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Between checking everybody’s passport is in date, stocking up on suncream, arranging airport transfers and washing and ironing countless pairs of shorts and t-shirts, there is little time when planning a family holiday to consider what may happen should something go wrong, either before the trip or during. What happens if your youngest falls ill the morning of the flight and no-one can travel? If you arrive at your hotel and it is totally different to the one in the...

By Hannah Ross When it comes to festivals, sunglasses are probably at the bottom of your to-do list. However you never tend to go without a pair so they are definitely an essential. There are no rules on trends for festival sunglasses; everyone wears what they believe their faces suit; from cateye to classic clubmasters, anything goes. We have teamed up with Red Hot Sunglasses to produce the ten must have shades for the discerning festival goer. MIU MIU Metal...

  By Hannah Ross When it comes to festivals, sunglasses are probably at the bottom of your to-do list. However you never tend to go without a pair so they are definitely an essential. There are no rules on trends for festival sunglasses; everyone wears what they believe their faces suit; from cateye to classic clubmasters, anything goes. We have teamed up with Red Hot Sunglasses to produce the ten must have shades for the discerning festival goer. TOM FORD...

On Stage Mishaps Here I’ll be putting two stories into one tiny little segment, because I’m mad like that. Also in a way they’re both kind of non-stories and by pushing them together I’m trying to get one decent story out of it. STORY THE FIRST is that Dave Grohl, ‘rocker’ best known for his work with the ‘Foo Fighters’ or, if you’re my dad, ‘the Foos’, broke his actual leg on stage in Gothenburg last week. Technically it was...

By Kerry Goldhawke, TLE Correspondent  A good cup of tea, boiling an egg to perfection and stumbling upon cash in the street have been revealed in a list of 50 things which ‘make our day’. The research of 2,000 adults found that for many of us the simple pleasures in life can make the difference between having a good day or a bad one. Receiving a free gift, catching a smile from a good looking strangers and getting a thank...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Lower back pain is often seen as part and parcel of pregnancy with nearly 70% of pregnant women suffering at some point. Unfortunately, unlike many other pregnancy-related complaints, it often doesn’t end with labour and many women continue to experience lower back pain long after their babies are born due to weakened abdominal and back muscles and poor posture while breastfeeding and carrying their children. My own lower back problems have certainly been made considerably...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor  Play is essential for children's development. It sounds obvious when you put it like that, but opportunities for kids to play are being lost all the time by everything from cuts to local services such as Children's Centres and playgrounds, to a more risk-averse society, to an increase in traffic, to the change in the socially-accepted level of parental supervision. You simply cannot have a fulfilling childhood without play.  A child cannot achieve their potential...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor When I was at school, competition was king and not just through the enforced participation at a multitude of sporting events. The school held annual speech days for each year group where prizes were awarded for achievement and effort and a specific award in each subject was presented to one pupil who was deemed to have achieved most highly. We also had inter-house sports leagues, talent shows and as well as our exam results, we...