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Rachel Cowey from South Shields is living with anorexia - and campaigns to help others with eating disorders.

For help with an eating disorder, see the charity Beat.

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Psychologists at Durham University have released research that suggests women shown images of thin bodies find thinness more attractive. The converse is also true: women shown pictures of bigger bodies find bigger sizes more appealing.

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Durham University has honoured one of the world's top scientists. Professor Peter Higgs is the physicist whose theories led to one of the most important discoveries in science - the Higgs Boson - earlier this year.

Professor Higgs was born in Newcastle and is rapidly becoming a house hold name

His theories in particles physics, which he came up with over 40 years ago, have led to the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson.

Also known as the God Particle because It's thought it has special properties which make life, the universe and everything possible.

He was the special guest at Durham University which is celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Ogden Centre which has played a large part in the search of the Higgs.

The Large Hadrone Collider at Cern in Switzerland was built specially to look for it, making it one of the most expensive scientific instruments ever built

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Newcastle-born physicist Professor Peter Higgs has been honoured by Durham University. Professor Higgs' theories led to one of the biggest breakthroughs in science, the discovery of the Higgs Boson, which is seen as a huge step forward in our understanding of the universe.

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