The Sun, Monday 7th Jan 2008

Pregnant Lily Allen plans to quit fags using Hypnotherapy after using it to drop down two dress sizes. The LDN singer was so impressed with the results she has asked for help to stub out her 20 a day habit.

A pal of Lily's said "She wants to crack this. She realises it will be a struggle but her baby is more important. Lily is aware she is a role model and wants to portray a positive image for herself and young people to look up to."

From 1 July 2007, the whole of the United Kingdom will have smokefree legislation in place, making it the biggest jurisdiction in the world (by population) to have legally-enforced protection from secondhand smoke. Virtually all workplaces will be smokefree, which means that all employees in offices, shops, factories, restaurants or pubs will be able to work in a clean, smokefree environment.

The implementation of the smokefree legislation will vary for each nation within the UK:

Wales – 2 April 2007
Northern Ireland – 30 April 2007
England - 1 July 2007
Scotland went smoke free on 26 March 2006

NEW OF THE WORLD, Sunday April 4 2004

IT'S A FAT TRANCE

Hypnotist Jim Robbins has set a new world record after he put four patients under his spell to help them shed 85.5lbs between them in just 30 days in Dursley, Glocs.

Daily Record, May 12 2003

FOOTBALL: SINGING & TRANCE-ING May 12 2003


Dad's hypnosis turns Deuchar into a hero

Anthony Haggerty



EAST FIFE.............1

QUEEN'S PK....... 0

STRIKER Kenny Deuchar had his dad to thank after he bagged the last- minute winner that sent the Fifers into the Third Division

Bobby Deuchar specialises in hypnotherapy and had taught the Fifers team self-hypnosis techniques for the last two games of the season after their promotion bid looked to have hit the skids.

Deuchar, a general practitioner, said: "I was drafted in to help the team after they drew won and lost two of their last five matches. It was their worst run of the season.

"Before the East Stirling game we did a three-minute hypnosis session and they ended up winning.

"There were one or two sceptics at the start and we decided to stick with it for the Queen's Park match and East Fife have ended up promoted.

"I taught them the techniques of self-hypnosis which maximises the potential of the players and brings out the best in them psychologically and mentally.

"The demonstrations involved were visualisations and using the phenomenon of suggestibility and getting belief about themselves.

"You couldn't have scripted a better ending than that and I was so happy for the team as they deserved it for working so hard during the season.

"My son Kenny must have been a star pupil as he scored the last-minute winner."

The home support were glued to their radios and knew their season was slipping away until Deuchar popped up unmarked in the six-yard box with 15 seconds left.

He bundled the ball across the line in a frantic finish to a Third Division season that saw the Fifers cruelly close the door on Albion Rovers and grab the promotion spot they had held for so long.

Delighted boss Jim Moffat said: "We'd been waiting on this for a long, long time. It's terrific.

"You could feel the tension in the air for 90 minutes and you sometimes feel it's not going to be your day.

"It wasn't a pretty goal but I am just thrilled to bits."

The game was balanced on a knife edge with Queen's reduced to 10 men for most of the second half after John Gemmell was red-carded for an elbow.

Both teams created chances with the Spiders showing that they were not just making up the numbers for a victory parade.

Goalscorer Deuchar said: "I thought it was slipping away, to be honest, as it just wasn't happening for us. But we always play right to the end and I'm just delighted to be going up."