This smart bag uses your smartphone to clean smelly gym kits on the go

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Cleaning is boring and hard.

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As anyone training for the London Marathon knows, gym kits get super smelly, super-fast.

When going to the gym becomes a priority you’re either washing your leggings twice a day, you own seven pairs, or you have to put up with a distinctly vinegary smell and hope no one gets too close to you during hot yoga.

Luckily, a California-based startup has developed a carry-all that cleans your gym kit (trainers included) for you.

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If you’ve been skulking around the strange bits of the internet recently, you’ve probably seen him: a giant, fluffy cat wearing a backpack and clinging to his owner.

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He’s adorable. Mysterious. He prompts so many questions, from ‘is that a tiny custom-made backpack?’ to ‘what is he thinking?’.

And for a while, there was another question playing on repeat on our minds: who is this cat?

Now, we have an answer.

Assorted excellent people on the internet have tracked down this cat and discovered his name is P’Bone. He… Read the full story

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April 1, 2017, 7:31 am

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London is a wonderful place to live.

Londoners may get a bad rep for being rude, moany and unsociable sometimes but the city and its people aren’t all that bad.

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The people are nice (I promise!) and London is a bustling, lively city where you’ll never get bored.

The main reason to love living in London is that it is the greatest city in the world.

But if that’s not enough, here are 18 other reasons to love living… Read the full story

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April 1, 2017, 7:57 am

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Learning to accept your body isn’t about being entirely confident all the time.

It’s a journey – one that takes time, and daily effort, and can often mean just working towards accepting your body rather than thinking it’s the best thing ever.

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That’s the message fitness blogger Joanne Encarnacion, best known as GoFitJo, wants to spread with her social media.

This week, she shared her own version of a #transformationtuesday post, detailing the journey of her body and her relationship to it from 2013 to today.

The photos show Jo… Read the full story

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April 1, 2017, 8:21 am

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Those who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder face various obstacles as they go through life.

As many will struggle with socialising and communicating with others, it can be hard for them to develop relationships and make their thoughts and feelings clear.

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Further issues come to light when an autistic person comes from an ethnic minority background – and this is something Manpreet Kaur, Director of Projects at children’s special educational needs charityRead the full story

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April 1, 2017, 8:43 am

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Growing up, all I ever wanted was a Rubik’s cube.

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I was not a cool kid. I pictured myself being magically able to master the Rubik’s cube in under a minute, with zero practice or hasty Googling of the technique.

When I got my eager hands on someone else’s Rubik’s cube, I was always entirely stumped. But that didn’t stop me from dreaming I was a Rubik’s master in training, desperately wishing each Christmas that I’d get the colourful cube I so desperately wanted.

I’ve given up… Read the full story

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April 1, 2017, 8:52 am

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Themed weddings are all the rage right now.

Whether it’s Harry Potter or a good old fashioned Greggs (no, really), going off-piste with your wedding could make it more memorable than you thought possible.

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Now, with season seven of Game of Thrones just around the corner, it’s only fitting that one photographer used the show as inspiration for a fantastical, romantic project.

Who wouldn’t want to celebrate like a lord of Westeros?

Inspired by her love of the show, photographer Katherine Elena created a playful wedding… Read the full story

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April 1, 2017, 9:09 am

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These photos may look like perfectly captured moments of someone surfing the waves.

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But they’re not. The reality is much, much cooler than that.

Every year, Vatnajokull National Park in eastern Iceland becomes home to incredible caves made entirely of ice and crafted by nature.

The natural phenomenon happens when rivers flowing underneath the Vatnajokull Glacier retreat in the winter, making space for people to access the ice caves left behind.

They only appear in the winter months, and form caves brave explorers can climb and peek inside.

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April 2, 2017, 12:00 am

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Our son has a wide range of books in his collection.

There are cloth books he had as a baby and books with windows and flaps, there are also story books and picture books, and there books about animals and about vehicles too.

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We are avid readers in our house.

But out of all the books within his collection, the ones we hold dearest are the ones that make him feel included.

The ones that teach children a lesson about diversity and how different… Read the full story

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I started taking better care of my skin last year (well I say better… until recently my idea of ‘skincare’ was tilting my head up in the shower) and surprise surprise, my skin improved.

Hooked on the results, I decided to try a 10-step Korean skincare routine for a month.

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Unlike our western multi-target approach – you… Read the full story

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There’s a new clear winner for the strongest coffee in the world title, which is great because sleep is for the weak anyway.

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Now I love coffee, but the thought of Black Insomnia, the world’s strongest coffee is daunting, to say the least.

Just one cup of this coffee contains more than twice your recommended daily limit of caffeine, with a whopping 58.5mg per fluid ounce – that’s 702mg for a 12-ounce cup.

To put this in perspective, a Starbucks brew usually sits at around 21.25mg per fluid ounce and a Green Tea at 3.1mg.

With… Read the full story

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April 2, 2017, 1:16 am

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Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects your moods – meaning that they can swing from one extreme to another over extended periods.

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In my experience, some periods are shorter, with moods changing within weeks, and others last for months on end.

There is a state of stability, which means I feel ‘normal’ for a period of time, but stability is often hard to reach, though medication can help.

As someone who suffers from bipolar disorder, my moods can range from mania to depression. I can go from feeling very high and elated, doing things out of character such as changing my appearance, spending a lot of money, or doing irresponsible things – and at the same time be incredibly motivated and need little sleep with. This is juxtaposed with periods of feeling very low and depressed – and even suicidal.

To manage my… Read the full story

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I grew up in Luton.

Yes, that place which is best known for having an airport, once being home to the country’s biggest hat industry and, er, other less positive stuff.

But despite this, there’s something quite unique about what it was like to grow up in there and there’s still always a lot to look back on fondly.

It might not be the greatest place but I’m still proud to say I come from Luton.

Here’s the primer for the outsider:

No matter how old you are, you’ll always get that look of curiosity and/or shame when you inform someone that you studied at Halyard High School,… Read the full story

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April 2, 2017, 2:10 am

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You know the saying, ‘tired of London, tired of life.’ There’s something new to discover around every corner and at every tram stop.

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Clapham High Street in South London is a perfect microcosm of London life, which is why we’re particularly besotted with this new photo series from award-winning photographer, Jim Grover.

48 Hours On Clapham High Street captures the area as it transforms from the day into the night. The photographer manages to successful portray two very different worlds – with daytime… Read the full story

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Ludovic Rossignol is the co-founder of The London, Amsterdam and New York Coffee Festival.

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Needless to say, this is a guy who loves and knows a lot about coffee, including how to take that ‘perfect’ coffee shop Instagram post.

You know the one, all of you favourite bloggers take them, maybe even some of your more artsy friends. The aerial shots of flat-lay perfectionism, the sort of photo you see and think – I could never take a shot like that.

Well, now you can. We chatted with Ludovic Rossignol, who gave us ten… Read the full story

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April 2, 2017, 4:02 am

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Food is one of life’s pleasures but sometimes, it never fully hits the spots and we are left feeling hungrier than we should and are always thinking about where our next meal is coming from. Enjoying food is completely normal but if you feel like you constantly hungry, then there could be a few reasons behind it. 

If you are one of those people who is never fully satisfied after eating and is always tempted to snack or over-indulge even following a big meal, take a look at these explanations from NutriCentre’s Head Nutritionist Shona Wilkinson on why you always feel peckish:

You’re eating too many carbs

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Four or five years ago, when I was a gay teen, I might have questioned the validity and necessity of Pride celebrations in modern British society.

Some say the battle has already been won – we can marry, there are laws to protect us from hate in school and workplaces, and so on.

Others may argue it feels almost as if we are singling ourselves out, being given one day in the year where we can completely be ourselves – 17-year-old me certainly thought so.

It wasn’t until I actually went to my first Pride in 2014 that I realised why it was and is… Read the full story

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Add 15 minutes to your getting ready time – you may want to factor in a quick porn session before your first date.

A new study has found evidence that thanks to sexual evolution, even just thinking about sex before a first date could make all the difference in obtaining a second date.

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This process is called ‘sexual priming’ and it’s said to make men and women more open and outgoing – the perfect combination on the hunt for love.

The study was lead by Professor Gurit Birnbaum, an Associate Professor at the Baruch Ivcher School of… Read the full story

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What happens when you go on holiday but want to keep up a fitness regime?

This was my challenge when I went on a cruise around Cuba this week with just a few weeks left till I hit the fitness competition stage.

There are certain safeguards and tactics you can put into place to make sure you don’t fall completely off the wagon if you’ve… Read the full story

Cheese made out of wine exists and here’s why you should eat it in Piedmont

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‘You can knock at any door and they will feed you,’ a local tells me about about Piedmont, Italy’s second-largest region.

They couldn’t have been more right. I could barely get through any doors before being presented with a banquet of the finest local cheese, wine and meat.

Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the alps and its name is fittingly derived from the phrase ai pied del monte, meaning ‘at the foot of the mountains’.

So it won’t come as a huge surprise that the food mostly comes from the mountains here.

The production is no joke to the locals either, who work tirelessly to ensure that the area is widely regarded as Italy’s best region for wine, cheese and truffles.

By the end of a two day trip, it was hard just to fit through the doors.

Just try to visit Piedmont without returning at least a few pounds heavier than when you left.

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