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Today is Breast Cancer Awareness day. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and it's estimated that 5,000 people will be...

Garlic ready – Check. Black cats not in sight – Check. No ladders to walk under – Check. The list can go on for Paraskevidekatriaphobics...

Oktoberfest will be celebrated in lots of cities from 5th - 22nd October. For some it will be a chance to try different foods, music and...

The change in weather, daylight getting a little shorter and getting up early for work  has really affected my body clock. When I was...

With all the atrocities going on in the world, it can sometimes seem that living in my own bubble is nice. The floods and hurricanes...

This weekend will be the start of a new chapter in lots of university students' lives. They may be living away from home for the first...

Today is International Literacy day. A day to celebrate all forms of literacy in the hardcopy and digital form. It is amazing how many...

Now that the athletics has finished and the football season has started, I am finding watching television a little boring. When I was...

By now most GCSE students would have had their results and felt very happy with them. For some, it will be tears of sadness that they...

Fifteen years ago, I got married and have been crying ever since!!! The day was beautiful and we were surrounded by our close friends and...

The World Championships Athletics are taking place in London and I have tried to watch a lot of the events. My son and I are sad to see...

By now the summer months should be well under way. However, this is England and the weather, literally, changes from one minute to the...

Today, for year six it is their last official day at primary school. They were once big fish in a little pond and come September, little...

About four months ago, I saw in my local, free paper, a charity night walk of 25/50  km. A friend and I had been walking on and off for...

Last weekend, I met up with some very good friends of mine. Some I haven't seen for a few months and a couple only a few weeks ago. We...

Wrote my first poem at the age of thirteen, Was too embarrassed to show it to anyone, didn't want it to be seen, Bit by bit, I started to...

I remember my first holiday without my family. I went to Cordoba in Spain with my local youth club, I was about 19. The flight,...

For as long as I can remember, I have always loved people watching. When I lived in Derby, every Saturday, as a teenager, I used to go to...

I like to work and have worked since I was 16. My first 'job' was as an assistant on a fruit and veg stall. I lasted all of 2 days. I...

When I was younger, I never really liked watching nature programmes – they were boring. As I got older, I appreciate them a lot more. I...