CATHERINE Stocks has certainly got a "New You" for the New Year .... after shedding four stones in weight!

Catherine, aged 27 from Daubhill, decided to lose weight to make a new start in her life. She joined the Slimming World Club at St Helens Road Methodist Church in Bolton and, with the help and support of leader Debbie Stanton and other Club members, has steadily lost weight.

One incentive was an in-club competition to find "Miss Slinky", which Catherine - who dropped from dress-size 18-20 to a trim size 12 - won.

Now curvy Cathy, who works in a Bolton carpet store, finds that friends and customers no longer recognise her. And she, of course, is delighted.

"I couldn't have done it without help, but I'm just so glad I did," she said. "Now I'm determined to make 1999 my year!"

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