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Network for Surviving Stalking launches guidelines to combat digital stalking

To combat the growing problem of anti-social behaviour and harassment online, Network for Surviving Stalking, a project funded by social investor & UK registered charity Nominet Trust, has recently launched a new version of the highly regarded ‘Digital Stalking; a Guide to Technology Risks’. The free online tool will aim to protect the 1/5 women and 1/10 men that will be stalked during…
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Choosing a School – Ten Top Tips

Schools today are laying much more emphasis on marketing and branding, often creating an image that’s not quite the full picture. Savvy Mums are aware that they need to delve beneath the polished prospectus and carefully crafted open day in order to choose the right school for their child. isbi schools talked to Mums with school age children and have put together ten top tips from those who…
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Days out in London with children for 2013

Spring seems a long time coming at the moment, and with all these grey days, children’s activities for January and February need to be easy, relatively cheap and rain-free. Here are my top picks of things to do in London with kids in the last few days of winter. First up is the Discover Story Centre in Stratford. If you can drag yourself away from Westfield, this is an absolutely magical place…
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Mumpreneur's testimonial: Five minutes chat with inspiring paediatrician & mumpreneur Dr Anastasia Alcock

Five minutes chat with inspiring paediatrician & mumpreneur Dr Anastasia Alcock from London. What is your favourite London activity? My children Oliver (7) and Emily (4), love visiting the London Aquarium. They both love gazing at the fish and challenging each other to find the biggest, scariest or ugliest fish! But for them, getting hands-on and picking up and stroking the various creatures…
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The Prenatal Classroom

Most expectant mums have a multitude of questions as they prepare for their new arrival. Who better to ask for advice and support than a fully qualified and experienced doctor, who is also a mum, and who above all has the time to listen to your concerns and worries? That is exactly what The Prenatal Classroom was set up to offer. Through group or private lessons we aim to equip expectant parents…
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Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise

Ok, Christmas and New Year are over, breathe, so now to the year ahead. What does 2013 hold for you? Like most people I like to use this time to refocus my thoughts and think about the year ahead. And this year I’ve decided to try working beauty’s big three buy-ins – cleanse, tone, moisturise – to revitalise my life rather than a list of resolutions I never keep, why not try it…
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London Mums' guide to detoxing your life & manifesting your dreams in 2013

I guess you have survived the Christmas season all right… Overindulging is typical over Christmas but also fair to the family. January is a good month to cleanse your body, clear your house of unwanted gifts and clutter etc. Start the new year in a positive way! Here are London Mums’ top ten tips on how you can detox your life in 2013. 1- Set new goals: set yourself three new targets…
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First Aid training – Why knowing what to do saves lives

Here is a great article by our guest blogger and first aid trainer Emma Hammett on the importance of first aid. I first truly appreciated the importance of First Aid Training when I was working in the Burns Unit at Queen Mary’s Roehampton. I was looking after a little boy undergoing desperately painful skin graft treatment for his burns. His Mum had panicked when she spilt hot coffee on him…
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Fab paid-for media opportunity for Sky customers!

Are you a Sky customer and do you love using Sky Go? If so, that’s the perfect start as we are looking for energetic and enthusiastic Sky customers to chat happily about how much they love it! One other thing to note is that we can’t consider anyone with previous TV / acting experience due to the testimonial nature of the advert. Filming will take place on 10th and 11th of January 2013…
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'Send Prime Minister David Cameron and Simon Cowell on LONG and DANGEROUS space voyage’ say GB kids

Kids are so spontaneous, aren’t they? Well, they usually speak common sense. Or don’t they? Fun new research from toy company, MGA Entertainment, has revealed that from our list almost a quarter of British children (24%) would most like to send the Prime Minister David Cameron off on a long and dangerous space voyage, closely followed by Simon Cowell (23%). The research, which was…
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