GLASGOW RESTAURANT THE DHABBA HAS HEALTH BOOSTING TEA

GLASGOW restaurant The Dhabba has come up with a special health boosting Turmeric and Ginger Six Spice Tea to celebrate afternoon tea week. 
The Merchant City nut free North Indian restaurant always tries to introduce innovative new ideas in its menu. 
And the tea which also contains cloves, black pepper, carom seeds, green cardamom, black cardamom and fennel seeds is said to help reduce inflammation, support your immune system, ease pain and reduce nausea. 
The spices which have antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and cancer-fighting properties, can also aid digestion and leave your breath smelling fresh. 
The bright yellow-orange spice, known as turmeric, has seen a rise in consumer demand over the years – thanks to its scientifically-proven health benefits. Aryuvedic medicine has used turmeric for treatment of pain and inflammatory disorders and now a compound found in this versatile spice, known as curcumin, may also help to eliminate certain viruses according to a recent study published in the Journal of General Virology. 
Owner Navdeep Basi said: “Our tea has been developed to give people an extra boost at this time. We obviously don’t have a cure all for Covid but our Turmeric and Ginger Six Spice blend can give a wee boost to those who have been a bit under the weather or who want to be kind to their system. Since it’s afternoon tea week we thought it was the perfect time to introduce this to our menu and it can be teamed up with starters, main courses or desserts.”
The Dhabba’s Turmeric and Ginger Six Spice Blend is available for £3.95 from this week.
The Dhabba and its South Indian sister restaurant Dakhin is also participating in the governments Eat Out To Help out scheme offering diners up to ten pounds off their meal Monday to Wednesday throughout August.

RICHARD MADDEN IS REAL LIFE ROCKETMAN

ACTOR Richard Madden has returned to Scotland following his lockdown in LA - and he teased fans with pictures of his countryside retreat, and fireworks - proving he was a real Rocketman.
The Bodyguard and Rocketman actor had been spending isolation in a lavish £20,000 a month LA property with Teen Wolf actor Froy Gutierrez. 
However he has now returned home to Scotland and was seen a few days ago posing in a face mask in front of a pick up truck with fans speculating he had broken down. 
It is believed that Richard is staying in the Blair Atholl area of Scotland, a village in Perthshire known for its rustic stone buildings and scenic landscape. 
Richard who teased fans on Instagram with a picture of himself in front of one of the stately homes and Landrover later showed off a huge rocket in its packet with the caption - what could go wrong? He later let it off at midnight.



From Scotland with Love 

LULU WISHES SHE HAD BEEN MORE AUTHENTIC

LULU wishes she had been authentic and honest when she was younger instead of trying to hide her real feelings. 
The 71 year old Scots singer who grew up in Glasgow’s  Dennistoun claims she was too scared to reveal anything about her personal feelings when she was younger. 
She also claimed she felt God-like because she felt the pressure to provide for her family. 
In a chat with BBC presenter Fearne Cotton on her Instagram, Lulu said: “You’re now at an age where things have changed. You’re so open and you’re so authentic. I don’t think I was brave enough in those days to open up and say the things I wanted, that were going on with me. I didn’t even know what was going on with me. It’s such a change from when I was young.“
Lulu went on to say that she often thought she ‘was God’ because she had to provide for her family. 
She explained: “There was a lot of fear about revealing things cause I was the eldest of four and wanted to take care of everybody and if I didn’t take care of everyone and it didn’t go well for me everyone else would kind of suffer. God, I thought I was God, quite clearly but not consciously, sub consciously. What you’re saying is kind of what I have come to later on in my life, not that I was inauthentic but I was fearful so now I’m really saying my truth and that’s what is so great about now.“
The singer also said she empathised with Fearne's recent comments about becoming bulimic after feeling fat when she compared her self to ‘tiny popstars’. 
She said: “You talked a lot about that food thing and how you would look at these little people you were interviewing and think that you weren’t as good as them and think they were so much thinner or better looking. A lot of that was my story. I was with the rockstars and every one of them, I would hang out with them and their girlfriends would be six foot tall stick thin models and I would think I was, you know I wasn’t, but I thought I was fat. I wasn’t. I had a little fat face, but I can see how many things were similar.“
The Shout singer admitted it had been tough mixing family life with her career but said she had been providing comfort via the phone to her grandchildren during lockdown. 
She said: “When I look back at me and my career, getting married, I have one son and I don’t even know how he turned out so well because it’s tough trying to juggle. 
She added: “During lockdown, my granddaughter called me because she was very sad. She said ‘Nana I’m very sad because I can’t see the friends I want to and Teddy (her little brother) has got it easier’. Anyway,  I made her laugh and it was better for a minute because I make up all sorts of conspiracy theories and tell her not to tell anyone. She laughs at me and I say ‘Don’t tell anyone I said that, because you know I’m crazy, but we don’t want everyone to know.’ It broke my heart.”

ROCHELLE AND MARVIN HUMES CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY IN GLASGOW

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ROCHELLE and Marvin Humes ended up celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary by snuggling in their hotel room watching Pretty Woman in ‘rainy’ Glasgow after they had to make a BBC Scotland TV show here. 
The couple were unrecognisable as they wore masks to cross Bells Bridge and posed in front of the city’s Armadillo and squinty Bridge as they made their way back to their hotel from the BBC building where they’ve been recording episodes of The Hit List.  
Pregnant Rochelle had spent the day managing to bathe her weary feet in a bubbling foot spa in between shows. 
Wearing a mask printed with Rochelle’s face on it as he walked, Marvin joked: “Hi guys it’s Roche here on her anniversary.”
He added: “So usually we’d be somewhere like Ibiza on our anniversary celebrating but we are here taking a lovely stroll in the rain and wind, but this is it, this is it, isn’t it, it’s real, you know what I mean?”
Rochelle added: “Listen you’ve got to take the good with the bad babe - that’s marriage.”
Posting an Instagram picture of herself and Marvin eating mango and tangerines in the rain on the the bridge Rochelle later wrote: “What are we doing tonight for our Wedding Anniversary I hear you ask. We have just wrapped and are off to our room for snacks. Rock and Roll.”


Later on she posted a video of a shirtless Marvin lying in bed eating organic seaweed crisps and watching Pretty Woman on their laptop with the message: “This I why I love you.”
Marvin, who was clearly in a romantic mood also wrote: “Eight years ago today I married the woman of my dreams..we said I do in beautiful settings surrounded by our loved ones..I’m so proud of us for every year since that day..we have two beautiful girls and a baby boy on the way..I couldn’t wish for anything more..you have given me everything I could ever want and more Rochelle Humes today is about our love and celebrating the vows we took and we meant every single word..you complete me and I will love you forever..ok gushing post over lol..I can’t wait for tomorrow and everyday for the rest of our lives..Happy Anniversary Mrs Humes..my soul mate.”

TEXAS SINGER SHARLEEN DAUGHTER ON CATWALK

TEXAS singer Sharleen Spiteri has admitted she is a proud mother after her daughter Misty Kyd was chosen to model for fashion house Miu Miu. 
Seventeen year old Misty,  whose father is magazine editor Ashley Heath, was picked by the stylish Italian clothing label to take part in their latest global campaign. 
Misty debuted with the brand, which is owned by Prada and has headquarters in France, at their Paris fashion week show in March just ahead of lockdown alongside models including Gigi Hadid. 
She is now signed with Viva models who have offices in Paris, London and Barcelona and count models Kirsty Hume and Stella Tennant on their board of faces as well as Charlotte Rampling and Juliette Binoche, amongst their celebrity talents.   
Her latest model pictures form part of the latest Miu Miu advertising campaign Close, a collection of visual studies on the theme of proximity, taken by photographer Liz Collins.
A thrilled Sharleen, who is a fan of the brand and attended the opening of their flagship store in London in 2012, shared the new images of Misty with her followers on Instagram saying: “How they grow up. Misty Kyd really proud mum @miumiu.”
The Glasgow born I Don’t Want A Lover singer received congratulatory messages from a plethora of famous friends including Mary McCartney and Sadie Frost who said: “So cute liccle Misty.”
Claudia Winkleman also told her: “So beautiful”.
Misty describes herself as enthusiastic, energetic, ambitious and a lover of music from the late 90s to early 2000’s on her model profile. She also says she’d like to own Christ In Limbo by Bosch and would like to be Boudicca if she could choose to be any historical figure. 
She is a fan of Harry Styles and posted a picture of the two of them hanging out in Camden Town at a gig saying “Recent with my man hazza”. 
Following her Miu Miu runway debut she said: “All I can say is wow. What a way to finish off Paris fashion week! Such an honour to debut with such an amazing show @miumiu ! Such a lovely team behind this show.”
She also put up a picture of herself backstage with clips in her hair saying: “If only I’d known a week later I’d be going into isolation.”

PENNY LANCASTER BROUGHT HOME BACON TO ROD STEWART

PENNY Lancaster literally brought home the bacon to Rod Stewart after borrowing two miniature pigs from a friend. 
The model and Loose Woman panellist has recently been showing off her wild garden in the Essex home she shares with Rod and their two children. 
Penny, 49,  who has just returned from a holiday in Croatia with Rod was keen to see if micro pigs as they are known would fit in with the rest of their menagerie including their Labradoodle Blondie who she and Rod adopted from Battersea Dogs home, other Labradoodle Lily and two free range hens she was given by a friend in February ahead of lockdown. 
So Penny asked one of her friends if she could try them out to see how easily they would adapt to their lifestyle at the £4.65 million home. 
As she was pictured feeding one alongside her youngest son Aidan she told fans: “We have borrowed two miniature pigs for a trial date.”

After giving the ‘thirsty boys’ some drinking water and letting them forage in the garden, she decided it was time to let them inside the house.  
She invited one of the pigs to try out her living room where it appeared to enjoy a pile of Homes and Gardens magazines alongside a caption saying: “It’s a pigs life.”
Micro Pigs are incredibly intelligent and are considered the fourth most intelligent animal in the world. They are quick and willing to learn and are said to be less expensive to keep than cars or dogs. They are also considered to be hypoallergenic meaning they are less likely to cause animal related allergies.
Rocker Rod, 75, whose songs include First Cut Is The Deepest, and once sang about having it off with the farmer’s daughter in the track Almost Illegal, was nowhere to be seen during the trial but he is partial to a bacon sandwich so who knows if they will stay Forever Young. 
One things for sure, if they do decide to stay they will have to become Celtic fans like the rest of his pets. 



Four Rod songs that pigs might enjoy 
Hot Trotters (legs) 
Do Ya think I’m Sow-xy 
Some Swines Have All The Luck
I don’t want to Grunt/ Snout about it. 

AMY MACDONALD GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM ALLY MCCOIST

RANGERS icon Ally McCoist gave singer Amy Macdonald his stamp of approval after she bought a bright true blue £165,000 Lamborgini.
This Is The Life chatttopper Amy, who is a staunch Rangers fan, couldn’t wait to show off her brand new purchase for fans as she made her way to the recording studio to lay down tracks for her forthcoming album. 
And the singer, who is married to Partick Thistle player Richard Foster who also used to play for Rangers and fellow blues St Johnstone, received a special message from Coisty after she posted a picture of it on Instagram. 
He wrote: “Beautiful car and superb choice of colour.”
Fans agreed it was the perfect colour and Amy then admitted she’d entrusted Richard Foster to pick up her new baby - because she was too busy in the studio. 
She said: “My new car has arrived. For people who are not into cars you don’t get it I understand but for people, and I know I have got loads of followers who love cars and are pure petrolheads this is for you. My new car a beautiful beautiful Lamborgini Urius has arrived and I’m in the studio all well. I’ve got to do the work to pay for the rewards. I am trusting my husband to go and pick my car up. I have lost the plot.”