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Try and be smart in the silly season

WE’RE well and truly into that time of year that I like to refer to as the silly season. Read

Recipe: Peach Creams

This is a tangy treat from WeightWatchers and has only one point or 102 calories per serving. Read

Parents are born heroes

I HAVE developed a new-found respect for all mums, dads and guardians this week. Read

Don’t pull plug on Kilbirnie pool

I’M FURIOUS at plans to reduce Garnock Pool in Kilbirnie to opening one or two days a week. Read

Lifeboat crew’s courage stands the test of time

I WONDER if any of you watched the programme on the television a week past on Sunday night? Read

Daytime TV’s a real pain

ONE of our number fell victim to last week’s cauld snap and did his back in on the ice. Read

Recipe: cheesy chicken with butternut chips

THIS Weightwatchers’ recipe adds a twist to chicken and has only four points or 295 calories per serving. Read

Parcels forced me to panic after netting gifts online

TAKE the hustle and bustle out of Christmas shopping they all said, the internet’s great. Read

Taking the pea over past

I HAD to laugh the other day in the Irvine Herald office as there was a moment that I forgot I was 32 . Read

Down Memory Lane: Cost of Christmas past

HAVE any of you folk made that Dutch Christmas Log I gave you the recipe for last week? Read

Recipe: Beef enchilada casserole

This winter warmer from Weightwatchers has five points per serving or 261 calories. Read

Where there's a Will there's a way to say I'm a Young fan

IT'S FINALLY time for me to come out the closet and admit I'm a Will Young fan. Read

I really need to wrap it!

I REALLY have to try and stop my addiction to wrapping paper. Read

True spirit of Christmas is alive and well all year round

WITH only four weekends left before Christmas (where does the time go?) many of us will be scrambling around the shops over the course of the next month, frantically searching for gifts for our family and friends. Read

Christmas doesn't come cheaply

IT’S strange, in all the years I’ve been working, I’ve never once taken a week’s holiday this close to the end of the year. Read

I feel like such a heel but those shoes had to go

I DID something that I never do I threw a pair of shoes in the bin. Read

My close encounter was out of this world

IF I close my eyes I can still imagine myself faking a panic attack as an 8ft alien jumped into a lift with me. Read

Recipe: Sweet tomato and basil soup

THIS WeightWatcher soup recipe has only half a point or 84 calories per serving. Read

Therapy classes for Ayrshire Parkinson's sufferers

THE PARKINSON'S Disease Society, Ayrshire Branch continues to offer therapy classes weekly. Read

Jungle celebrities vie for comeback

SO what do someone who used to be a TV presenter, an ex-policeman, a bloke who quit Eastenders, Sulu from Star Trek, a former tennis player and several others I’ve never heard of all have in common? Read

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