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Paul Harrison knew he had to make a change. He was overweight, stuck in a rut and was sick of being a slob. So he and partner Louise decided to join a gym and ditch their unhealthy lifestyle for good. Just 16 weeks later Paul had lost a staggering 46lb, dropping from 16st 12b to 13st 8lb. And the whole family have benefited from his health kick now that he insists that they all go out on healthy walks together before the kids are allowed to play on their Xbox. Floor layer Paul, 41, from Astley near Wigan explains: “I was sick of being a slob. “I just used to live on fast food. I was always eating on the go - if I was hungry I would pull in at a petrol station and grab a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps to keep me going till I got home. “I was just snacking all the time, drinking too much, going out a lot. "If the football was on I would get six cans of lager, for no reason other than the football was on telly. I realised that I had to change.” Paul and

Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week fetched "celebration prices" at auction yesterday. The fresh meat sold for up to NZ$210 per kilogram, several times higher than the prices paid for Antarctic minkes, at a wholesale market in Sendai, one of several cities on Japan's northern coasts to hold the auction. The meat came from two minkes caught by a fleet of five catcher boats off the northern city of Kushiro on Monday when Japan resumed commercial whaling after 31 years. During those years it conducted research hunts in the Antarctic and the northwestern Pacific that conservationists criticized as a cover for banned commercial hunts. Japan left the International Whaling Commission on June 30 and has promised the whalers will stay within its 200-mile exclusive economic zone waters. The Fisheries Agency set the catch quota through the end of the year at 227 whales — fewer than the 627 Japan had hunted

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysia on Friday (July 5) charged the Hollywood producer stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Prosecutors brought five money-laundering charges against Riza Aziz, a co-founder of Hollywood production firm Red Granite Pictures, which was behind the Oscar-nominated film The Wolf Of Wall Street. Mr Riza pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Najib founded 1MDB in 2009 and now faces 42 criminal charges related to huge losses at the fund and other state entities. He has pleaded not guilty.

President Trump bombarded "brave men and women" of the US military with praise during a speech at a controversial Independence Day event. "We celebrate our history, our people, and the heroes who proudly defend our flag," he told a crowd at a rain-soaked Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. He spoke about America's battle for independence and praised the "extraordinary heritage" of the country. "Together we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of America," Mr Trump said at the event. Chants of "USA, USA" broke out sporadically as he spoke. "It is the chronicle of brave citizens who never give up on the dream of a better and brighter future," he continued. "As long as we never stop fighting for a better future... there will be nothing that America cannot do." The stage at the Lincoln Memorial was draped in flags and there were military vehicles on display nearby. Two 70-tonne Ab

The PDP   presidential candidate  Atiku Abubakar, has extended his legal team by obtaining the services of the constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to prosecute his petition against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23 election before the Presidential Election Tribunal. Prof. Ben made his first appearance at the tribunal  yesterday where Atiku and the PDP opened their case by presenting a total of 5, 638 disclose, made up of result sheets from the 25 local government areas of Niger State and 17 local government areas of Yobe State. The documents, which were reveal as disclosed by the tribunal amidst objections from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are Forms EC8A, EC8B and EC8C. While Form EC8A is results of the presidential election from polling units, Forms EC8B and EC8C are results of the election from wards and local governmen