Happy New Year! 2012 is finally here and with it comes many opportunities for transformation. Perhaps you’ve decided 2012 is the year you’ll meet that special someone and begin the relationship you’ve always dreamed of. However, understanding why you want this is as important...

A salad bar and a whopping great big shopping centre might not seem like your typical date destination. You’re right – it isn't. However, sometimes, things you overlook can turn out to be little treasures. With the twinkle of the Christmas lights and general jovial – even nostalgic – feel of Christmas in the air and its protection from the outside chills; Westfield this time of year is tinged with romance. Dating can become an expensive affair, not to mention calorific if you’re grabbing romantic nibbles with several different dates a week. Bearing this in mind, when someone suggested we review Tossed – a salad and wrap bar frequented by many for lunch in the City and West End – in Westfield as a place to take a date, it didn’t sound like such an odd idea. It has a reasonably priced, guilt free menu (you can eat anything here and not feel the need to go for a jog in the morning) that includes special grills not featured on other Tossed’s menus. Being located seconds away from the Vue cinema just up the escalators, it’s an ideal place for a mid-week dinner and a movie date, possibly three or four dates in – so this is exactly when we tried it.

Revolutionary Road director, Sam Mendes, has confirmed that he is dating actress Rebecca Hall - the actress whose name was mentioned in connection with the breakdown of Mendes marriage to other British actress Kate Winslet. It's been 18 months since this speculation surfaced, but now it seems Oscar winner Mendes is happy to admit Hall is his new love interest. A spokesmen for Mendes, 46, confirmed the news: ‘It’s true they are in a relationship.' Another source told the Mail Online: ‘They are dating and have been for some time. I can’t put an exact date on it, but certainly nothing happened until after Sam’s marriage was over