Lifestyle

Chris Mates is talking openly about his experiences of child loss over a three part series. Read part one here, and part two here.  The last time I wrote about my experiences of child loss it was with apprehension, anticipation and, in a way, guilt. My wife, Jen was nearing the end of her second pregnancy and I didn’t really know how the next stage of our lives would pan out. We wanted a baby so much but always had...

People living in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with asthma when there are lots of trees in their neighbourhood, a study by the University of Exeter’s medical school has found. The study into the impact of urban greenery on asthma suggests that respiratory health can be improved by the expansion of tree cover in very polluted urban neighbourhoods. Published in the journal Environment International, the study looked at more than 650,000 serious asthma attacks over a 15 year period....

Moving to the populous capital city of England from any part of the world is quite a big step. Along with other sectors that make a city grand and great, London is an alpha center in the arts, commerce, entertainment, fashion, and finance. Which makes it a great place for a working girl to set foundations and build her career. London offers a lot of opportunities for every working girl. Private-owned companies and foreign investors flock the city to maximize...

Forget rock, paper, scissors - a professor at Exeter University has invented a new version of the game to help people understand war, politics and power. University of Exeter expert Professor Neville Morley has worked with local developers Kaleider to invent new games which bring the work of Thucydides to life and show how he warned about the dangers of people having too much or too little power. The free event, which is suitable for people aged 14 and above, will...

As we approach Christmas and the New Year, we are also coming up on the time which sees people all across the country making resolutions to better themselves in 2018, in one way or another. For the sake of their health, many thousands of those addicted to smoking are likely to resolve to ditch their habit, which is no small feat and requires a lot of willpower to be successful. Fortunately though there is plenty of help and guidance and...

This is the moment the heirs of a 'rags to riches' fashion empire met the real life celebrity inspiration for their dad's market stall turned global clothing superbrand. Billionaire Mahmud Kamani, 52, turned a Manchester market stall into the fashion mega brand BooHoo.com. He made his fortune when he got his designers to pour over photos of the likes of super-stylish Gigi Hadid and the Kardashians and create copy-cat outfits for a fraction of the price. The tiny team moved...

  A family has been left devastated after a fire caused by a tumble dryer ripped through their home destroying everything and killing their pet cats. Alan Beal and partner Nikki Coop, both 35, were not contents insured and believe they have "lost 99 per cent" of their belongings in the horror blaze. The fire happened while no one was home, and is believed to have been sparked by a faulty 10-year-old tumble dryer. Alan had loaded the dryer while...

A newborn baby has become an uncle at just 36-hours-old after his niece was born in the next room. Little Callum Scrimshaw was given the extra responsibility as his mum Laura, 35, went into labour at the same time as his big sister Sharmaine, 17. Sharmaine gave birth to Callum's niece Khara-Louise only a matter of metres away from where the baby uncle was resting at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Shocked Laura and husband Steven from Rosyth, Fife, were...