Parents, this toilet flush gadget is the way to make sure your kids never forget to flush

January 16, 2016, 11:00 pm

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If you are parent to a child under 7 you’ll be well aware of the need for the pre-flush.

You’ll be a pro at intercepting guests on their way to the loo so you can check your DC hasn’t left them a gift.

And you’ll have experienced that feeling of pure joy when the kids go back to school after the holidays and you realise yuo can use the loo for three months straight without flushing it first.

Because as all parents know, kids don’t flush.

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Some of them might try. They might even manage half the time – but toilet flushes can be tough for small hands to manage.

And sometimes they’re five and they just forget.

They don’t yet suffer the eternal fear of having someone walk in and figure out what they got up to in there .

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14 gender neutral interiors to buy if you’re moving in with your boyfriend

January 17, 2016, 1:00 am

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You might want to step away from the garish flower prints.

Moving in with your boy might seem daunting for a number of reasons. What happens to your favourite pink duvet cover? Can you still have candles? You get the picture.

So, to save yourself the worry here’s the best gender neutral interiors both he, and you will agree on.

1. Invest in ladder book-shelves

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18 struggles of people who can’t put weight on

January 17, 2016, 3:00 am

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At risk of sounding like the biggest humblebragger in the world, I, like many others, have a nasty (and accidental) habit of losing weight. I am one of those awful ‘high metabolism’ people, which, in the grand scheme of things, I’m very grateful for.

But it has its seriously inconvenient moments. If you also struggle to keep your weight up, here are some things you’ll know.

1. Stress makes you lose weight

For most people, stress sends them straight to the biscuit tin. For you, stress just makes your ribs visible.

2. You’re cold all the damn time

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FINALLY. Greggs pasties and savouries ranked from worst to best – but the results are controversial

January 17, 2016, 4:55 am

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With the recent news that North East bakery chain – and king of delicious but heartburn inducing treats – Greggs is going gluten free, all we could really think about is how much we fancied a Greggs.

There are many treats to be found in one of the outlets (of which there are approximately three per street in Tyneside, we guess) from sandwiches and soups to desserts and THOSE SPRINKLED DOUGHNUTS.

They’re for another day though. Our mouths are salivating at the thought of a good savoury pastry from Greggs and we thought it was time… Read the full story

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January 17, 2016, 11:31 pm

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A mum from Connecticut has written a powerful open letter to her son’s bullies, telling them ‘respect those around, you never know what they have been through.’

MaryAnn Parisi said she suspected her 11-year-old adopted son Michael was being bullied, but on Monday was alerted by one of his teachers that it had worsened.

Which is when she decided to write her message on Facebook, to show the bullies what Michael had been through just to make it to school every day.

‘Maybe knowing his background is the difference,’ she wrote. ‘Even the best children have moments of insecurity and weakness.… Read the full story

Mum receives letter from son’s school about spelling tests; despairs at spelling mistakes

January 18, 2016, 12:14 am

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A mum from Kent has tweeted her despair after her son brought home a note from school about upcoming spelling tests, which was littered with spelling mistakes.

Mum-of-two Amanda shared a picture of the note pasted into her son’s homework book by his teacher, which explained that Year 6 pupils would need to complete a spelling test as part of their SATs exams.

Therefore, for homework each week, the school would be sending home six words and asking parents to help their children learn the correct spelling.

Unfortunately, the school had failed to spell all six words correctly themselves.

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Winnie the Pooh Day: 10 things you might not know about Winnie the Pooh

January 18, 2016, 1:00 am

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Every year Winnie the Pooh fans around the world celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day on the 18th January, the day that his creator, AA Milne, was born in 1882.

Whether you choose to celebrate Winnie the Pooh day by reading your favourite book, dressing the kids up or having a game of poohsticks, here are 10 facts that you might not know about everyone’s favourite Pooh Bear:

1. The author’s son was really called Christopher Robin, and him and his stuffed toys were the inspiration for the stories – that is apart from Owl and Rabbit, who were added later by the author for variety. 

2. You can see… Read the full story

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January 18, 2016, 1:18 am

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Apparently, we all just want to get away from it all and live in a treehouse.

For a week or so at least.

Airbnb has released a list of its top 10 most wish listed rental properties and four of them are treehouses. Also making up the most wanted list are a ‘seashell’ house in Isla Mujeres, Mexico and a Pirates of the Caribbean getaway in California that boasts indoor waterfalls and pools (but doesn’t allow parties. Sorry).

And as well as treehouses, the list reveals that we’re pretty fond of bedding down in igloos, vans, lighthouses and… Read the full story

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Pret’s new Make Someone Smile campaign gives customers the power to hand out free coffee

January 18, 2016, 1:51 am

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It takes a lot to make a Londoner smile in the morning. But, a free Pret coffee has been known to do it.

Pret CEO Clive Schlee revealed last April that he had given staff the power to give out free drinks or food to customers.

‘The staff have to give away a certain number of hot drinks and food every week,’ he explained of the unique loyalty scheme. ‘They will decide “I like the person on the bicycle” or “I like the guy in that tie” or “I fancy that girl or that boy”. It means 28 per cent of people have had… Read the full story

‘Parent sex’ honest mum blogger is back and this time she’s taking on post-natal depression

January 18, 2016, 2:41 am

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Thirty-two-year-old Aussie blogger Constance Hall has four children under the age of six, so there’s not much she doesn’t know about the realities of parenting.

And there’s not much she won’t share, in her brutally honest, and often laugh-out-loud, Facebook posts.

Earlier this month Constance wrote a post about the realities of parent sex  – ‘where you position the bed to have one foot against the door because, for a loud bunch of kids, yours can be pretty quiet when they’re sneaking up on people’ – which was liked over 180,000 times online.

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18 ridiculously cute animals to cheer you up on Blue Monday

January 18, 2016, 3:28 am

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There’s a good chance you’ve been fighting the urge to have a sob about the sorry state of your bank account and the freezing weather today.

And that would be because it’s Blue Monday, which is apparently the most depressing day of the year.

A combination of post-Christmas lack of funds, miserable weather and a general lack of Monday motivation is meant to have us all in the depths of despair.

But not to worry, we have rounded up some of the cutest animals known to man to ease away the Monday blues.

You’re welcome.

1. These rescue lambs keeping warm in their knitted jumpers

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Nike’s Black History Month collection is all sorts of WANT

January 18, 2016, 4:01 am

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We know. It’s Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year – and everything is terrible.

Fortunately, for sneakerheads around the world, Nike has revealed its annual Black History Month collection and it is worrying our bank managers.

There’s not a single trainer in this pack we wouldn’t proudly add to our collection.

The only problem, other than getting our hands on some, will be figuring out which we want the most (it’s got to be the Roshes, obvs.)

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This woman is travelling the world by bike and boat to collect 1,001 stories about climate change

January 18, 2016, 4:42 am

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Twenty-three-year-old touring cyclist and storyteller Devi Lockwood has now been on the road for almost 16 months.

She set off on September 21, 2014, following the People’s Climate March in NYC, and have been travelling the world by bike and boat ever since, in a bid to collect 1,001 stories about climate change.

If you ever doubted climate change was a very real thing, affecting people in different ways, in different parts of the world, every single day, Devi has the stories to prove it – almost 450 so far in fact.

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After being left at the altar, this woman booked a one-way ticket round the world, and hasn’t looked back

January 18, 2016, 6:05 am

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Almost four years ago, just weeks before her big day, Katy Colins’ boyfriend told her he didn’t want to marry her.

So, she booked a one-way ticket out of there. And she hasn’t looked back.

The 30-year-old former PR from Formby quit her job, sold her house, and set off on a solo journey that has so far taken her to Thailand, Nepal, Dubai, India, France, Brazil and Argentina, as well as helping her achieve her dream of becoming a published author.

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A guy in Istanbul is letting stray cats seek refuge in his mosque

January 18, 2016, 6:09 am

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The winter can be a tough time for a stray cat, but Mustafa Efe has been making their lives a little easier and giving us all the feels in the process.

He’s the imam at the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque in Istanbul’s historic Üsküdar district  and is known for his ‘good-humor and diligence’, The Daily Sabah reports.

But it’s his love of cats that’s got everyone getting all misty eyed.

Instead of chasing felines out of the mosque, he welcomes them in with open arms, calling them his ‘Friday friends’.

They’re also totally welcome seven days a week throughout the cold winter months.

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Papa John’s in Russia thought it would be a good idea to name a discount after Stalin

January 18, 2016, 6:16 am

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It’s a well known fact that pizza’s great.

But Joseph Stalin? Not so much, with his reign noted for the oppression, deaths and starvation of millions of Russians.

So it’s hardly surprising that people weren’t just mystified, but extremely pissed off, when Papa John’s in Russia decided ‘Joseph Stalin’ would make a great code for a pizza discount.

Ilya Klishin, editor-in-chief at TV channel Rain, was one of the first to point out how insensitive it was on Facebook.

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January 18, 2016, 6:46 am

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January 18, 2016, 7:51 am

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Emily Rose’s little girl has been a Star Wars fan her whole life.

Now seven-years-old, the force is only getting stronger. And after she saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens recently, Rey instantly became her new favourite character.

‘Evolution of a tiny Fangirl,’ Emily wrote on Twitter. ‘She’s always loved Star Wars, and now she gets to be a Jedi just like her big brother.’

The impact of having a young female character right at the centre of the plot was huge on the little girl.

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Woman who lost over 15 stone in two years shares the secrets behind how she did it

January 18, 2016, 8:20 am

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Chantel Tonks, from Utah, weighed over 400 pounds (28st 5lbs) at her heaviest.

By using food as a coping mechanism to get through the day, she was steadily gaining weight and suffering from chest pains.

She decided she had to make a change.

But her first stab at shedding the pounds, with a gruelling regime combining 90 minute work outs and a diet of just 1000 calories a day, proved too difficult.

After a year she gave up and returned to a weight of 372 pounds (26st 5lbs).

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January 18, 2016, 8:26 am

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There’s more to life than being really, really ridiculously good-looking.

Like having a vodka bottle designed for you by Mario Testino, for example.

To celebrate the return of the model who arguably invented the selfie pout, Testino has created a special Cîroc bottle called the Cîroc Derek Zoolander Blue Steel bottle.

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And it’s ridiculously, ridiculously good looking.

A 70cl bottle will be stocked at Selfridges at the end of January, priced £38.50 – and watch out for a special three litre bottle coming nearer the release of the film in February.

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