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Lives remembered with a loaded phrase or two

By Elizabeth Summers / April 24, 2017 / No comments

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What exactly does it mean to live life to the full? Our obituary for the actor Barry Howard, best known for his stint as

Hair of the dog? Not for your pet, please

By Elizabeth Summers / April 8, 2017 / No comments

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It’s not only teenagers who like to polish off your leftover Christmas drinks – dogs and cats are increasingly likely to try a tipple.

How cats can learn to use the loo

By Elizabeth Summers / March 27, 2017 / No comments

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Back when Clifford Brooks was in his twenties and living in a small, cramped flat, he made a big decision about his cat.

Cats get cream at 5 star hotels

By Elizabeth Summers / March 16, 2017 / No comments

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A ROOM with a view, a four-poster bed and a full body massage on arrival. For Paula Perrin these are the ingredients for a

The perfect holiday for teens after their GCSEs

By Elizabeth Summers / March 3, 2017 / No comments

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Imagine there’s a dream youth programme that could spirit away your 16-year old, just spat out of the GCSE factory, for three glorious weeks

Get ready for slime! The latest teen craze

By Elizabeth Summers / February 21, 2017 / No comments

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If teenagers aren’t sourcing chemicals to make slime at home, they’re watching people make it on Instagram

We know your teenager better than you do

By Elizabeth Summers / February 6, 2017 / No comments

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Rachel Carlyle meets the American duo who believe that British parents are dangerously naive about social media

Pregnancy in winter cuts diabetes risk

By Elizabeth Summers / January 24, 2017 / No comments

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Women are less likely to have gestational diabetes if their pregnancy spans the winter, according to a study which found that the cooler the

Pig organ transplant to save babies’ lives

By Elizabeth Summers / January 13, 2017 / No comments

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A team of doctors in Britain is to become the first in the world to modify pig organs to treat newborn babies with birth

Parents will pay for perfect baby names

By Elizabeth Summers / December 28, 2016 / No comments

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The late Canadian intellectual Marshall McLuhan once declared that “the name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers”.