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By Charles Hibbert Parents are missing out on precious holiday time by spending all their time behind the camera. We all love looking back at holiday photos and seeing the memorable family moments caught on camera, but recent surveys suggest parents are spending too much time on the camera. Mums are mainly guilty when it comes to spending too much time behind the lens, spending up to 40 minutes a day taking cute family photos and videos. In spending this...

Nearest tube: Green Park Go for: Colour expertise Before you read any further, I have a confession to make - but you have to promise not to judge me. Although I’m a beauty writer, I haven't been to a hairdresser for eight years. Perhaps it’s because I’m a control freak, but I thought I was getting along just fine with a box of Nice 'n' Easy and a friend giving my ends a trim. Fed up of looking like I'd...

Dogs have long been man’s best friends but has another four-legged animal now replaced them? Goats don’t have a particularly good reputation, due to the fact they are known to headbutt you and chew up your belongings. However, they are a lot smarter than you might think. Scientist have studied them and found that they communicate much better with humans than they were expected to. An experiment was set up at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Kent, where they put...

Cash-strapped Brits would prefer to pawn one of their own valuables - rather than borrow the money from someone they know, a new study revealed. Research by coupon site 360vouchercodes.co.uk showed a wide geographical variation in the UK's lending and borrowing habits. People in Scotland are the nicest to their friends with 20 per cent agreeing to lend a whooping £500 to someone in their social circle. People in the East Midlands seem to be the most tight-fisted, as almost...

The world’s first Cockney language learning app is set to be launched tomorrow available free to all Londoners. Language expert Nat Dinham has been researching how to translate this traditional East End dialect into a language learning tool for two years, and now has a product to bring to market. There has been more applicants to be the voice of Cockney than any previous language, she said, although there is some controversy over what is and isn’t Cockney. There are also lots...

Do you ever feel like sometimes you just don't stop? Well, you're not alone. A new study exploring the lifestyles and working hours of 2,000 people has found more than 10 hours of the average person’s 15-hour day dedicated to the long slog of work and ticking off a never-ending to-do list. The results showed the typical eight hour work day is topped up with a minimum of two hours of admin, errands and personal chores to keep modern life ticking...

Most people think you have to go away for a dirty weekend but now you can have a luxury sex gift box delivered straight to your door. Dewcibox is a new premium adult gift box - filled with erotic trinkets to spice up your sex life. With just a click of a button, you can order one of the three boxes available online and it will arrive later that day. Every box is different but they will mainly comprise of...

The educational roles between parents and their children have been reversed, according to Fisher-Price research, with kids 'out-teching' their parents. Despite mums and dads traditionally educating and assisting their little ones, in the case of coding, children are the ones in charge, teaching their parents everything they have been taught at school. Sixteen per cent of young children can already use logical reasoning skills on the computer, while 13 per cent can organise digital content and 18 per cent know...

My phone beeped and a Watsapp message flashed up on my screen as I walked into the gym. “What time are we meeting?” I sighed and stuffed the phone back into my pocket. I’ll reply when I’ve finished my session. But two seconds later my phone buzzed again with a new message, ‘oi read but no reply, what time are we meeting?’ This is the problem with Watsapp and smartphones in general. They’re so intrusive. Although your friends may not be able to...