Founder of Slimming World magazine Margaret Miles-Bramwell dies at 76

Margaret Miles-Bramwell receiving her OBE in 2009. Slimming World began as a weight loss meeting at a church hall in Alfreton, Derbyshire in 1969. Photograph: Katie Collins/PA

The founder of Slimming World, Margaret Miles-Bramwell, has died aged 76.

Miles-Bramwell set up the company as a weight loss meeting at a church hall in Alfreton, Derbyshire in 1969. It expanded to a nationwide network of 10,000 groups and Slimming World magazine became a referral option for NHS GPs.