Pancake Tuesday is coming up on the 28th of February and Seasonal Berries wants you to pop a bit more colour on your plate! They have created a yummy (and easy!)  Mini Pancake and Blueberry Sauce recipe for you to try. Stuck for time? You can even prepare the batter and sauce in advance and put it together in minutes on the …

Millions of kids are missing out on basic life skills because mums aren’t passing down their know-how – including letter writing and how to sew, according to new research. Washing-up, ironing, and how to spring clean a house are also among the things mothers aren’t teaching their offspring. Handwriting, organising the laundry and making ‘proper’ gravy also appear in the …

Clueless men have no idea what clothes size their partner wears, what their natural hair shade is or even the colour of their eyes, a study has found. Millions of blokes also admit they would struggle to name their wife or girlfriend’s job title, favourite colour and their best friend. Almost one in 20 even say they couldn’t tell you …

A British entrepreneur has launched an ‘SOS’ service for the elderly which turns any mobile phone into a personal alarm and promises to save families and the NHS millions of pounds a year. My SOS Family allows pensioners to alert relatives by touching a single button on a mobile phone if they suffer a fall or health emergency. The system …

Ahead of the Safer Internet Day (February 7th),  we are delighted to share some insights from Norton: 8 in 10 are concerned about their children’s online safety 3 in 4 believe children today are more exposed to online dangers than children five years ago Almost half worry their children will be bullied or harassed or will be lured away by …

Expert Advice from Explore Learning Parents’ evenings – one of the most important events in parents’ lives – where they sit down with those people who know their children almost as well as they do – and find out how they’re doing at school.  But, with only ten minutes or so to formally review all those hours of learning how …

20,000 people could save their marriages with the right support   More than 20,000 people could be unnecessarily divorcing this year, according to new analysis from leading relationships charity, Relate. The latest divorce figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), out today, show that there were 111,169 divorces in England and Wales in 2014. Based on current trends*, there …

2017 will see the launch of Pisher – a new electronic toilet training device for little boys that projects a playful electronic target inside the toilet to capture your child’s attention and help them take aim, so there’s no need to clean up after them every time they take a trip to the bathroom. As the launch date approaches, Sarit Nahum, founder of …

NEW BOOK: Road School The story of a family who pulled their kids out of school for a home education adventure, back-packing across the world Generation X-ers will remember the fun they had inter-railing in Europe or backpacking around Asia, escaping the daily grind before knuckling down to study or work… and what better way to recreate that carefree time …

In a rail industry exclusive, leading train company CrossCountry has today announced it has removed the administration fee charged when customers need to change the date or time of their Advance ticket. Because Advance tickets are intended for specific trains and set times, the rail industry charges a £10 administration fee if a customer needs to change their plans. However, …