MOTHER-of-three Jeanette Thompson has won a slimming award after amazing fellow dieters and shedding more than 6st in just a year.

The 37-year-old, from Peabody Street, Darlington, joined a slimming club at Darlington Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club last year.

Remarkably, she dropped from a dress size 24 right down to a ten to be named as the social club's top Slimming World dieter for 2004.

She said: "I've lost six stones and eight pounds in a short space of time but I really want to lose seven if I can.

"I'm no longer embarrassed about my size and my husband, Paul, is pleased."