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The joys of neighbours in the Spring! Eat seasonally Are you a late bloomer? Why women over 50 should slim down Do you need a dachshund? Depressed doggie? The soaring cost and changing tastes in funerals Run yourself to fitness What’s in your child’s lunchbox? Garden trends for 2020 ** Editor:  David Pickup, a solicitor...

Spring has finally sprung, and our thoughts turn naturally to … the garden. The first sunny day is an opportunity to cut the grass with your new motor mower, prune next door neighbour’s tree which overhangs, have a big bonfire to get rid of the rubbish, and end the day with a noisy barbeque! All...

Eco-warriors who lead protest marches may have good intent, but what are they doing at home?  Are they block-paving their gardens or eating avocados, for example? Alan Titchmarsh, writing in his recent column in Gardeners’ World, points out: “We cannot berate members of the Royal family and global superstars for flying hither and yon in...

Are you crossing life’s milestones later than your grandparents and even parents did?  Not to worry – you are not alone. The office for National Statistics has recently revealed that for many of us, life’s milestones are happening later. We are marrying, buying our first homes, becoming parents, divorcing, becoming grandparents, and retiring later than...

Most women who are over 50 would be wise to lose some weight, and thereby reduce their chance of developing breast cancer. So says some recent Harvard research, which found that those who lost the most weight also cut their risk of breast cancer by up to a quarter. Two in three women in Britain...

Never mind Cockerpoos and French bulldogs – the latest ‘must have’ dog is rapidly becoming the dachshund. The number of dachshund puppies registered in the UK has risen by 112 per cent in just the last five years.  In 2013, 4,887 dachshund puppies were registered with the Kennel Club.  By 2018, this had risen to...

Is your pet depressed?  Seriously.  It seems that more and more pets are developing mental health problems, according to some research by Compare the Market. Certainly insurance claims for pets being treated for mental health problems have gone up by 50 per cent.  In the past year alone,  insurers have paid out more than £750,000...

Never mind living, soon it will be too expensive to die!  The cost of funerals has reached record highs, with families now spending an average of £9,493 on a funeral.   That is an increase of more than three per cent in just the past year.  Only if you are really strict, and shop around, can...

The London Marathon will be run next month (April). Here is some good news for anyone training for it: running a marathon for the first time can reverse key markers of your ageing by up to four years. Research at University College London and Barts Health NHS Trust found that people who trained for six...

Ten years ago, too many children’s lunch boxes contained processed ham sandwiches and packets of crisps.  Sadly, today, little has changed. A recent study at Leeds University has found that the majority of lunchboxes still fall well below nutritional standards. Only one in five include any vegetables or salad.  Less than one per cent have...

What plans do you have for your garden this year?  Probably you will slow down on the digging, and maybe try making some mud pies by your new bee hotel instead.  These are among the predictions of The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The RHS reports a growing desire among gardeners to keep their soil healthy...

Love, actually? Keeping love going Stressful for men Romance is not everything! Men and doctors Could an ambulance even find you? Teenage couch potatoes Never underestimate a tortoise Best time for stress?  Middle of the day ‘Tap and go’ – straight into debt ** Love, actually? “Hello, I am a millionaire and part-time army officer,...