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For He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways… Psalm 91:11 You probably have been thinking and planning your holidays since Boxing Day! The travel industry has been having a very difficult time following Covid-19 and increased costs. How do you protect yourself, so you do not lose money...

Do you love and also live with someone who snores? Then you will know how difficult it can be at times. Snoring can put great strain on the health and relationship of both partners. For this reason, the British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association (BSSAA) runs the National Stop Snoring Week, to encourage people to...

If you are exposed to air pollution over a period of many years, you may suffer from depression in later life. Such are the findings of a recent study carried out by a team at Harvard University. It found a correlation between the risk of developing a mental health problem and the amount of time...

Drinking is really good for you. Drinking water, that is. Recent research has found that people who drink a good amount of water are less likely to develop chronic conditions, or to show signs of advanced ageing. The key seems to be in your serum sodium levels, which go up when your fluid intake goes...

We have all known that awkward moment at a party, when your conversation with a stranger suddenly dries up. But if you are going to one of the King’s Coronation street parties next month, you don’t need to worry. An information pack called the Coronation Big Lunch ‘conversation menu’ has been published, offering 14 handy...

 A new study has found that people who do ‘all-nighters’ for work or study are stressing their brains. Sleep deprivation makes your brain look, and work, like it is two years older. The good news is that getting just even three hours of sleep is enough to keep it normal. And also, the study by...

During the winter when hedgehogs hibernate, their heart rate drops from around 190 beats per minute to just about 20. They breathe only once every few minutes.  So, to rouse themselves from that depth of torpor and get back into normal life takes a huge surge of energy. Which is where you can come in....

Time for some good news? Mothering Sunday – ideas to make it local Time for a Spring clean? Cold water swimming Want to lose weight?  Cut your calories by 216 a day The real secret to skimming a stone Become a litter picker – and earn money ** Editor:  By the Revd Peter Crumpler, a...

If you can’t bear to watch or read the news, you’re not alone. Newly published research shows that more than seven out of ten news publishers are concerned about increasing levels of ‘news avoidance.’ More and more people are turning away from the news because it’s just too difficult to take. And that may present...

Editor:  How can your magazine help your church to celebrate Mothering Sunday this year?  We offer some ideas below: You might want to award some local prizes to your local mums who excel in different categories of being a mother.For example, who in your church family is: Mother with the most children Mother with the...

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:77) People used to have an annual ‘Spring clean’ when they would clean the house from top to bottom. Perhaps it was a way of marking the new season or because the longer days and increasing...

Cold water swimming may be popular for its claimed mental and physical health benefits, but it also comes with risks. Some people swim in the cold for longer than their bodies can take, and risk hypothermia. The Parliament Hill Lido in Hampstead has recently posted a warning to its swimmers, saying that some weeks it...