Ex-recluse is Slimmer of the Year (Channel 4)

A woman who barely left her house in 20 years has won a slimmer of the year award after losing half her body weight. Gill Butcher, from Wootton, Northampton, was so embarrassed by her 21-stone frame that she became a recluse.

UK & World News: Slimmer of the Year sheds 10 stone (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)

A woman who barely left her house in 20 years has won the Slimmer of the Year award after losing half her body weight.

Andrew Martin: Your country needs you ... to buy some underpants (Guardian Unlimited)

When Viv Nicholson won the football pools, her vow to "spend, spend, spend" had a certain transgressive power, and her story of rags to riches and back became a morality tale of the times. But that was the 60s, when the remnants of a puritanical mindset dictated that you didn't boast about spending money; you didn't eat for the sake of eating or shop for the sake of shopping. If Nicholson ...

The Herts Advertiser (Herts Advertiser)

Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Clubs is offering six lucky readers the chance of winning a year's free membership to their local club. The prize includes a free Rosemary Conley membership pack and a free weekly class throughout the year.

DAYBOOK: Dec. 27 (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)

Jesse R. Bryant, 60, of Homer died Dec. 17 at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall.