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Divine Chocolate is a chocolate for all chocolate enthusiasts. Cooking, melting or just enjoying, Divine Chocolate is just that.

Mary Berry

The richness comes from all the dark chocolate; the soft moist crumb from the sour cream. You can leave them plainly iced or go crazy - it’s up to you. Makes 12

For The cake MixTure❉ 2 x 100g (3 1/2oz) bars Divine

dark chocolate, broken ❉ 200g (1 cup) butter ❉ 200g (1 cup) caster sugar❉ 4 large free range eggs ❉ 100ml (1/2 cup) sour cream❉ 200g self-raising flour (1 1/2

cups) + 2 tsp baking powder

For The Topping❉ 1 x 100g (3 1/2oz) chocolate❉ 1 tbsp golden syrup❉ 25g (2 tbsp) unsalted butter❉ 12-hole muffin tray + cases

Heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Gently melt the chocolate and set aside to cool. Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy.

Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the cream followed by the flour and finally the melted

chocolate. Spoon the mixture into muffin cases and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until firm to the touch. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

To make the topping: gently melt the chocolate, remove from the heat and stir in the syrup and butter. Leave to cool and thicken slightly then either dip the top of the cup cakes into the topping or spoon it on. Leave to set.

Store in an airtight container. Eat within four days. Un-iced cakes can be frozen for up to a month.

Brownies are meant to be gooey in the middle–so take care not to overcook them! Makes 24 ❉ 2 x 100g (3 1/2oz) Divine chocolate, broken❉ 100g (1 stick) unsalted butter,❉ 250g (1 1/4 cup) caster sugar❉ 4 large free range eggs, beaten❉ 1 tsp vanilla essence❉ �60g�(1/2�cup)�plain�flour❉ 60g (2/3 cup) cocoa powder❉ 20.5 x 25.5cm (8 x 10-inch) brownie tin

Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Gently melt the chocolate. Remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool until needed. Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and the vanilla essence. Then mix in the melted chocolate. Sift the flour and the cocoa onto the mixture and stir in. When completely combined spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread evenly.

Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until firm to the touch but still a bit fudgy – the chocolate will continue to cook slightly for a few minutes after coming out of the oven.

Leave to cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into pieces. Keeps for four days but delicious eaten warm with ice -cream.

These are best eaten the next day (if you can wait) as the chocolate becomes more intensely flavoured and the texture slightly gooey. Makes 8

For The Macaroons❉ 100g (3 1/2oz) bar Divine dark chocolate, broken

❉ 150g (1 cup) of ground almonds

❉ 150g (3/4 cup) caster sugar

❉ 15g (1 tbsp) cocoa powder

❉ 3 large free range egg whites

For The Filling❉ 100g (3 1/2oz) bar Divine dark chocolate, broken

❉ 100ml (1/2 cup) double cream

❉ 15g (1 tbsp) unsalted butter

❉ 1–2 baking trays lined with baking parchment

Heat oven to 140C/275F/Gas 1.

Gently melt the chocolate and put aside. Mix

together the ground almonds, sugar and cocoa.

Beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks and

gradually whisk in the cocoa mixture. Gently fold in

the melted chocolate using a metal spoon.

Put a heaped tablespoon of the mixture onto

the tray and gently spread to a round about 7cm

across. Repeat to form 16 rounds. Bake for an hour

until firm. transfer to a wire rack to cool.

To make the filling: Heat the cream until hot but

not boiling then pour over the chocolate. Leave

for a minute then stir in the butter. Leave until cool

then beat well with a wooden spoon until fluffy.

Sandwich pairs of macaroons together with the

mousse filling.

really rich cup cakes

Very French Macaroons

Divine Brownies Simply The secret to these recipes is simply to use the richest, poshest chocolate�you�can�find.�The�result is wicked - but heavenly!

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● EngElbErt HumpErdinckAged 76, the Hump is still touring, despite coming second to last in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. He’s still married to wife Pat, though she said they could have papered the walls with the paternity suits he’s had.

● dEs O’cOnnOrDes, 80 last birthday, is in The Wizard of Oz in the West End, as well as touring. He’s been

married four times – his current wife Jodie is 43 . He has four grown-up daughters and a son, Adam

who is just eight.

● sir brucE FOrsytHAt 84, singer/dancer/comedian/TV presenter Brucie is still at the top of his game and presenting Strictly Come Dancing. He has five daughters, one son and umpteen grandchildren, and has been married to third wife, former Miss World, Wilnelia Merced, for nearly 30 years.

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We Brits do quite a nice line in musical ‘knights of the realm’ aged 65 plus. But

whereas most are noticeably Botoxed, scarily wrinkled or obviously Grecian 2000-ed up, there’s one who seems to have got the ageing gracefully thing about right. That’s Sir Tom Jones.

Over the past few years, he’s seamlessly changed his image from swivel-hipped sex god to elder statesman of pop and acquired national treasure status – as well as a knighthood – in the process. A living legend who partied with Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Sammy Davis Jr, he’s still sexy, albeit in a more subtle, less groin-thrusting, in-yer-face way.

The 72-year-old refreshingly admits to having had a spot of surgery – ‘just a nip and a tuck’ – and he regularly works out in the gym in his Los Angeles home. The thatch of curly hair and the goatee beard are now a natural grey rather than dyed Tarmac-black.

And, like the good old boyo he is, he still likes a drink – and then some. In fact, during his stint on the BBC’s

The Voice last spring, he and Irish boy band fellow judge Danny O’Donoghue, 40-odd years Tom’s junior, became firm boozing buddies.

‘Tom Jones and I are cut from the same cloth – or should that be vodka bottle?’ said Danny, with admiration. ‘But he’s the one who gets all the attention from the ladies. No one can compete when Tom’s in town!’

True, Tom has had a legendary love life while – incredibly – still managing to stay married to his childhood sweetheart, Linda, by whom he has a son, Mark, 55, who is also his manager. So how on earth has Tom’s marriage survived when he’s played away more times than your average football team?

‘Love is the main thing,’ says Tom. ‘I’ll never leave my wife. It has never entered my mind. She’s still the same Welsh girl I married. We still have fun together.’

Fair enough, but Linda can’t have found his extra-marital activities funny. Never mind the countless one-night stands.

At the height of his womanising, Tom was having sex with 250 women a year and there was a two-year affair in the 60s with Supreme Mary Wilson, a well-publicised fling in the 70s with Miss World

Marjorie Wallace and a dalliance in the 80s with model Katherine Berkery, which resulted in a son whose paternity Tom initially denied.

Tom admits his missus hasn’t always been willing to turn a blind eye. She once threw £60,000 worth of jewellery out of a limo in a rage about his cheating. Yet she’s never left him, and once made a public statement saying: ‘Nothing that these women throw at him will ever destroy our love.’

And throw things they did, mainly their knickers. It’s the stuff of showbiz legends. These days Tom prefers to discourage the lingerie-lobbing when he’s singing.

‘The knicker-throwing and all that overtook the talent, which is something I never meant to happen.’

It is his talent – his amazing voice – that is the main event. An immensely powerful yet melodic organ that has, like its owner, mellowed with age.

‘I couldn’t have sung in that low key when I was in my 20s. I thank God for keeping my voice strong.’

These days, he’s

It’s almost five decades since Sir Tom first belted out It’s Not Unusual, yet he’s still going strong. How does he do it?

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more in demand than ever. He has just finished a European tour and starred in his first acting role, as an old rock and roller in Sky Arts TV drama King of the Teds opposite Alison Steadman and Brenda Blethyn and had rave reviews for his recent album Spirit in the Room.

‘Some people my age want to take it easy, he says. ‘Not me. I have the urge to prove to myself

that I can still do it and for people to like what I do. I’m always learning and wanting to do different things. There’s a voice inside me saying “You’re still sounding great, Tom.”

We’ll second that!

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We have even more fashion pages to show the reader how to wear and accessorise their clothes, with expert advice from David Emanuel and reader makeovers that offer ideas on fashionable make-up and hairstyles.

Hard-hitting features and heart-warming tales make bm part of the reader’s community. The bm reader is loyal, inquisitive, responsive and adventurous. They are eager to try new things and are intelligent, astute consumers who are never afraid to speak their minds.

Beauty, health and lifestyle are important features, with informed writing from experts on the newest trends, latest breakthroughs and the hottest products to buy. Our travel pages, covering breaks in the UK and abroad, are very popular. So is our regular cookery section, which features traditional recipes with a twist.

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and six weeks later tests showed that her antibodies were down 50 per cent from an original 95. Our little girl had made medical history. By May, she was top of the UK transplant list and our bags were packed waiting for ‘the call’.

Time was running out. In the following weeks, her

health deteriorated at an alarming rate. Then on 9 July we got the call we’d so desperately waited for: ‘It’s Neil from the Freeman. I think we have a donor.’

As soon as we arrived in Newcastle, Gabrysia went into theatre for an eight-hour operation. Andrew and I were terrified as we said goodbye to Gabrysia, but we also had a sense this was the night she’d be saved. However, when she was rushed back into theatre with severe bleeding, we feared the worst. But that afternoon we were told that our little girl had pulled through.

There were setbacks over the next few weeks, but throughout Gabrysia showed no signs of rejecting her new heart. The following months saw her walking, gaining weight and talking more than ever! Then she got a winter

vomiting disease and her body began to shut down, but again she rallied.

She had to spend months in virtual isolation because of her delicate immune system, but nearly three years post transplant we were told the drugs to lower her antibody levels have been a huge success and we hope that her

heart has now settled and that she is less likely to suffer a fatal rejection.

Gabrysia is now free to go out into the world – and what a difference this has made to family life. We can now enjoy doing things that ‘normal’ children take for granted, like feeding the ducks and going to the park. And we could never thank the wonderful staff at the Freeman Hospital enough. Everyone we’ve come into contact with has been a source of strength and support.

But there’s an element of sadness too, as we keep our donor family in our thoughts and prayers. Every night when we put Gabrysia to bed, we say ‘God bless our donor family’. We owe them an eternal debt – they were strong enough to look beyond their own loss to help another child.

They told us the grim news at our 20-week scan at the local hospital near Leeds – our

unborn baby had hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). She was missing the fourth chamber in her heart and there were complications. She had a slim chance of surviving, and if she did she’d need immediate open heart surgery. It wouldn’t mend her heart, but would offer her a limited life.

We were really scared. I decided to carry on at my job as deputy head of St Joseph’s primary school, near Leeds, for as long as possible. I couldn’t just sit at home waiting for a baby that might die. And we wanted carry on as normal for our other children, Thomas and Ania, now 15 and 12, respectively.

We didn’t buy a cot or a pram – the only way we prepared was to give her a name. We named her Gabriella, which means ‘strong and special one’ – Gabrysia is her pet name.

Gabrysia was born on 7 March 2008 at Leeds General Infirmary and was immediately moved to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for her first operation. This went really well and we took her home. But at three months old she suffered heart failure and was again operated on. After this, were told that her heart was seriously impaired and we were sent home with little hope.

But our doctor in Leeds didn’t give up and contacted the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Gabrysia was accepted on the transplant programme. Worryingly, tests showed that she was only suitable for five per cent of hearts, as her antibody levels were too high. They couldn’t risk a transplant with those odds. Time was running out.

Then came the call that gave us a ray of hope. Dr Kirk from the Freeman rang us to say that he’d been working on a plan that might give Gabrysia a chance.

But he stressed that the treatment was as yet untried and extremely dangerous. In simple terms, it meant washing her body of antibodies using a cocktail of powerful drugs.

They started on 2 January. It was horrible – even the doctors were nervous. As ever with Gabrysia, everything the medical team did was experimental and she became the youngest in the country to receive the groundbreaking new drug to reduce her antibody levels. She responded well

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Meet Gabrysia Filarowski. A beautiful, confident little four-year-old. Yet she was born so desperately ill that her parents, Angela and Andrew, were told that only pioneering treatment could save her. Her mum, Angela takes up the story…

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Then on 9 July we got the call that

we’d so desperately waited for: ‘It’s Neil from the Freeman Hospital. I think

we have a donor’

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LittLe Hearts matter

Little Hearts Matters gave Angela and Andrew the medical information and support they needed from the start. The charity also explained the disease in

terms they could understand and it will provide the

family with ongoing support.For enquiries, contact

01214558982 or log on to www.lhm.org.uk

Live Life tHen Give Live

This charity was set up to improve education about and awareness of organ

donation and to fund projects that increase the

number of successful transplants. For more information, log on to www.lltgl.org.uks

A happy Angela with her little girl

Gabrysia: making it against all the odds

A very poorly baby

Angela and Andrew, with Thomas, Ania and Gabrysia

The British Heart Foundation aims to help prevent premature death from heart disease. For details, log on to www.bhf.org.uk

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