Take a Break Weekly

Take A Break Weekly is Britain’s best-selling women’s magazine that’s all about you and your life. Each week we share your compelling true-life stories, the latest health, fashion and beauty tips, plus cookery and travel. Don’t miss our exciting competitions with fabulous must-win prizes.

This week in your Take a Break

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Take a Break WORLD • Where everyone loves life

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One big day, TWO BRIDES • I’d just walked down the aisle ready to marry the man of my dreams, when I saw another woman in white heading my way.

Brainwaves

‘But I’m NOT crazy!’ • My mum’s love for my little brother had ended in horror. Could I ever forgive him?

YOUR BIG Bonanza

A shedful of HOPE • After a scary diagnosis, I cooked up a surprising way to cope.

AND THEN SUM • This puzzle is like a regular sudoku, but with an added twist! Start off by filling in the squares in the grid, so that every row, every column, and each of the 3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9.

NOW 4 SOMETHING Different

Supermarket SWEEP • Update your wardrobe while doing the weekly shop with these hero buys

DUNBLANE 30 YEARS ON: ‘My mum died a hero’ • In March 1996, a gunman broke into a Dunblane primary school murdering 16 children and their teacher, Gwen Mayor. Take a Break speaks to her daughter, Debbie, who proudly remembers her brave mum…

FIND THE Money! • All but one of the listed supermarket foodstuffs can be found hidden in our wordsearch. Words run in straight lines in any direction.

SHOCK in a FROCK • Trying on wedding dresses should have been magical, but one comment made it mortifying.

YOUR BIG Relax

The most honest advice around

5 ways to… FIGHT FATIGUE

Are we becoming SLEEP OBSESSED? • How knowing our numbers might be doing more harm than good…

‘SHE’S GOING BACKWARDS’ • When my teenage daughter stopped speaking and eating, we had to fight for answers

Code BREAKER • Crack our CODE BREAKER and discover the winning word…

‘I just want to go home!’ • I was all set for my dream honeymoon in paradise, when our love story was blown wildly off course.

SPRING BAKES • Whip up some treats this Easter weekend

Betty’s Boop-oop-a-doop! • Nicknamed Betty Boop as a child, Betty Crossland had no idea it would take over her life

Two mums, one heart • In a split second, my life was plunged into tragedy. But hope sprang from a dark place.

20 under £20 • Brighten your home for less with striking blues and cheerful yellow buys

QUESTION Time • The answer to each question can be found in the box at the bottom. Cross them off as you go.

Raise the WOOF! • I’d taken in a dog in need of a home. But I had no idea what I’d started.

Take a break… IN THE CITY • Enjoy a spring break somewhere new – for under £300pp

A FAMILY SEASIDE BREAK

Picture POINTER • Write your answers to the word and picture clues in the direction shown by the arrows.

Move over Fred and Ginger! • I was looking for a way to exercise, but I found so much more.

Life Stars • This week’s stars with Rosalie Jones

Starscope

YOUR BIG Supermarket SPREE

But YOU betrayed ME • I’d just discovered my boyfriend was up to no good, so why was he the one boiling over with rage?

YOUR BIG Cash Stash! • YOUR BIG Cash Stash is a brand-new puzzle with a brand-new prize! Solve our crossword to find out what’s inside our treasure chest and you could be in the money. There’s a different amount up for grabs EVERY...