Family
Get on your bike with Victoria Pendleton
Due to start six weeks of warm weather training in Perth before March’s World Championships in Copenhagen, Victoria Pendleton - Olympic cycling champion - is encouraging a new generation to get on their bikes.
Housing shortage forcing warring couples to stay together
In the week where most couples separate and divorce proceedings are started, Shelter is launching new research showing how the lack of affordable homes in Britain is forcing couples who have split to remain living together.
New campaign aims to give families a healthier start
Over three hundred of the 1,500 babies likely to be born this New Year’s day could be overweight or obese by the time they start school unless action is taken.
Alcohol awareness – it’s no joke
It’s all too easy to laugh off the effects of alcohol and forget that drink can put young people in vulnerable situations.
Dick and Dom back initiative to help homeless children
Dick and Dom are backing Shelter's call on schools across the country to take part in HomeTime!, a new exciting fundraising initiative, encouraging children to raise money and help change the lives of thousands of homeless children in the new year, launching on Friday 12th February 2010.
Will January free Brits from the divorce settlement bubble?
January is traditionally the busiest period for divorce proceedings and with research from Unbiased.co.uk, the professional advice website, showing that Britons held off reaching a financial settlement in 2009, legal experts debate whether January will still see Britons released from the divorce settlement bubble.
How to make the next decade your best yet
The start of the New Year is traditionally the time to take stock and review how our lives are going, but it is all too easy to have forgotten our resolutions by the time February comes.
Parents resort to magic to explain Santa's Christmas entrance
How do you explain to young children that Santa Claus is coming down the chimney to deliver their presents when you don’t have one? The answer is to explain it away as ‘magic’, according to a survey carried out by FindaProperty.com.
Christmas shopping takes its toll on stressed out Brits
New research out this month shows that finding the perfect Christmas gift for loved ones is really taking its toll on Brits.
Parents borrow from kids’ savings
More than one in five parents have been borrowing from their children's savings account, with 44% of them borrowing between £200 and £500, the majority taking money over five months or less it was revealed today.
Tell kids the truth - the crunch stole Christmas
Families are missing a golden opportunity to explain the financial facts of life to children this Christmas, according to new research from uSwitch.com.
DIY Christmas gift ideas
More than half of Brits would consider giving their loved ones a DIY present for Christmas this year, such as handmade clothes, arts and crafts, or even homemade cakes and chocolates, according to research by Principality Building Society.
Parents spend to keep kids entertained this Christmas
The average family is set to spend almost £40 a day on entertaining their children this Christmas according to research from Egg, the internet bank.
Top time to chat is 4.30pm on a Friday
Orange has revealed that the favourite time for Brits to pick up the phone during the week is 4:30pm every day, peaking on Friday with nearly six million people deciding this is the best time to chat.
Marvellous Mother’s Day
There is never enough time to say thank you to one of the most special women in your life: your mother. Show her just how much you love her with a rich and decadent breakfast this Mother’s day courtesy of John Lewis.