‘doctors were full of doom – but now my daughter is a model’

BESSIE MATTHEWS won a standing ovation at the National Rail Awards. Still only 33, she’s a freight train driver, author, artist, social media influencer… and a force of nature. PAUL CLIFTON went to see Bessie at work

Four-time Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington OBE revealed in September that she is expecting her third child, which she has called a “small miracle”. After experiencing two heartbreaking misc

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I loved my gown, just not the body in it. But I had a plan to change that...