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Easy Slimming World chicken recipes including chicken thighs and breasts

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We've rounded up our best Slimming World chicken recipes including favourites using chicken thighs and chicken breasts too. From breakfast all the way through to dinner, dessert and snacks, Slimming World have all bases covered to ensure you stay on track. Of course you don’t have to be on an official plan to enjoy our Slimming World chicken recipes though. For those not familiar with Slimming World , it is an organisation that helps millions of members all over the country achieve their weight loss and management goals while eating healthy balanced meals. On the Slimming World plan there are low Syn foods such as Diet Coke and Curly Wurlys (yes really!), which are designed to keep you on track while allowing a little indulgence. Your personal goals will determine your daily Syn allowance but thankfully for many, chicken is a Free Food which you can fill up on and eat as much as you like. Other Free Foods include vegetables, fruit, lean meat, eggs, potatoes and even pasta. T

The Queen is set to 'clip wings' of Prince Harry to allow him to return to royal events, royal expert claims

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The Queen is set to 'clip wings' of Prince Harry before he is expected to return to royal events in 2021. The Queen is set to ‘clip wings’ of Prince Harry if he is likely to return to royal events in 2021. Her majesty is likely to take steps to stop her grandson from stealing the limelight, a royal expert claims In other royal news , Prince Charles gives up beloved home ahead of becoming king The Queen is set to ‘clip wings’ of grandson Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle should they return to royal events in the UK. Her majesty, who turns 95 in April, is due to review the Megxit deal with Prince Harry, 36, in 2021 and as part of this they are expected to discuss his future with the Royal Family as well as his titles. But while royal expert Russel Myers doesn’t believe the Queen will ban Harry, who has 19-month-old son Archie with wife Meghan, from returning for major royal milestones, he thinks she is more likely to “clip the wings” of the Sussex couple after they ha

Ulrika Jonsson admits she's 'distraught and bereft' after family death

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Ulrika Jonsson is mourning the loss of her beloved bulldog Nessie, 10. Ulrika Jonsson is struggling with the loss of her beloved bulldog Nessie after she revealed she had died following a short health battle. The TV presenter took to Instagram last week to reveal that her pet pooch had spent two days at the vets after suffering kidney failure. She uploaded a snap of Nessie and told fans it wasn’t good news for her furry friend. It comes after Harry Redknapp shared his own heartbreaking family loss with the death of his pet dog Lulu before Christmas. She captioned it, “Ma grande dame. My first born fur baby. Has spent 48hrs at our lovely vet’s. She’s not going to win this battle. I’ve been beyond distraught and bereft. We will keep her at home as long as we can. My girl.” And just a few days later, she updated her 128k followers to tell them, “She’s gone” as she shared a heartbreaking selfie with Nessie. READ MORE: ‘I picked excellent father material’ Ulrika Jonsson reflects

Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine: Where is it made and how effective is it?

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Credit: Getty The Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine, created by the University of Oxford, has now been approved and is ready for distribution.  It’s the good news that we need to finish the year, as more areas headed into tier 4 lockdown restrictions over the festive period and speculation has been ever-growing around the prospect of another lockdown in the new year . The Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine is one of many, including the Pfizer vaccine , that has broken ahead of the pack and made history for the speed at which it’s been developed and made ready to roll out across the country. It is truly fantastic news – and a triumph for British science – that the @UniofOxford / @AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use. We will now move to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. pic.twitter.com/cR4pRdZJlT — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 30, 2020 It all started on November 23 2020, when Oxford University announced a significantly positive res

Are we having another lockdown? Here's what we know about the third wave of coronavirus in the UK

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A new variant of coronavirus has emerged in the UK and as such, new lockdown restrictions have been imposed in many parts of the country. Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are facing another lockdown in January with England adding additional tier 4 lockdown restrictions to cope with the rising levels of coronavirus in the UK, due to this mutated strain of Covid-19. It’s not thought to be more dangerous than the original strain, nor is it thought to be resistant to any of the coronavirus vaccines now in distribution. However, health officials have warned that it is significantly more infectious – by up to 70%. So far a lockdown like that seen in March, which covered all areas of the UK over successive months, has not been implemented again. While England took on another lockdown in November, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland all took on their own, separate restrictions, some of which included the alternative circuit breaker lockdown . Cases are doubling weekly in some are