The ObserverHealth & wellbeingIn 16 weeks, Craig Davidson, a Canadian novelist, transformed himself into a hard-as-nails hunk by injecting illegal steroids. He loved his new body - but not the hideous side-effects. In this graphic account of being a 'roider', he recounts his hellish journeyThe needle is 21 gauge, 1.5in. A hogsticker. Forty of them arrived in a package from Greece. Ever received a package from overseas? You get that puff of air when you rip it open - air that's travelled thousands of miles.

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Vince King and Karen Alcock, pictured, whose dog mauled their three-month-old daughter to death, have been spared jail. Photograph: Phil Barnett/PAVince King and Karen Alcock, pictured, whose dog mauled their three-month-old daughter to death, have been spared jail. Photograph: Phil Barnett/PADangerous dogs This article is more than 5 months oldParents of baby killed by their husky in Lincolnshire given suspended sentencesThis article is more than 5 months oldVince King and Karen Alcock were racing 19 dogs near Woodhall Spa when one fatally mauled their three-month-old daughter

ThrillersReviewA coach accident leads two tourists to a rural French mansion in this intriguing but confused film with implausibility at its core Ana (Andrea Tivadar) and her boyfriend Tom (Tom Ainsley) are Americans travelling around Europe, who take a coach to a rural part of France where they expect to do farm work for a landowner, Richard (Steven Brand). The coach is involved in an accident, and when the two wake up everyone is gone, so they walk the rest of the way to Richard’s mansion.