‘Smart diet’ app helps slimmers lose a stone in 12 weeks

A new ‘smart diet’ which uses a mobile app and wearable trackers could help slimmers lose a stone in just three months, research suggests. The study of 10,000 people suggests the weight loss regime, known as ‘Second Nature’, could be far more successful than traditional slimming groups. Users receive a pedometer and ‘smart scales’, which … Read more

Stone me! A house with a four-billion year-old boot scraper

HISTORY THE STONEMASON  by Andrew Ziminski (John Murray £20, 336pp) West Kennet Long Barrow has been standing amid the downs of North Wiltshire since around 3650 BC — a thousand years before the first Egyptian pyramid was so much as a gleam in a Pharaoh’s eye. And you can still crawl inside it. This is … Read more

Miss Great Britain, 26, wins the competition after losing eight stone

There is no disguising how thrilled Jennifer is to have walked away with the title, nor how astonishing her transformation is. With tumbling blonde hair, an impressively lithe figure and brilliant Hollywood smile, she looks every inch the beauty queen Seeing the judges walking towards her, bearing the coveted silver crown and announcing that she was … Read more

Woman shows off promise ring that has a HUMAN TOOTH as the stone

‘I hope it was at least his!’ Woman horrifies Facebook users with photos of her ‘beautiful’ promise ring that has a HUMAN TOOTH as the center stone – and came in a coffin-shaped box A Facebook user from Arizona posted photos of the woman wearing the creepy ring and the coffin-shaped box on the group … Read more

Music producer Bill Wyman sells £3million collection of Rolling Stone memorabilia

Rolling Stones legend Bill Wyman is putting his collection of memorabilia that spans the five decades he spent with the band up for auction for £3million.    The collection of 1,000 items includes guitars, keyboards, amps, awards and outfits the band wore on stage throughout his 50-year career playing bass for the rock ‘n roll legends.  … Read more

Student, 24, sheds eight stone after becoming too BIG to fit on an amusement park ride

An obese takeaway addict who ate McDonald’s twice a day – and was even too big to fit on an amusement park ride – has since turned her life around to drop 8st.  Talicia Lees, 24, from Sydney, New South Wales, who once tipped scales at 137kg while wearing size 22 clothes, revealed her self-esteem hit … Read more

John Torode admits he gains half a stone filming a series of MasterChef

John Torode revealed that he gains at least half a stone while filming a series of MasterChef, and insisted that vegan food can ‘absolutely’ be as tasty as meat.  The Australian-born chef, 54, appeared on Good Morning Britain today where he admitted that while he ‘tries not to worry’ about his weight hosting the BBC … Read more