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My hands shook as I read the letter again. I had been for a routine mammogram a couple of weeks ago, but I thought it was all fine. It was August 2020, and I had just got home from a holiday to find a letter from the hospital. It said the mammogram h

1 Large water bird (4) 5 Overdue (4) 6 Mr Novello, famous Welshman (4) 7 Office note (4) 1 Slender (4) 2 Move the hand as a greeting (4) 3 Particle of matter (4) 4 Roman emperor (4) Read down the shaded squares for the answer. Answer on page 47.

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When Nadia met her abusive ex at 45 years old, she thought he was such a charming person. At the beginning of their relationship, all he did was compliment everything about her. He worshipped the ground she walked on. In fact, she began to think all

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