The Latest Breaking News from Joe Thompson

Joe Thompson had been a classic yo-yo dieter for most of his life but when he was too big to be able to do up his seatbelt on a rollercoaster and told to get off he knew he had to do something - now the 35-year-old has been named Slimming…

A man told he was too big to ride on a rollercoaster lost five stone and has been named Slimming World's 2023 Mr Sleek. Joe Thompson, 35, was told to get off a rollercoaster after the safety harness wouldn't close around his belly, when he weighed 1

The former Rochdale AFC player described baby Athena Rae's birth as a 'symbol of hope and victory'

Joe Thompson from Essex shed a whopping five stone thanks to his local Slimming World group - and he believes it's the community spirit and social interaction that's driven him on to success, which has been backed up by a new study