The world responds more positively to beautiful people. I see it every day - and I knew it back in my 30s when I had the first of my 12 full-scale cosmetic surgery operations.
A former inmate in one of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's prisons has revealed how he saw a boy cry for his mother while he was sexually abused by his torturers.
As I drop an item onto the floor, my daughter, Sophie, looks at me quizzically.. We're sorting through my cupboards, so I can have a clear-out and she can see if there's anything worth selling.
The man, from northern port city Bremerhaven, was arrested on Sunday after he threatened a knife attack on the city's Christmas market in widely shared footage, according to German tabloid Bild.
A grief-stricken father whose sister was murdered by an her housemate has told how he dreads Christmas after another tragedy saw his whole family killed in a nightmare.