In the next nine years she had six children

In the next nine years she had six children."I've gone back to modelling because at the end of the day I love performing in front of the camera," Mrs Edwards said."I did worry if it was time to stop when I hit 40 but I've always kept my shape and decided to go for it."I've won beauty contests and lovely legs competitions against people half my age and it still gives me a buzz."I was curious to see whether I could still do it and determination got me there."It's been hard and I have been rushed off my feet but I think that has helped me to keep my figure."Mrs Edward's past modelling assignments include advertising Coca Cola soft drinks and Adidas sportswear.Next month, following in the steps of supermodels like Elle Macpherson and Cindy Crawford, Mrs Edwards is to record her own fitness video, although the work for Nivea is likely to spark the most lucrative phase of her career.She says she is happy that her big break did not come sooner in her career."I have absolutely no regrets about missing out on so many years' modelling because of the children - I would do it all again," Mrs Edwards said."I wouldn't like anyone else changing my babies' nappies and I still do the washing up. I just do everything a normal housewife would do," she said."I was an only child and I just think that's very sad. Its a lonely life and I decided I would not have a child on its own - although I didn't plan to have 10."It just happened and I love the different personalities of each one. They are all very proud of me."I breast fed all my children and used to take the little ones on modelling shoots."The thing that amazes most people is that I still don't have any stretch marks. But I just have a normal healthy diet, with no choolates, cake or biscuits, and I spend 20 minutes every day doing some gentle exercise. I actually spend very little time on myself."You get some people in modelling who are a bit jealous or bitchy - they are usually people who have had kids."Of the younger models I think Naomi Campbell is the tops because she just looks so elegant.

I also think Jerry Hall is fantastic - she is so glamorous.Mrs Edwards' husband, Rob, 39, is her manager."Basically, she is just stunning. Heads always turn when Annette walks into a room and even the advertising agency found it hard to believe she was the mother of 10 children," Mr Edwards said."Sometimes we have offered to produce their birth certificates as proof."She just has this air about her - and her style and confidence give Annette such an edge over younger models.Jo Edwards, Nivea Visage product manager, said: "Its not about being the most glamorous, glitzy person on earth."Annette is a real person who is very attractive."For a 45 year old woman to have had 10 kids and maintained her looks is quite phenomenal.". The Internet community has thrown up some novel ideas for consideration by the next government. Among the "practical suggestions" by cybersurfers for consideration by the next Cabinet are that it should dissolve Parliament to save money, dye cigarette smoke fluorescent green to alert people to passive smoking, and keep the pubs open all night. Perhaps the most macabre idea was that all car steering wheels should be fitted with a metal spike aimed at the driver's heart to encourage safe motoring.The proposals were solicited by Alec Reed, chairman of employment agency Reed Personnel Services, who believes "passionately that people and their ideas make a difference".

Ideas placed in Reed's "1,000 Ideas" Internet Web site were supplemented with mailings to more than 38,000 clients .Transport in general, and motorists in particular, seemed to loom large in people's concerns. One plan was that banned drivers should be allowed a moped licence for the second half of their sentence so that they could experience the vulnerability felt by other road users. The health police made several contributions including the suggestion that unhealthy food should be the subject of tax in the same way as tobacco and alcohol.A call is made to bring back grocery and butcher shops. One nethead declared: "People are getting bored with shopping in big supermarkets which are bending over backwards to squeeze the last penny out of shoppers with their marketing tricks."A scheme to place martial arts on the National Curriculum might be less than popular with teachers in schools with more than their fair share of unruly pupils.Mr Reed said: "The ideas we have received show that people want trouble- free travel, honest MPs, taxation which benefits people and an education which gives real life skill, all in an environmentally friendly world. "The suggestion least likely to be taken up by the parties is that MPs should be breathalysed before being allowed to vote in the Commons An empty chamber could be a touch embarrassing..

The Royal Ballet is taking dance to the provinces with its Dance Bites tour - featuring works by up-and-coming choreographers - which begins in Sheffield tonight. More than 25 members of the Royal Ballet are taking part in the performances, which include shows at the Wycombe Swan in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, from Thursday to Saturday and Bath's Theatre Royal on 10 and 11 March. The tour marks the culmination of the Royal Ballet's two-year Network education project, which will involve 3,000 local students in all three venues.Works performed will include Christopher Wheeldon's Pavane pour une infante defunte, and also feature world premieres of new ballets by Cathy Marston, Ashley Page, Tom Sapsford and William Tucket.. Millions of photographs of criminals and suspects are likely to be placed on a national computer identification system being develop by the police, in what they hope will be a break-through in crime fighting. Several police forces have already set up their own "facial mapping" data banks, including South Wales, which has photographs of 150,000 criminals and suspects, and Essex, which has 90,000. The Home Office and police chiefs are currently working on a national system, which will help match unidentified suspects with photographs of known offenders and provide criminal histories.This is expected to eventually lead to more advanced automatic "facial recognition" which will identify anyone caught on video or film in seconds.