MAGGIE Lloyd enjoyed some New Year cheer with TV star Shane Richie.

The celebrity meeting was arranged by Slimming World as a thank you for Maggie's work on managing classes for flab fighters in Worcester.

The classes she manages are run by Gale Bryant at the Cherry Orchard Day Centre in the city on Mondays at 7pm and Samantha Cresswell at Comer Gardens Institute in St John's on Tuesdays at 6.30pm.

Maggie met Shane Richie - whose roles include playing Danny in the musical Grease - at Slimming World's annual award ceremony.

"It must be like a dream come true for those people who you've helped lose weight - with you around who needs New Year's resolutions," he told her.

Gale can be contacted on 01905 763727 and Samantha cane be reached on 01905 610695 for more details of Worcester's classes.