- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
A couple has divided friends and family by giving their baby a blended surname
The new parents decided to ‘mash-up’ their last names.
- StyleThe Independent
Man proposing to girlfriend while surfing drops ring in the sea
A man who had the creative idea of proposing to his girlfriend while surfing ended up dropping the ring in the sea.When surfer couple Christopher Garth, 38, and Lauren Oiye, 32, recently went surfing in their native Honolulu in Hawaii, Ms Oiye was none the wiser that her partner was going to ask her to spend the rest of her life with him.
- StyleThe Independent
National HIV Testing Week: How to get yourself checked for HIV
Right now there are more than 100,000 people in the UK living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the incurable illness that damages the cells in the immune system, making it harder for your body to fight everyday infections.Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the name given to describe the potentially life-threatening infections that can happen as a result of an immune system that has been damaged by the HIV virus and early diagnosis is crucial to prevent these from developing.
- StyleAlexandra Thompson
10 surprising foods full of hidden sugar
From savoury pasta sauces to “healthy” granola, hidden sugar could be tipping you over the daily recommended limit.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
'Harmless' spot on mum's nose turned out to be skin cancer
The mum was told she would lose her nose in the next ten years if she didn't receive treatment.
- StyleAlexandra Thompson
Being a shopaholic 'should be considered a mental illness'
The World Health Organization lists an obsessive need to shop as an “other specified impulse control disorder”.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
How to be a sustainable parent
Parenting doesn't have to mean drowning in plastic.
- StyleThe Independent
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Archie to spend Christmas with duchess's mother Doria Ragland
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, are to spend their first Christmas as a family with the duchess’s mother, Doria Ragland.Members of the royal family traditionally spend the yuletide period with the Queen on her Sandringham Estate, where they attend the Christmas morning service at St Mary Magdalene church.
- StyleAlexandra Thompson
Diabetes: the symptoms, treatment and everything else you need to know
One in 15 people in the UK suffer from the condition, but up to a million are clueless their blood sugar levels are out of control.
- StyleAlexandra Thompson
TV medic Dr Ranj takes an HIV test live on This Morning
The programme’s resident doctor, 40, showed viewers how “quick and easy” the check-up is.
- StyleThe Independent
Tyson Fury opens up about having suicidal thoughts: ‘I didn’t care about anything or anybody’
Professional boxer Tyson Fury has opened up about experiencing severe mental health issues, which resulted in him contemplating taking his own life.While speaking with television presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on ITV’s This Morning, Fury said he has had suicidal thoughts since around 2012, having previously experienced periods of depression.
- StyleAlexandra Thompson
Dramatic moment a pregnant woman, 30, gives birth in a hospital corridor
Elvira Greene's daughter Comfort, now two, was born next to a vending machine.
- StyleCaroline Allen
Former nude model, 86, to donate body to science
She posed nude into her seventies.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Designer creates reversible wedding dresses to give brides options on their big day
Why choose just one wedding dress when you can have two?
