Jade Beecroft

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Jade Beecroft

For Michaela Mills, it was a product created in her kitchen to improve her own health that sparked an idea for her business Michaela (28), from Draperstown, was struggling with hormonal imbalance, gut issues and skin problems when she first started experimenting with Irish sea moss. Three years later she’s revolutionized her own health and is now helping scores of customers with her handmade natural products.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Jade Beecroft

How NI’s city-dwellers can play a big role in helping hedgehogs make a comebackCharity outlines ways to create a more hedgehog-friendly gardenHedgehogs love to feed on insects, including beetles and slugsIf you loved Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, then perhaps it’s time to create a hedgehog highway in your garden. The once-common native mammals are becoming increasingly scarce, but there are plenty of things that even urban gardeners can do to encourage them.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Jade Beecroft

Three generations of a Glengormley family will be celebrating a very special 40th birthday next month by putting their best foot forward to raise funds for life-saving breast screening servicesJoanna Bingham turns 40 two weeks before she takes part in Action Cancer’s Breast Foot Forward Walk in Belfast with her mum Sharon (64), sisters Amanda Mills (37) and Victoria McColgan (34) and nieces Jessica Mills (7) and Sophie McColgan (5).

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Jade Beecroft

‘It’s like having a UTI every single day of your life’: mum sheds light on living with rare bladder conditionToni Mallen with her daughters Scarlett, left, and Bonnie, right, in March 2025Toni Mallen (35) says her interstitial cystitis has impacted on her job as a classroom assistant, her social life and even time with her family. Simple things like standing in a supermarket queue or taking her daughters out for a playdate can be impossible.

4 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Jade Beecroft

Specially trained Labrador a godsend for my family, says Belfast mum MetaBelfast mum Meta Leonard believes in miracles — and for her family that miracle came four years ago in the form of a beautiful fox red Labrador called Dusty. Meta’s daughter Charlotte (31) is thought to be the only patient in the UK with 4-in-1 syndrome, a complex mix of medical conditions including autism, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and learning difficulties.