Alice Porter

6 days ago | fitandwell.com | Alice Porter

The pelvic floor is an area of the body you probably haven’t paid much attention to unless you’re pregnant or have had a baby. That’s because pregnancy places extra demands on your pelvic floor muscles and can result in changes that greatly affect your quality of life. But people are beginning to realize that it pays to have a strong pelvic floor, no matter your sex or whether or not you've given birth, with more than 62,000 posts with the tag #pelvicfloor on TikTok.

1 week ago | msn.com | Alice Porter

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1 week ago | msn.com | Alice Porter

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

1 week ago | news.sky.com | Alice Porter

Forty hectares of greenhouses, heated by the burning of rubbish, are set to be built in Essex - making it the largest low-carbon horticulture site in Europe. These greenhouses will be the first of their kind and could provide around 6% of the tomatoes consumed in the UK. It should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will come to the Rivenhall site, where it will then be burnt in an incinerator. Image: What the Riverhall site will look like when finished.

1 week ago | fitandwell.com | Alice Porter

As you get older, it's normal to feel less steady on your feet or struggle with balance, but you don’t just have to grin and bear it. Maintaining your strength and balance is something that can be easily improved at home with consistent practice. Exercise scientist and strength and conditioning coach Pete Williams has shared an exercise that will improve your strength and balance to reduce your risk of falls.