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Frances Burscough goes from single mum to sex siren in just four hours
When Frances Burscough was stuck in a rut and wanting a new glam image, she called in a team of top professionals. Did it work?
A real princess is a truly fragile creature
When I was a kid the most treasured collection on my bedroom bookshelf was the colourful line-up of Puffin Classic Fairy Tales.
Why this customer was certainly right
Remember the days when the customer was always right? No, neither do I. It must have been before my time.
Torchlight zombies and killer geese ... what’s not to love?
Age sixteen: it's a tricky phase alright. You're not quite an adult, but definitely no child. Cigarettes and booze are still off-limits but yet you can theoretically work in full-time employment and even get married.
Why my dad’s 80th birthday was such a poetic moment
Last Saturday was my dad's 80th birthday. This was one milestone I thought he might never reach after all the traumas of the past two years, including open heart surgery, two hip replacements, a stroke and being told by his GP to give up whiskey — possibly the worst trauma of them all.
Career need perking up? Get your jungle bikini on
I never thought I would see the day when a story about I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here would make it even into the Daily Telegraph.
How my siblings prove big families are worth their weight in gold
In order to make my point this week I am going to tell you a little bit about eight different people. The reason I am listing this selection specifically will become clear towards the end, so do bear with me.
I’m no gr8 fan of txt speak, cuz I really CBA with it TBH ...
Modern communication technology is a wonderful thing in so many ways.
Why I’ve had my fill of gluttony on this vile TV food show
The advantages of living in a predominantly teenage, predominantly male household are many and varied. But the downside of being the token female, token parent can be summed up in one word. Television.
I feel obliged to warn you of forthcoming fashion faux pas
As the Belfast Telegraph's catwalk correspondent I have spent most of this week in pride of place on the front row seats at Belfast Fashionweek so I'm uniquely well-placed to give you some tips on the advantages and disadvantages of certain new perplexing trends of the season.
I’ll be keeping my feet firmly on the ground from now on
Well folks I did it. I actually did it. I jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet and lived to tell the tale.
Waltons are one family who should stay in the past
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? The television and film industries just keep on trying to reinvent and remake old shows from the past that were perfectly fine in the first place. Why can't they just leave well alone and move on to fresh new ideas?
In search of the ideal way to cross the Irish Sea while awaiting the opening of that feat of engineering genius, the Titanic Tunnel? Well, you need look no further
I have lived on these shores now for more than two decades since “blowing-in” from England in the early '90s and ever since then I've waited, hoped and prayed for a civil engineering genius to build a tunnel across the Irish Sea connecting the two islands. Or, better still, a bridge.
Heavens above! What on earth could this celestial sight mean?
In ancient times the sight of a shooting star or comet was always greeted with superstition.
Why the TV is just like another member of our happy family
All this talk of the nationwide digital changeover has led to a few moments of nostalgia for the tellies of yesteryear. Not just the programmes, but the actual sets themselves.
The most important job in my life looks like it’s finally done
There are certain events in your child's life that you can never forget; rites of passage that stay burnt into your memory with a flash-bulb and all it takes is a moment of nostalgia or a jolt of realisation for them to develop once again in full colour before your mind's eye.
Why my son isn’t feeling the strain of going to uni
Freshers’ Week begins next weekend for thousands of students who are flying the nest for the first time and leaving home to go to university.
Flesh eating zombies might be stalking the streets but if there's a product placement on hand all is well with the world
I really cannot wait for the new James Bond film Skyfall to be released next month. Not just because I'm a huge Bond fan — and always have been since the days of sex-god Sean Connery and his dress-unzipping magnetic watch; but for another, very 21st-century reason.
Oh Brother ... these celebs make compulsive viewing
Channel 5 I salute you. You took a tired, lacklustre, flagging show that had been mired by unwise casting and controversy; you shook it up, made a few tweaks here and there, altered the ageing format ever so slightly, injected new life into it and finally restored it to its former grotesque glory.
Forget festival fever, I prefer lakeland heaven
I'm writing this week from one of the most idyllic settings in Northern Ireland. As I tap away on my laptop, the sparkling waters of Lough Erne are lapping below my feet from the rippling wake of a passing mute swan and its ungainly brood of cygnets.
Madeleine McCann: New suspects identified by UK police
North West 200: Live pictures plus race schedule
In Pictures: Balmoral Show
Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
Latest News
Crohn's patients slam hospital food
Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.
One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel'
More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.
Miliband pledges tax crackdown new
Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.
Latest Sport
Clichy signs new City deal new
Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City.
Doyle downs hat-trick in Carlow success new
Substitute Craig Doyle came off the bench to fire in a spectacular hat-trick as Carlow powered to a 4-17 to 2-13 victory over London in the Leinster SHC at Dr Cullen Park.
Jones to pay for damaging Whelan's car new
Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has apologised to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a mistaken act of retribution for a training-ground prank which went wrong.
Latest Showbiz
Denmark eclipses UK at Eurovision new
The UK was holding out for a hero - but in the event Bonnie Tyler was totally eclipsed by bookies' favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Corrie streets ahead of opposition new
Coronation Street dominated the British Soap Awards, scooping eight out of 16 awards including Best Soap.
Veteran actor takes Doctor Who role new
John Hurt has been unveiled as an incarnation of The Doctor as the latest series of Doctor Who reached its climax.
