With A-level results day out of the way, thousands of students up and down the country are beginning to prepare for the jump to university in September. And, despite increasing numbers of students choosing to stay at home for university — 338,040 in 2016/17 up...
Ask anyone about the numbers involved in maintaining a healthy lifestyle each day and you're likely to hear the same figures mentioned time and time again: walk 10,000 steps, drink 8 glasses of water, and make sure you get at least 8 hours of sleep...
Let's face it: Christmas can be a magical time, but it can be exhausting, too. For young children, it's all very exciting, with the prospect of Santa paying your home a visit often too much to bear, leaving a disrupted night's sleep ahead of them....
This Sunday 29th October 2017 at 2am, the clocks in the UK will go back by an hour, taking us from British Summer Time (BST) to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The end of daylight saving time (DST) is usually considered a positive thing, as we 'gain'...
September is here again. This week marks the end of the summer as the UK's kids head back to school for a long stretch of learning (at least until October). For parents, the six weeks holidays are the time when children are allowed more freedom,...
More abundant than gold, silver has long been valued as a precious metal – in part because of its numerous applications. Alongside its common uses in jewellery, tableware and coinage, it also has a less publicised but very long history of use by the medical...
Celebrating British Pie Week we were reminded of a tremendous childhood prank...
With Valentines Day upon us again, this year falling on a Saturday, it's a ripe time for thinking about relaxation, pampering, and of course L.O.V.E. We've been doing some research to find some of the best Valentines Day tips for things you and your partner can...
Other than birthdays and Christmas the two great highlights in any kid's calendar are probably Halloween and Bonfire Night. We'll look at Bonfire Night another time, but the great excitement of Halloween, and the inevitable sugar rush (and come-down) it brings can lead to some over-tired and over-stimulated...
What's normal and what's not in the sleeping habits of children? Do you ever worry that your child isn't getting the right amount of sleep? Do different ages have different needs? Are teenagers just lazy? Dormeo has done some research into the best practices for giving...
