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22 May 2022

Mental Health Awareness Month: Former agoraphobic mum steps up to raise money for charity
Mum-of-three, Sally Giles, and friend, Theresa, are planning to walk 350 miles for charity throughout the month of May, alongside Mental Health Awareness Month. The chosen charity is for Mission ...

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21 May 2022

Single parenting: How to stay organised in the family home
Life is busy and hard and so is raising children. Doing this alone and juggling work, school and daily life can become increasingly overwhelming. It’s a lot for two parent ...

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20 May 2022

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome baby boy
Rihanna has given birth to her first child, welcoming a baby boy into the world. The Diamonds singer reportedly gave birth in LA on none other than Friday the 13th! ...

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20 May 2022

Travelling with a toddler: Seven holiday checklist essentials
Once again, we are scrambling around wondering how on earth we’re going to entertain our little terrors – sorry - *little delights* and it may leave you feeling uninspired. Despite ...

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19 May 2022

What Ma Mary and Da Gerry from Derry Girls taught us about parenting
The final episode of Derry Girls aired last night on Channel 4 and we are already feeling the void of not having this joy of a show to watch on ...

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19 May 2022

Long- and Short-Haul Travel Tips
The time has finally come for global travel to open up and we can all start making holiday plans once more. 2022 is set to be a huge year for ...

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18 May 2022

Trail Running: Top tips for if you're new to the sport
To help begin embracing trail adventures and trail running, and lean into the wellness aspects that come along with getting outside, medical advisor at AllTrails Dr. Suzanne Bartlett-Hackenmiller shares her top tips ...

Nisha Katona
18 May 2022

Nisha Katona talks about her rise to success, her inspirational recipes & her partnership with Haier
Barrister turned entrepreneur Nisha Katona, talks about her rise to success, her inspirational recipes and how she has partnered up with Haier the No.1 Global Major Appliance Brand to launch ...

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18 May 2022

Maintain your fitness during injury recovery – recommendations and tips
If you’re reading this article, you most likely know that staying active is crucial for maintaining your health and improving your fitness. But how can you stay physically active when ...

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18 May 2022

The mental health benefits of walking, particularly for new parents and post-natal wellbeing
By Tanya Braun, Head of Policy and Communications at Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. Becoming a parent is a life changing experience. It’s a wonderful time for ...

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18 May 2022

What you must know in the event of a car accident
Each year there are nearly 120,000 casualties of all varying severities due to road accidents. Car accidents are traumatising experiences that can leave you with lasting mental and physical scars, whether ...

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18 May 2022

Star sign of the month: Seven fun facts about your Taurus baby
Your babies star sign can be very revealing to their personality, even before they are born. If you are expecting a little one or are celebrating the arrival of your ...

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17 May 2022

4 Ways That Parents Can Unwind When The Kids Are Away For The Weekend
Are your kids headed off to a weekend getaway after finishing up their school year? Or perhaps, they are going to spend a weekend with their grandparents? Either way, parents ...

Sam Faiers has given birth
17 May 2022

Congratulations to Sam Faiers and Paul Knightley on the birth of their baby boy!
Sam Faiers has given birth. The former 'The Only Way is Essex' star took to Instagram to express her love for her newborn baby boy and admitted she and her ...

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17 May 2022

National Pack Rat Day: What is it and how can you observe it?
Today is National Pack Rat Day- a day for identifying your hoarding tendencies (however big or small) and finally getting rid of the stuff you never use. If you have ...

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17 May 2022

Walk to School Week: Four reasons why children should walk to school more
by Dame Jane Roberts, medical doctor, psychiatrist and Living Streets’ Chair While a generation ago, 70% of children walked to school, now less than half do, despite most living within ...

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16 May 2022

Easy ways to build walking into a parent and child’s daily routine
by Dame Jane Roberts, medical doctor, psychiatrist and Living Streets’ Chair Walking is a free, easy and accessible way for both parents and children to start getting active. It’s good ...

Simone Thomas
16 May 2022

Parenting Advice: How to tackle hair loss–pre and post pregnancy
For many women, hair is intimately tied to confidence and self-esteem. Styling your hair before a night out or a special event is a must for most of us, and ...

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14 May 2022

Parenting advice: Simple steps to encourage reading in young children
Learning to read is fundamental to our children’s academic success – not to mention cognitive development, forming bonds and kick-starting their imagination. In the world-first ‘Education Report’, online tutoring company, ...

Fransie Franden
13 May 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: The therapeutic effects of art in young children
I am sure most of us can easily recall how, when painting or drawing as children, we became totally immersed in our art making, how we became lost in thought ...

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12 May 2022

Glorious garlic: The remedial plant once kept for hog fodder
I was having a conversation with my friend the other day about garlic, as you do. We agreed that any recipe calling for garlic should have quadrupled the quantity it ...

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12 May 2022

Home and Garden: Is minimalism and decluttering better for mental health than tidying?
According to Brabantia, the phrase 'a tidy house, a tidy mind' rings true for three quarters of the nation as Brits with mental health issues reveal that cleaning has a ...

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12 May 2022

The Eurovision Song Contest: How to celebrate with a baby
While the Eurovision Song Contest doesn’t start until 8pm this Saturday (14th May) and your baby will hopefully be in the land of nod by then, you can still celebrate ...

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11 May 2022

No Meat May: 10 Reasons to give up meat for May
A new report has outlined insights into the future of meat eating, revealing that half the UK will be vegetarian or vegan in less than 20 years as the impacts ...