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Britain’s best-selling women’s magazine that’s all about you and your life.

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This week’s issue

RUNAWAY GROOM: My Italian stallion bolted with another woman
RUNAWAY GROOM: My Italian stallion bolted with another woman

I was about to marry my Italian stallion. Then another woman rode off with him.

I CAN'T FORGIVE HER: Friend left my little boy like THIS
I CAN'T FORGIVE HER: Friend left my little boy like THIS

I’d thought Ellie was my friend, but because of her, my little boy was fighting for his life. Would he ever recover?

'A COLD COULD KILL YOUR BABY'
'A COLD COULD KILL YOUR BABY'

I was desperate to meet our little boy. But from day one, things started to go drastically wrong.

EATEN ALIVE by her mum's dogs
EATEN ALIVE by her mum's dogs

I was about to give birth when my two guardian angels turned on me. What happened next will haunt me forever.

We found poor Mum chopped up in the kitchen bin
We found poor Mum chopped up in the kitchen bin

When my mum didn’t turn up for lunch, I knew something was wrong. But the truth was more horrifying than anything I could have imagined.

THE KISS OF LIFE
THE KISS OF LIFE

When my little girl got cancer, we didn’t know if she’d survive. Then a stranger came to her rescue.