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Dads offer their answer to Mumsnet – by joining the blogging craze
Friday 21 June 2013
Fathers bring a new perspective to online diaries – and are the next big advertising demographic, says Susie Mesure
The 10 Best high chairs
Monday 01 April 2013
Set your sights - and your seats - high with this colourful collection of seats for little ones at the dinner table
Start-Up Loans aid thousands of young businesses
Thursday 14 March 2013
More than 2,000 young entrepreneurs have signed up to the Government's start-up loans scheme, which offers Britons under 30 about £4,500 to help them start businesses.
Maria Becket: Resistante who fought the Greek junta then became an ecological activist
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Maria Becket was a lifelong fighter for justice and sanity. Sometimes she fought by persuasion, as when she organised a decade of "symposium" voyages to confront the international elite with the growing threat to the world's waters. But sometimes, above all in resistance to the Greek military dictatorship between 1967 and 1974, she took part in clandestine armed struggle, including the smuggling of weapons and explosives. It was hard to believe that this dignified lady bore on one leg the scar of a grenade ill-thrown during guerrilla training in Syria.
Postcard from... Berlin
Friday 05 October 2012
The east Berlin district of Prenzlauerberg is famous for being hip, environmentally conscious and for having one of the highest birth rates in Germany.
Album: Tori Amos, Gold Dust (Deutsche Grammophon/ Mercury Classics)
Saturday 29 September 2012
On Gold Dust, Tori Amos revisits her old songs in the company of Amsterdam's Metropole Orchestra.
Sales fall brings more woe to Mothercare
Friday 20 July 2012
Mothercare has posted another set of dire, domestic trading figures as it pushes ahead with its store closures programme in Britain.
Diamond unapologetic over Sale's 'weakened' all-English selection
Monday 07 May 2012
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Lisa Markwell: What to expect when she’s expecting
Friday 06 January 2012
The news that Peaches Geldof is expecting her first baby has been greeted with the usual array of positive and encouraging commentary. Oh, who am I kidding?
Ikea alert over faulty high chairs
Thursday 05 January 2012
Parents who bought a certain batch of high chairs from Ikea are being urged to get in touch after several children were injured due to a faulty belt.
The 10 best baby monitors
Thursday 14 July 2011
Want the reassurance of knowing that your infant is safe and happy in bed, without having to creep into their room? These gadgets are just the job...
The ten best high chairs
Monday 07 March 2011
Getting your little ones to settle down for dinner can be a struggle at the best of times. These versatile seats should help bring them to attention...
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Other mums are the word when it comes to baby tips
Wednesday 09 February 2011
Europe tightens 'gender bender' chemical rules
Saturday 27 November 2010
Europe has tightened controls on a "gender bender" chemical present in food and drinks which has been linked to breast cancer, fertility problems and other illnesses.
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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