Lifestyle

One of the best things about visiting London is it’s diverse and eclectic vibe; with each district showcasing it’s own, unique personality. Everyone seems to have their own opinion as to which area trumps the rest, so here are a selection of our favourite boroughs that you should definitely try to visit if you get a chance. Balham If you’re looking to get away for the buzz of the city, then you need to head to this South West London...

Swapping one fizzy drink or beer a day for water slashes the risk of obesity by up to 20 per cent, say scientists. A study of almost 16,000 adults found they were a fifth less likely to develop the condition if they had a glass of water instead of a beer. Replacing a sugar-sweetened soft drink - such as a Coke - in the same way was linked with a 15 percent reduction in risk. Britain has been dubbed the...

A gran who was so fat she could hardly walk from her front door to the car has completed a 10km run after shedding a whopping 18 stone to be crowned Slimming World’s Greatest Loser. Tracey Topping, 47, was nearly 30 stone was struggling to walk or stand, constantly out of breath and jobless. She couldn’t even fit in the bath and was humiliated when a parent at her son’s school moved seats at a meeting, complaining he couldn’t see...

Recently, I found myself in Surbiton, where I had arranged to meet an old friend who lives in deepest commuter-land. I had never visited the place before. Indeed, I have to confess that it was well into my adult life that I discovered it was a real place at all; previously, I had assumed it was a fictional entity, invented by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde for The Good Life. The name just seemed so apt, Surbiton, with its hint...

A mix of fussy eating and diverse family eating patterns is creating a mountain of food waste in Britain and making meal preparation increasingly taxing for British parents. Millions of parents are cooking more than four times a day, according to new research, with those from multi-generational and larger families cooking up to ten differing meals every day. A quarter of the 2,000 parents polled admit that in order to meet different family schedules they are forced to play chef several times...

When Ron had to give up work due to a rare form of dementia it was a difficult time and the impact of the diagnosis not only affected him but his partner of 25 years, Loraine. However, thanks to the support of The Royal British Legion’s Admiral Nurse service, they have been able to come to terms with Ron’s condition and learn to live positively with dementia. In 2007 Ron started to display erratic and obsessive behaviour that was completely...

A pet owner says she owes her life to her beloved pooch when she went to the doctors after falling over the dog and found out she had cancer. Pat Lacey, 73, had not visited her doctors for almost a year when she was tripped over by Staffordshire bull terrier Ice in her kitchen. The former civil servant went to her GP after feeling her hand start to swell up following the fall on January 17 last year. Doctors found...

A little boy has had his dreams of becoming an actor dashed despite landing a coveted part in a massive TV ad campaign - because his school refused to let him have the day off for filming. Ethan Solomon-Roberts wants to become a big Hollywood star and was over the moon to have beaten thousands of other children to land a part in a new advert for Sainsbury's 'Back to School' campaign. But the six-year-old is now devastated after his...

This adorable dancing father and son have become an online sensation thanks to their hilarious in-sync routines. Stanley Freeland, 25, and son Josiah, four, started working on their moves for their ‘#FatherLikeSon’ videos two years ago. They now regularly share updates of them jiving together online. The duo has even recorded and released a version of Josiah’s favourite track “The ABC Song”. The dancing dad said he hopes to inspire other dads to bond with their sons in fun ways....