Health & Fitness - Keeping Fit, Diet and Well-Being

A major new £3 million sponsorship deal for British Swimming aims to get thousands of kids and parents in the pool and learning to swim. The three-year funding from Kellogg’s ensures the continuation of their ASA Award Scheme - which has helped two million children learn core swimming skills over the last 12 years.

Summer has finally arrived - and that means it's crunch time as we swap our winter cover-ups for summer frocks and swimsuits. But how can we avoid resorting to crash dieting or short-term fixes to achieve that summer bod, so we can all feel good and look good in the sun this summer?

Contrary to popular stereotypes, Liverpudlians are the most honest and trustworthy people in the UK, according to new research.

Forget the vacation, forget the staycation, the hottest trend in summer holidays is the ‘weigh-cation’. The obesity epidemic has become such a problem that bulging Brits are spending their summer break fighting the flab.

The recent news of a British soldier dying of heatstroke, whilst serving in Iraq, is a reminder of the seriousness of this condition.

With your first baby everything that happens from their first cry to their first nappy change can be new, unexpected, exciting and (sometimes) overwhelming. Here are some surprises you may encounter in the first twelve weeks and how to deal with them.