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6 days ago | 
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Spring is in full swing and summer isn’t far away. But if you haven’t had a chance to do your spring clean yet, you’re not too late. We asked the experts to recommend the best cleaning gadgets – the bargains, worthwhile splurges and serious time-savers.
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1 week ago | 
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It’s known as a “silent killer” – hypertension, or high blood pressure – can cause a heart attack, heart failure, vision loss and kidney disease, but can go undetected for years. “High blood pressure is very common, although it doesn’t often come with symptoms – knowing you have it could prevent life-threatening complications,” says Julie Ward, a senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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2 weeks ago | 
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The UK could see its hottest April weather in seven years this week with temperatures expected to reach 28°C on Thursday 1 May. Although many of us will welcome the dose of vitamin D, it can be a nightmare in the kitchen. Standing over a hot stove and oven while the sun is blaring through the widows can be bothersome – so when it comes to the meals, what is best to make? The construction of a cottage pie will have you sweating; a bubbling stew, even more so.
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2 weeks ago | 
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It is 11pm and my cocktail has just arrived in a glass case. Dry ice oozes out as I open it to reveal a concoction of Baileys and chocolate (and potentially vodka, but I could not remember after a few). In the next few minutes, the bar starts filling up with punters eager to bag a set of headphones for the silent disco. Soon, the floor is covered with people singing from one of three musical eras – 80s, 90s or 2000s. But this is not a club in a big city.
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3 weeks ago | 
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Believe it or not, even something as simple as taking a shower and cleaning your face has rules. Washing doesn’t need to be a 10-step, two-hour mission, but there are ways and means to ensure you’re not drying out skin – and not ignoring the areas that need it most. The i Paper asked dermatologists the mistakes people are making when it comes to cleaning their bodies and faces.
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4 weeks ago | 
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When I first saw a chiropractor, I was 13 years old. She told me I had multiple muscle imbalances from using my dominant right side more than my left, and a super tight neck from looking down too much. Of course, as a teenager in the digital world, what I’d been looking down at is my phone. In the nine years that have followed I’ve spent hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds seeing different physiotherapists and chiropractors to sort out my back pain.
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1 month ago | 
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There are many debates between Gen Z and millennials but the intergenerational warfare reaches its peak when it comes to socks. Put simply: if you still wear ankle socks, you’re most definitely a millennial. If you’ve evolved into covering your ankles, wearing proper-length socks no matter what shoes you have on, then you’re a Gen Z. It comes down to more than just socks though. Fashion choices in general continue to divide the young from the (according to TikTok) old.
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1 month ago | 
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When Amelia Peckham went to an assessment to receive personal independence payments (PIP) from the Government, she didn’t think it’d be a problem for her to meet the criteria. She is partially paralysed from the waist down, cannot walk without aid, and has issues with her bladder and bowel. When she received a 40-page document outlining why she didn’t need support, she was devastated.
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1 month ago | 
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When Amanda* told her mother last year she’d been diagnosed with ADHD aged 48, her mother’s response was that she was just lazy; that doctors will hand out a diagnosis to anyone who wants one. But for Amanda the diagnosis was confirmation of a lifelong sense that she was ‘different’. As a baby she never slept. As a child she was always hyperactive. “I didn’t function like everyone else,” she says. “At school I was always feeling like I didn’t belong. I was painfully shy and floated between groups.
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1 month ago | 
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Brits have always been known for our love of a good cuppa. But apparently that is no longer the case, as coffee is now the favourite hot drink of 37 per cent of under 35s (Gen Z and Millennials) with tea only taking the top spot for 25 per cent, according to new research. That is no surprise to me – as a coffee addict I’m drinking two to three cups a day, and spending hours looking at the best way to make it, as well as driving to my nearest independent shop to queue for my caffeine fix.
