Category: Lifestyle

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, we’re trying to up the public’s hygiene levels to slow the spread. You’ll have noticed more hand sanitisers dotted around, signs in bathrooms urging you to please, please wash your hands, and plenty of memes instructing you to recite lyrics when scrubbing with soap and water. One teacher has come […]

The warnings around the spread of coronavirus have brought the disturbing reality of the public’s hygiene levels to light. Wait, people weren’t properly washing their hands with soap and water in public loos? You really need to teach people how to sneeze into a tissue or cough into their elbow? One of the most harrowing […]

Dear parents, please take note. Infants and toddlers who consumed baby cereal, such as rice cereal, had higher intakes of key nutrients of concern, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and vitamin E, say researchers. According to the study, baby cereal consumers were also found to be less likely to have inadequate intakes of iron, […]

In a global pandemic it’s really important that we do everything we can to keep our bodies as healthy as possible. That includes improving our hygiene, staying active, hydrating and eating well. But one thing that often gets forgotten about is the importance of a good night’s sleep. Today is World Sleep Day, so it’s […]

Ready for your heart to break into a million tiny pieces? Get to know Ginger. Ginger is a Labrador and Shar Pei mix who has been waiting to find a loving home for more than seven years. She came into the care of Dogwood Animal Shelter, in Missouri, after being rescued from an abusive situation. […]

A mum has come up with a clever trick to help protect her kids from coronavirus by getting them to wash their hands more. The woman shared her simple idea in the Facebook group Hinch Army Cleaning Tips, and hundreds of people have liked it and said they were going to try it themselves. The […]

Racism comes in many forms, but there are two key categories – overt and covert. Overt racism is the obvious, undeniable stuff. The ‘n-word’, the ‘p-word’, the aggressive, openly hostile stuff. Covert is sneakier, harder to pinpoint, harder to call out. This is the category microaggressions fall in to, and many people of colour in […]