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At fi rst sight these two doggy pals look no different to any other pooches, but they have an amazing tale to tell. For one acts as a guide dog to the other – who is totally blind.

The inseparable Border Collies, known as Bonnie and Clyde, were found abandoned on the streets of Norfolk. Clyde relies on his partner Bonnie to guide him everywhere. She stays inches from Clyde’s side while guiding him on walks or to food or water, and lets him rest his head on her haunches whenever he becomes disorientated. When the pair are together

The view from this fortnight…

41ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1968 Morecambe and Wise began their golden partnership with the Beeb. The series launched the famous routines we still remember with a smile – the bed sketches, Ernie’s plays, the jokes about Des O’Connor and, of course, the famous guests, from Glenda Jackson to André Previn. Eric and Ern became a national institution – so much so that nearly 28 million of us watched the 1977 Christmas special. But just nine years later, Eric’s fatal heart attack ended the magic partnership.PIC

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Clyde seems as capable as a fully-sighted dog, but he refuses to move unless Bonnie is nearby to guide him. The pair were initially taken to The Meadow Green Dog Rescue centre in Loddon, Norfolk but now they’ve been re-homed together with an owner who has a lovely big garden for them to play in.

Follow me Clyde... Bonnie, left, acts as a guide dog for Clyde who’s totally blind

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Looks like the classic 1980s sitcom Butterfl ies could make a comeback. An idea is being worked on for the show – that starred Wendy Craig as frustrated housewife Ria and Geoffrey Palmer as her husband Ben – that would allow us to see what’s happened to the family in the last 25 years. In the original series, which ran from 1978 to 1983, Ria struggled with the demands of family life and often contemplated escaping it all to be with her friend Leonard. There’s now hope that we might discover the outcome as the show’s writer Carla Lane and Wendy have both signalled their approval for reviving the show.

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1 GROWING OLD GRATEFULLYAgony aunt and author Virginia

Ironside celebrates the passing years in her latest book, The Virginia Monologues: Twenty Reasons Why Growing Old is Great. From sex to supplements, researching the past to being a bore, she tackles it all with wit and aplomb. The hardback is in bookshops from September 3 (Fig Tree, RRP £12.99)

2

BE MIGRAINE AWAREIf you’re a sufferer, you’ll know

all about the misery of migraine – and that’s about 15 per cent of us who know that it’s more than ‘just a headache’. Don’t suffer in silence, but arm yourself with help and practical advice during Migraine Awareness Week from September 6-12.Contact the Migraine Action support line on 0116 275 8317 for more information.

4 WE’LL MEET AGAINJune Whitfi eld hosts

We’ll Meet Again, A Musical Salute to the War Years, playing at fi ve venues in early September. Those old songs you love will come to life again with the help of Andrews’ Sisters tribute act The Swingcats, ukulele player Mark Walsh as George

Formby, dancers, a full orchestra and special guest singer Flt Lt Matt Little performing highlights such as Goodnight Sweetheart. Dates are: Sep 3, Birmingham Symphony Hall; Sep 4, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall; Sep 5, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall; Sep 6, Manchester Bridgewater Hall; Sep 12, London Royal Festival Hall. Book direct with venue (ticket prices vary) or see www.raymondgubbay.co.uk

3 M FOR MURDERAmateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, played by

Angela Lansbury, is back for the 10th season of Murder She Wrote, one of the longest running crime drama series in TV history. Try out your own detective skills as feisty Jessica’s casebook takes her to a racetrack, backstage at a Broadway show based on one of her novels, investigating the ‘suicide’ of her editor or the disturbing disappearance of her own nephew. The fi ve-DVD set is in shops from August 31 (Universal Playback, £34.99)

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We were appalled to hear that free bus passes could be under threat. A recent report by the Local Government Association suggests bringing in a bus pass ‘means test’ for pensioners, because we’re apparently taking advantage of free travel!

But if means testing were introduced, and passes limited to those who are offi cially considered poor, millions would see their passes taken away. While we understand the fi nancial pressures facing local councils, why should pensioners be penalised? Let’s face it, there are precious few other perks for people who have worked hard all their lives and paid their taxes. Labour’s czar for older people, Dame Joan Bakewell, has told the Government: “I think it’s a big mistake. It is completely heading for disaster. You will get the backs of older people up tremendously, and they are the voters.” Good on you Joan. Bus passes are a vital part of social interaction for millions. Here at Yours we say enough is enough. Watch this space for more news on the issue.

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By: Judy Hobson

In September 2009, thousands of Girl Guides will descend on Crystal Palace in London to commemorate 100 years

of Guiding. It will be a much bigger gathering than the handful who gatecrashed Robert Baden-Powell’s first Boy Scout rally in 1909, insisting they wanted to be Scouts too. Within months, he had set up the Girl Guides with his sister, Agnes, at its head. When the Chief Scout was later asked who started the Guides, he replied: “They started themselves.” Although some critics described the new movement, as “foolish and pernicious”, more than 6,000 girls proved them wrong by signing up instantly.

Guides proved invaluable with the outbreak of the First World War, collecting salvage, turning halls into first aid stations, working in Red Cross hospitals, knitting clothing for men at the front, giving concerts for soldiers, and collecting eggs to be sent to the wounded in France. Eighty were chosen by Marconi Wireless Telegraphs to courier

confidential messages to the Admiralty and other Government departments.

There are currently more than half a million Girl Guides in the UK and 10 million worldwide. It has been said that almost half the women in the UK have been involved in Guiding at some stage.

“Guiding is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago,” says GMTV presenter and former Brownie Lorraine Kelly, who is among the high achievers chosen as role models for today’s Guides.

“The crucial quality girls and young women get from

(100 years of Guiding)In September 1909, a group of girls gatecrashed the first Boy Scout rally at Crystal Palace and demanded to be made Scouts, too

Camp fires and doing our best

FOOD NEVER TASTED THIS GOOD For generations girls have revelled in the freedom that being a guide has brought but lanyards and berets were worn at all times!

Ringing in changes... gone are the simpler badge designs of yesteryear. The latest one has a mobile phone!

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Guiding is learning how to respect each other.”

When Bessie Shorrock (83), from Darwen, Lancashire, joined the 5th Darwen Brownies in 1933, there was great emphasis on personal grooming. She says: “Brown Owl would inspect our nails and even look underneath the insteps of our shoes to check we had cleaned that area, too.

“We were taught the National Anthem and Land of Hope and Glory, and had to learn to make our own beds and bring in a letter from our mothers saying we did this every day.

“In Guides, we had lots of drill and marched up and down the schoolroom. We went tracking in parks and on moors, taking our supper with us – usually jam sandwiches. We played games, but there were never prizes. We just took pride in winning.

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// Girl Guiding UK is compiling an oral history of the movement and would like to hear from readers with interesting stories about their time in the Guides. It is also launching a Friends Reunited-style website for former Guides.Contact: Girl Guiding UK, 17-19 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0PT or log on to www.girlguiding.org.uk/centenary

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On June 9, 1937, the Ist Buckingham Palace Company of the Girl Guides had its initial meeting, with Princess Elizabeth elected second of the Kingfi sher Patrol and

Patricia Mountbatten chosen as patrol leader. A Brownie pack was also created for Princess Margaret.

After the outbreak of war, the Princesses – pictured here with Elizabeth practising her fi rst aid skills on Margaret – remained active in the Guide movement, fi rst as members of the Balmoral Company and then later at Windsor, when Elizabeth became leader of Swallow Patrol.

A year later, she had gained her boating permit and become a Sea Ranger, before rising to Chief Ranger of the British Empire in 1946.

Bessie Shorrock, second from left, with other Guides

took wool from old jumpers and turned it into gloves or something else that could be sold. We were taught how to knit on four needles and made gloves and balaclavas for the airmen, sailors and soldiers.”

Among her prized possessions is a certifi cate for “bringing comfort and contentment to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the British Commonwealth”.

Bessie was one of 44 Rangers (senior section) from East Lancashire chosen to march past Princess Elizabeth in Hyde Park in May 1946 in recognition of their war effort. “Before going, we had weeks of drill practice with an army sergeant who really put us through our paces.

“We had to wear exactly the same uniform – a navy skirt, grey jumper and a blue and gold neckerchief, a belt and a navy beret, black shoes and stockings from guide headquarters.

“On the parade morning, it poured with rain and our wool mix berets started to shrink. The ladies serving lunch stretched them around

dinner plates and put them on pipes to dry. At Hyde Park we marched 10 abreast, eyes right. Just before the parade began, the sun came out.” At 21, Bessie became captain of the 21st Darwen Guides and was division president for ten years from 1992.

Norma Rednall (80), from Lee in south-east London, fi rst became involved with the movement when she stayed on her grandparents’ farm near Bury St Edmunds in 1942. She explains: “I was never a Brownie and joined the Guides in Suffolk under pressure. Our main activity was growing vegetables which we took to a camp for wounded solders.”

Norma returned to London

in 1944, joining the 9th Lee South Guides before founding and being captain of the 10th Lee South Guides in 1949. She says: “We met in the church hall, and in winter had to take coal or wood so we could have a fi re and keep warm.”

Norma’s most exciting memory is being among a handful of guiders representing the Girl Guides Association at Princess Margaret’s wedding in Westminster Abbey.

“I had a good view of her as she came in the Abbey. She looked beautiful. That evening, I arranged a fi sh and chips supper for my Guides so I could tell them all about it. I wanted them to feel part of the day, too.”

A proud Norma Rednall poses in her Guide uniform

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Dear DiaryIf you have a niggling health problem keep a diary of your symptoms for a few weeks. Note when the fl are-ups happen and your diet and activities that day. It could help both you and your doctor to work out if your lifestyle is contributing to your problem.

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Language Timothy!Mr Lumsden will have to forgive us, because new research has found that a little bit of swearing could actually help to ease pain. The scientists think that swearing helps to trigger your fi ght or fl ight response and helps to dull pain and ease your fear of it.

Sick with envy?Keeping up with the Jones’s could be bad for your health, say US scientists. Being envious of your friends and neighbours makes you more prone to health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, ulcers and diabetes. So forget about everyone else and count your blessings instead.

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41YOURS // EVERY FORTNIGHT

Painful and unsightly varicose veins on Stella Papaphilippou’s hands undermined her confidence and left her in agony but simple laser surgery transformed her life

By Ellie Guttridge

Stella Papaphilippou gazed longingly at the glamorous strappy evening dresses before turning on her heels

and picking out a skirt and blouse to try on. At 53, Stella had always taken pride in her appearance and felt good about herself. There was just one thing stopping her buying the glamorous silky sleeveless evening dress – the unsightly varicose veins on her hands!

“I always felt my hands and arms were letting me down,” she admits. “I hated them and tried to hide them with long sleeved tops that I would pull down over my hands. No matter how hot it was I always wore long sleeves. I always dreaded formal parties because I could never find anything glamorous to wear that would hide my arms.”

Stella first began to suffer with aching swollen hands in her late forties, but she had no idea that she was suffering the first effects of varicose veins. “I didn’t realise you could get varicose veins on your hands. I just thought that I had over done it when my hands were aching. I thought it would go away but I kept suffering from awful swelling. They could balloon to double or three times their size. It was awful.”

On bad days, Stella was left unable to bend her fingers and even the simplest task became an almighty challenge. She loved to cook for her husband Nicholas (60) but there were weeks when she couldn’t even manage to cook the simplest meal. “Nicholas is Greek and so I would make traditional Greek dishes. But when my hands were swollen it would be agony to bend my fingers and so I couldn’t chop things up.”

Stella was forced to rely on her

daughter Andree (31) to visit and cook their meals. “It made me feel so old. I was only in my early 50s. It frustrated me that my varicose veins were interfering with my life. Andree was so good helping, but I was upset I had to rely on her.”

It was two years before Stella visited her GP who told her about laser treatment for varicose veins and she immediately booked an appointment with a specialist at the British Varicose Vein Centre. “I couldn’t believe it when my consultant told me I could have my varicose veins treated under local anaesthetic using new laser techniques.”

Stella, a director for an accountancy firm, didn’t want to have to take time off work but with the laser treatment, the procedure was over in an hour and 45 minutes and she was bandaged up and sent home. “I took the bandages off the next day and other than a little bruising, the varicose veins were gone. It was amazing.”

The laser treatment treats the vein directly, without the need to remove it, by using a very narrow optical fibre, which is introduced under local anaesthetic. Laser energy is delivered in short pulses to seal the faulty vein and eliminates unsightly bulging that causes discomfort.

“I was like a changed woman afterwards,” Stella says. “It’s amazing how your confidence can be affected. In my work, I meet a lot of people and the first thing you do when you greet someone is shake their hands. I know you shouldn’t but I always worried about what

people thought. Now I don’t worry about what they are thinking and the best thing is I don’t have to swelter in long sleeves during the hot summer months.”

Stella has treated herself to a new wardrobe full of strappy tops and short sleeve blouses and is delighted with her new look. “I now enjoy shopping for clothes and I am looking forward to buying an evening dress for our Christmas work do this year. All those dresses that I daren’t wear before are now definitely on my shopping list!”

// If you have varicose veins your GP will be able to advise you about the most suitable form of treatment for you. The British Varicose Vein Centre offers private treatment. For more information call 0207 078 3822.

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