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Category: Lifestyle

Watch: How to prepare your pets for the summer months

Need some tips on how to prepare your pets for the summer months? Watch our video with Steve Backshall and vet Paul Manketelow to get clued up. Just what do we need to...

Green-fingered great gran Joyce, 92, bags award for bloomin marvellous display

Green-fingered Joyce Parker used her life-long love of gardening to great effect to win the annual Flowers in Bloom award from St Vincent’s Housing Association....

Pension relief: Use it or lose it!

Following the government’s announcement that pension relief is to be reduced from April next year, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is...

Summer Book Club for families in Little Hulton

Thousands of books will be given out to children in low income families over the summer in a new initiative to promote literacy during the school holidays. Manchester...

Key ingredients for a perfect dinner party

Four alcoholic drinks, three couples, two choice pieces of gossip and a dash of Bublé – those are among the key ingredients for the perfect dinner party. For a...

Watch: Summer fresh Asian prawn salad

With the sun shining and warmer air filling our lungs, we’re all looking for that perfectly light recipe to freshen our plates. This heavenly Asian prawn salad will do...

Research reveals the latest gardening trends

The latest UK garden research is out – and it’s good news for the birds and the bees, but bad news for gnomes and fairies … Brits are turning their backs on garden...

Plus size bloggers speak out about body shaming

Plus size bloggers are up in arms about the negative representation of bigger women in the media. Exclusive research by the Digital Hub has revealed many women feel the...

Research reveals the perfect age to downsize

The perfect age to downsize is 64, research revealed today (Tuesday 14 July 2015) at the start of the 50+ Show in London. A detailed study found this is the time when...

The nation’s favourite international dishes

By Rick Maughan The Sunday roast is fast becoming the last bastion of British grub – as more people expand their menus with foreign tastes and flavours. Six out of 10...