Yasmin Harisha
YEARS of fad-dieting failed to help ex-Gogglebox star Amy Tapper lose weight.
But now Amy, 21, who starred on the Channel 4 show with her family from 2013 to 2018, believes she has finally turned a corner after shedding 3st 7lb in lockdown.
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Ex-Gogglebox star Amy Tapper has lost 3st 7lb in lockdownCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Amy, who was told by doctors she suffers from a slow metabolism, has shrunk by three dress sizes, from a 26 to a 20, after cutting down her portion sizes and dancing around her home.
She says: “I have tried and tested every diet under the sun but my weight has been a battle since I was eight years old.
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Debenhams will NOT be reopening Scots stores for closing down sale despite doing so in rest of UK
Updated: 7 Apr 2021, 17:55
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DEBENHAMS will NOT be reopening their Scots stores for a closing down sale, despite doing so across the rest of the UK.
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Debenhams will not be reopening their Scottish stores for a closing down saleCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
However, as that is not in the case in Scotland until April 26, they will not be doing the same up here.
As a result, the 15 stores north of the border are already shut for good and 647 staff will be made redundant.
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Apr 5 2021, 20:10 ET
LAGS at one of Britain’s worst performing jails have been given a petting zoo so they can “escape” stress.
They can book sessions to stroke gerbils and bunnies to help calm themselves.
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Lags at one of Britain’s worst performing jails have been given a petting zoo so they can escape stressCredit: Alamy
The move has been praised as an “imaginative initiative” in a report by prison inspectors.
It calls HMP Hindley’s outside garden with small animals a place “prisoners could visit to escape the stresses of the time”.
The zoo for 600 inmates at the category C jail near Wigan is believed to include hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits.