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The planet’s future is in all our hands

EMMA Pinch looks at how we can minimise the damage caused by household waste. Read

Everyone’s favourite American Gest

EMMA Pinch gets the lowdown on David Gest, his celebrity lifestyle and friends, and tries to separate truth from tall tales Read

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Is vanity sizing cashing in on our fears?

EMMA Pinch considers the options for those of us who aren’t a Size Zero Read

Chester Mystery Play aimed at sceptics and gawpers

DIRECTOR Robin Goddard isn’t afraid of controversy, as he creates a more accessible take on the traditional Chester Mystery Plays. Emma Pinch reports Read

Anton du Beke: Anybody can dance

Emma Pinch talks to ballroom star Anton du Beke ahead of his show at the Liverpool Empire Read

Style City fashion with Rachel Brookes at Vincent Hotel, Southport

Fashion: Game for the safari look

Emma Pinch shows you how to let your imagination run wild with one of the summer’s hot trends Read

Cheshire Show Executive Director Nigel Evans

The Cheshire Show: Local flavour is always best

THE Cheshire Show aims to prove nothing beats the freshest ingredients. Emma Pinch reports Read

Keeping cool is so rock ’n’ roll for Def Leppard

DEF Leppard were the epitome of 80s rock excess.Emma Pinch reports on how they are cool again Read

Britain's Got Talent winner, George Sampson. Yui Mok/PA Wire

George Sampson: I wanted it to rain on my parade

BRITAIN'S newest superstar tells Emma Pinch he just wants a little normality back in his life Read

Mel Ferrer

HIS dark good looks and commanding presence on and off camera netted him the most luminous actress of her generation. Read

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Fashion: How to look stylish at this year’s festivals

YOU don’t have to turn your back on style to enjoy the summer’s festivals. Emma Pinch reports. Read

Women’s Institute is not all jam and Jerusalem

About 6,000 Women’s Institute members will arrive in Liverpool tomorrow for their first annual conference in the city. Emma Pinch finds out if it’s still all jam and Jerusalem at the WI Read

Oriental Restaurant at Shorrocks Hill Formby

Oriental @ Sharrocks, Lifeboat Road, Formby

EMMA Pinch is spoilt for choice at the revitalised Shorrocks, in Formby Read

Free yourself from the financial furore

Emma Pinch talks to the people who are having fun avoiding the financial hardships currently racking Britain thanks to the credit crunch Read

KENYA: The animal magic of Kenya

EMMA Pinch has an unforgettable experience in Africa. Read

The animal magic of Kenya

Emma Pinch has an unforgettable experience in Africa Read

George Davies: The culture in my stores comes from Liverpool

Emma Pinch talks to the man who has dressed a nation Read

Rick Astley reveals: I still get a tingle from singing

His face used to adorn many a teenage girl’s bedroom, but these days – as Emma Pinch discovers – Rick Astley prefers to live life anonymously. Read

Eddy Arnold

BORN on a cotton farm in the sultry American south, Eddy Arnold’s background couldn’t have been much further from his legions of listeners in gritty post-war Liverpool. Read

Diana Barnato Walker

LIKE the Roman goddess she was named after, Diana Barnato Walker was beautiful and enjoyed the freedom of the heavens at the cockpit of her Spitfire. Read