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Coal House goes to war

Three more Welsh families are going back in time to live in miners’ cottages for the Coal House series. This time it is 1944 and wartime rationing is in force. But what will life be like in Coal House at War? And what will they miss the most? Abbie Wightwick spoke to family members and found some are already pining for their hair straighteners... Read

Bringing home the bacon

From playing a plus-sized romantic lead in West End comedy hit Fat Pig and growing curious about Hollywood, Ella Smith is an actress who plays by her own rules. She tells Claire Rees about her plans for world domination while showing off her cleavage Read

A garden good enough to eat

SHOW Michele Fitzsimmons a pretty flower and she is just as likely to eat it as to put it in a vase in her home. Read

European chic in exotic Africa

I’M on day three of my stay in Tunisia and I haven’t yet set foot on a beach. The trip has been organised by the Tunisia National Tourist Office and the emphasis is on the art and culture the North African country has to offer away from tours to the Sahara Desert. Read

Crunch time for skincare

EXPERTS ARE SAYING WOMEN WILL SOON BE BOASTING THEIR BUDGET BEAUTY STEALS IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUDED PRIMARK – CLAIRE REES LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE Read

Top tips on how to look good on the high street

Perfect answer to Zeta critics

FLAWLESS skin, doll-like eyes, and a return to the trademark glossy pout – Catherine Zeta-Jones has bounced back less than a week after an unflattering photograph of her provoked national criticism. Read

‘My first job was designing ladies undies at M&S’

CONFESSIONS OF ... an Interior designer. Caroline Newton, 45, looks after the private client work for Sunrise Interiors, creating bespoke schemes for a range of clients. Caroline, from Bridgend, is married to Christopher and has two sons, Thomas, 17, and Elliot, 14. Read

‘I said my dress was designer – but it was from Tesco’

ALL ABOUT YOU: Emma Breeze, 21, is a PR executive at freshbaked PR in Cardiff. She lives in Church Village. Read

No-one questions if I’m too old, says carer Gill

AT 73, carer Gill Cole is older than some of the people she looks after. Read

Mums share the magic of a good book

THIS week is Children’s Book Week. Now in its 77th year, this celebration of reading is organised by the charity Booktrust. Read

Long-distance loving

Tim Lewis' girlfriend has left Wales. Now he just needs to work hard to make sure she doesn't leave him... Read

Modelling competition winners revealed

Meet Mathew and Sheridan – the winners of Wales on Sunday’s competition to uncover Wales’ top untapped modelling talent. They were picked out as the winners from the huge number of entries – and the results are pretty impressive, reports ABBIE WIGHTWICK... Read

Sheridan ready for modelling career

BRUNETTE stunner Sheridan Leigh Davies, 20, has also been getting endless texts since learning she’d beaten the other girl finalists last Sunday. Read

Ruth Jones on her radio challenge

Ruth Jones is used to hiding behind characters, like the larger-than-life Nessa in Gavin and Stacey. But in her new radio show, she’s going to have to play her hardest role to date – herself. Abbie Wightwick tries to get up close and personal with a reluctant icon Read

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Mind matters: Change of thought

CAN you recall when and where you were happiest? Not all of us have been blessed with those spikes of unabashed glee that bring on the inane grin of a gameshow host. Read

The insider: Peter Finch

IF Dickens had been alive today then he would have been writing for television. How many times have we heard that? Dickens bringing the Cybermen to the London workhouse. Little Nell the new companion of Dr Who. Read

Tales from the allotment: Terry Walton

When will this late summer end? That is a rhetorical question and let it stay a while longer yet as us allotmenteers are enjoying it. Read

Recycle chic

LAST week designer Ben de Lisi called on young people to recycle their clothes in an effort to highlight social and environmental issues surrounding the fashion industry. Read

Leave Zeta alone say experts after her bad day at the office

A BAD DAY at the office happens to the best of us, but when it befalls a Hollywood star regarded as one of the planet’s most beautiful women, the whole world catches your off-guard moment. Read