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This blog community has been set up for you to share your thoughts and experiences with everyone else. You can enjoy reading tales from our bloggers or if you have something you'd like to share, why not have a go at blogging yourself? Just click the "Create a Blog Post" button once you've registered, and off you go. In order to keep everyone on the right track and to ensure we respect everyones voice, there are some rules to be mindful of.
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Every now and again a story appears that really makes you appreciate all the good there is in the world. When mum-of-four Brenda Schmitz found out she had terminal cancer in 2011, one of the last things she did was write a letter to a local radio station asking for three wishes to be granted for her family. She put this letter into the care of a close friend and asked her to send it to the station...
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Last updated: 22/12/2013
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Scientist claim to have found the secret to turning the clock as far as 40 years. Experts from Harvard University believe that eternal youth can be achieved after they discovered a natural compound proven to undo the effects of aging in mice. The protein known as NAD is found in all living cells, and is now believed to be the key ingredient to help slow down the age process. Researchers tested...
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Last updated: 20/12/2013
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Researchers in the US have found that drinking a glass of tomato juice on a daily basis can protect women against breast cancer. Scientists from a university in New Jersey, measured hormone levels in 70 women aged over 55 before and after increasing their tomato intake within 10 weeks. These women were either overweight or related to someone with breast cancer, meaning they were a higher risk for...
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Last updated: 19/12/2013
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A sweet and loving father has published a series of goodbye photos dedicated to his late wife, who died of cancer in 2011. The photos feature Ben Nunery and his daughter Olivia recreating Ben and Ali Nunery's wedding shoot. The two were married in 2009 and having just moved into their new home, they decided to take their wedding pictures in the house they planned to spend their lives in...
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Last updated: 18/12/2013
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Economists warn that those born between 1960 and 1970 will be less well off than their parents were when they retired. A report published by the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies found that taxpayers aged between 34 and 53 are currently being punished by the economic crisis. It appears that the only hope for workers today is on an inheritance from parents: “The economic fate of the 1960s...
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Last updated: 17/12/2013
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A study has found that the majority of parents regularly check their children’s online activity, despite how guilty it makes them feel. Alex Balan of internet safety firm, BullGuard, conducted a survey of 2,000 parents and found that six out of ten mums and dads confess to reading their youngsters' emails, texts and Facebook messages. As reported by the survey, one third of parents with...
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Last updated: 16/12/2013
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Small shopkeepers and fast food chain Subway plan to charge five pence on plastic bags, in order to donate to charity. The Association of Convenience Stores – which represents up to 34,000 small shops and takeaway outlets – has decided to implement these charges. Due to become compulsory in supermarkets and department stores in England from October 2015, the move aims to reduce the damage...
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Last updated: 16/12/2013
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Jobless families with at least two children face having their child benefit cut under new Tory plans. There is a significant chance that this proposal will be included in next year’s general election announcement, as they aim to cut the welfare bill and encourage people to go back to work. Tory MP David Davis suggests the idea is being put forward to test the public’s opinion. Mr Davis said...
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Last updated: 16/12/2013
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There are very few things that are sweeter than watching your child on stage during their school Christmas play. H owever, when you're five-year-old Claire Koch's parents, you have even more of a reason to gush. The little girl’s parents are both deaf, so she signed the entire Christmas recital so that mum and dad could enjoy it properly. Claire’s mum Lori, who uploaded the clip to...
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Last updated: 13/12/2013
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According to a new UK poll, it seems it is not just students and young adults who binge drink as figures show that the problem extends to British mothers. The poll, which was commissioned by ITV’s This Morning, surveyed 1,000 mums with children under the age of 18. The results show that, of those surveyed, 28% admit to being drunk in front of their child with a quarter being so intoxicated they...
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Last updated: 13/12/2013
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