CUTTING IT FINE • Laura, you’re in danger, girl! Your hair extensions – and your dodgy shower – say so…