Forever Friends

In my free time, like many other young women my age, I enjoy watching American TV sitcoms such as Friends and Sex and the city. They’re an easy way to wind down with their lighthearted humour and you are always guaranteed a laugh. But recently while I was watching yet another re run of Sex and the city, it got me thinking. Read more

Keeping your child safe on the street

Allowing your kids to be alone outside is an important part of their development but also a big cause of worry for parents.

Street safety

Make sure your child knows his full name, address and telephone number. Read more

Are they growing up too fast?

Like it or not, our children are growing up in a far more sophisticated and complex world than we did. This has its advantages. They will have more opportunities and choices than you ever had. However, it can create problems too. Read more

Great Britain flag, the Union Jack

Great Britain flag, the Union Jack - The flag was originally a union of the Scottish (A white diagonal cross on blue background) and English flags (A red non-diagonal cross on a white background). However the word Union comes from the fact that Britain was (and still is) a union of a number of countries (then 2 (well 3 if you count wales, which apparently, they didn’t now 4 (we’re nicer to the Welsh now)). Read more

We should be so lucky-Kylie’s battle

Ever since Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer back in May 2005, all we’ve heard is how amazingly she’s coped and what a great ambassador she is for breast cancer. But what I really want to know is why she is being put on a pedestal? Read more

Don’t tar all youngsters with the same brush, Mischeif Night

When did our Mischief Night become an excuse for young people to throw rocks and stones at windows, instead of eggs and balloons filled with random contents?

On the night of Sunday, November 4, aka “Mischief Night”, my family’s window was smashed by youths. I saw them running away. Read more

Fighting for Life

I’ve come to realise that in my 21 years, life can be one of the hardest things to deal with. As a child, I often changed my mind about what I wanted to be from a Doctor, to an Animator, to a Singer, and to a Journalist. Like most children you believe you can do anything, but somehow people gradually destroy your positive outlook on life and tell you your not good enough, until we eventually lose the courage to go after our dreams. Read more

That IS news Natasha

Climbing the career ladder to the tick tock of the body clock has become a subject more frequently highlighted by the media, most recently with the news presenter Natasha Kaplinski, all be it to the apparent dismay of her channel five bosses. As a woman in her thirties, Natasha is one in a line of celebrity soon to be mothers, Nicole Kidman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Halle Berry to name a few. Read more