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Welcome to this week's Chat… How sweet are Freya and Jakob (p24)? She was so excited to have a baby brother that she even sang nursery rhymes to mum Nicola's bump. But it was when little Jakob arrived Freya really proved that she took big sister duti

Rosie Rayner, 31, from Exmouth If you won the lottery, what's the first thing you'd buy? I would definitely book a safari in Africa for my family. It's on my bucket list to see these gorgeous animals and I'd love to take all my gang on a wild adventu

Julie Robinson, 40, from Cleethorpes The plate in front of me was piled high with roast chicken and vegetables. 'Eat up,' my mum Julie, 51, grinned at me and my dad Keith, 56. It was September 2014 and, after some difficult years, it was a relief see

Ethos, pathos and logos are often considered the main strands of what skill? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. WIN £100 Puz

According to the National Statistics Office Malta's 2021 census, how many women live in Malta? Fit these numbers into the grid. One number doesn't fit. This is the prize answer. 1429 1825 1886 2238 4014 4911 5133 5674 6008 6837 7159 9007 9301 11670 1

WIN 10× £20 Puzzle 5 Look closely at these two pics – there's a difference in five squares. The five grid references (eg, 1A, 2B, 2C, 3C, 4D) are your prize answer. Your answer: TO ENTER Turn to page 56 for details■

Kel O'Neill, 38, Mold, Flintshire True-life PATIENT CASEBOOK Looking around the waiting room, I realised that everyone else was so much older than me. 'Are you waiting for your mum?' a nurse asked. 'No,' I stammered. 'I'm here for a scan.' Surprised,

Q I've been offered the 'skinny jab' semaglutide at my local beauty salon at a discount. I'm only slightly overweight so I don't qualify for a prescription from my GP. Should I get it? Rosie, Birmingham A Be wary about getting medications like semagl

Prickly heat (also known as heat rash) tends to be caused by excessive sweating, so staying out of the heat where possible will help to prevent a rash developing. 'Avoid prolonged exposure in hot and humid environments, especially during the peak hea

Can you set a puzzle in this format? Send it, with a photo of yourself, to the address on p5. There's £20 for every one we use! This week's puzzle was compiled by Tammy Parsons, Kettering, Northamptonshire WIN 5 × £20 Puzzle 6 1 A piece of legislatio

Who hosted The Big Blow Out, a talent show for hairstylists which aired for one series on C4 in 2022? Hidden in this grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally, are 10 items beginning with A, one for each of the subjects given below. F

What name is shared by the engine with designation NWR 6 in the Thomas the Tank Engine franchise and Governor Ratcliffe's pug in the 1995 film Pocahontas? Get from Start to Finish, making words by joining two boxes together as you go, eg: SU + CH, CH

The US rock band Linkin Park adapted their name from that of a real park in which American city? To find out, solve the puzzle… Add a letter anywhere in each of the boxed-off words to fit the clue, eg, Expenses = COTS + S = COSTS. Write the added let

If you haven't had your sporting fill with the footy, then prepare for a variety of impressive physical displays during the Olympics. Events such as football and rugby sevens begin on 24 July but the big date for your diary is the 26 July when the op

WIN £500 Puzzle 10 The live-action scenes in which film were the first to be made at Disney's Burbank site on a sound stage built for the production? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in

To solve the puzzle, each 3 × 3 box, each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Solve the puzzle and the numbers in the highlighted squares will give you the prize puzzle answer. WIN 2 × £30 Puzzle 11 Your answer:■

WIN £40 Puzzle 12 Which animal is associated with cowardice in colloquial Hebrew, akin to the English use of 'chicken'? The answer is the one missing from the grid. BADGER FOX HARE HEDGEHOG MINK MOLE MOUSE OTTER RABBIT RAT SHREW SQUIRREL STOAT VOLE W

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Author Daphne du Maurier lived for many years at Menabilly, an estate near which town, in which the Du Maurier Festival Society still runs an annual arts and literature festival? Solve the crossword, then read down the shaded squares to find the priz

Danielle Grover, 35, Armagh As soon as the question had left her lips, my stomach started churning. 'Will you be my bridesmaid?' my mate Sarah, then 27, had asked. It was August 2016 and we were chatting at my house. I'd loved hearing all about her b

WIN £100 Puzzle 14 What is the longest river in the British Isles? Solve the puzzle by following the arrows and writing in your answers. Then read down the letters in the shaded squares to find the prize answer. Your answer:

What animal connects a Niki Caro film and a book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, both released in 2003? Fit the words into the grid, then read down the letters in the shaded circles. GEL GEM GET HEM HEW MET NET NEW SET CHIT SECT SITE SWIG TEST

Q I'm married but attracted to a married colleague, and I know that she's interested in me too. Six months ago, she invited me to her place while her husband and kids were away. I didn't take up the offer as I was hoping that my feelings for her woul

Tetra Pak produced their first rectangular carton (the Tetra Brik) in which Swedish city in 1963? Unscramble each group of letters to discover six Swedish cities. Now fit them across the grid and you'll spell out the answer to the question. 1 MM OLA 

improve your money habits These handy tips can help you manage your cash. Having a clear plan for your cash can be great motivation for adopting better money habits. Start by going through your finances and drawing up a budget so you know how much yo

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Nadine Rae, 23 Throwing a ball across the field, I watched as my German shepherd Diesel ran after it as though his life depended on it. 'He's amazing,' my friend Daniel, then 34, said. It was October 2020 and I'd been friendly with Daniel for about a

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Kelly Wilkinson was just 18 when she fell for a man who lived on the other side of the world. From her home in the Gold Coast, Australia, she'd got chatting online to ex-US marine Brian Earl Johnston, then 25. In December 2011, Kelly, described by lo

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Solutions to Chat issue 25 (20 June 2024) Puzzle 2 Domain Puzzle 3 Polish Puzzle 4 Audrey Hepburn Puzzle 5 1C,1D,2D,3B,4C Puzzle 6 Rust Puzzle 7 Dodo Puzzle 8 Siobhan McSweeney Puzzle 9 Ridley Scott Puzzle 10 Primrose Puzzle 13 Joan Puzzle 14 Lahore 

Dear Dad, Eyes closed, head resting on the desk, music flowed through me. It was 1994 and, aged 8, my music teacher was playing classical music. Encouraging us to really listen to the piece. Some of my fondest memories are from my music lessons. And