Lifestyle

GHOGY, an online personal training website that provides interactive personalised fitness plans via instructional videos and customisable meal plans has launched. The online personal trainer aims to motivate and transform clients into the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. Before online fitness subscriptions became available, fitness enthusiasts were forced to either attend fitness classes, pay for an expensive personal trainer or create a programme to follow themselves, which often resulted in people giving up or obtaining injuries. Now thanks to...

Getting rid of a beautiful grand piano may seem sacrilegious. But sometimes, sadly, they just aren’t usable anymore. Even working pianos can be difficult to sell, and as transporting them is a difficult and dangerous task for anyone other than professional piano movers armed with “heavy duty slippers, shoes, blankets, skids, trolleys and ramps”, they can soon become elephants taking up vital room in your home. Old pianos, particularly those that are beyond repair, are extremely difficult to sell. Robert...

Indulging in a season or two of your favourite TV series over a long weekend is a popular way to unwind while keeping yourself entertained for a few hours. Television gives us the opportunity to turn off our brain for an extended period, and show creators understand what keeps viewers coming back for more. In recent years, studies have shown the far-reaching impact television shows have on the lives of those who love them, including how they affect career paths....

We all love the magic of the great outdoors, but this mind-bending puzzle could put your head in a spin. This is the latest puzzle which has the internet in a water-whirl contains 12 words related to water and hydration hidden within the landscape. The makers of Highland Spring created the brain-teaser to highlight how natural hydration can help us improve our productivity and concentration. Karen Crowley of Highland Spring, comments: "We wanted to make something that would challenge people's concentration over...

A worrying story has emerged and one which everyone would do well to take notice of. A man who stubbed his toe in 2009 was told seven years later he had terminal skin cancer, due to the knock. Roland Monger, 36, was walking to work in the snow in 2009 when he slipped and broke his ankle leaving his foot in a plaster cast with his toe exposed. He then stubbed his protruding toe on a step and, despite the...

Throughout my twenties I spent more time in clubs than I care to admit. My hometown boasted clubs of the beach bar variety, clubs of the revolving floor variety and in most instances clubs of the sticky floor variety, and I can tell you now without any equivocation that I hated every single one of them. The problem was that unless you conformed to the predrink-pub-club routine you were pretty much stuck, destined to a life as a recluse, and so...

State measures like banning and overpricing cigarettes has reduced the number of people smoking. But why are some people still picking up the old cancer sticks? Regulations such the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act are one of the many things a state does to protect its people – both the young and adults. However, amidst enforced federal laws and despite knowing the bad consequences of smoking on their health, there are still people who choose to smoke. Here’s why:...

By Dominika Piasecka A new study shows that more than one in five people in the UK lack vitamin D, proving that it is the general population, and not just the vegan population, which suffers from low levels. Public Health England said vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from infections and colds each year. Healthy sun exposure can deliver the nutrient but it may be challenging in winter – and in general if you live in the UK....

A trio of bikini-clad beauties braved the chilly capital in a bid to raise awareness for crocodiles being used in high fashion. The beauties wore fake crocodile masks as part of their snappy protest against the likes of Louis Vuitton for using their leather to make expensive bags. Holding banners, the trio crashed the first day of London Fashion Week, while shouting "Animals Die for Exotic Skins" and "Cruelty to Crocodiles Unmasked." The action, at The Strand in central London...