The UK’s leading authority on water safety is warning families to stay clear of swollen rivers and for commuters to avoid driving through floodwater. The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), is issuing advice on staying safe near floodwater following two days of heavy downpours across the UK.
On Monday 24th September 2012 some transport disruption has taken place across the country following…
To help banish the back-to-school blues, children across the UK are being encouraged to savour the delights of Italian food while raising money for a good cause.
This autumn, ASK Italian restaurants will raise vital funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity by donating a percentage of sales from their scrumptious kids menus.
The menu which includes a tasty crudité starter…
We often receive touching letters from mums and mumpreneurs. It is amazing and this letter is one of those that really touched me.
This letter is from Katherine Mount. I hope you love it as much as I do.
In 2002 my son Ethan was born. He was diagnosed profoundly deaf and my world fell apart.
90% of deaf children are born into hearing families, the majority of which, just like mine, have little…
Last week London Mums founder, Monica Costa, and I headed off to Hyde Park to see what British Military Fitness is all about… The next day I was aching so much I considered walking up stairs a serious challenge.
I, like pretty much everyone else in the UK this summer, have been inspired to get into shape. Did you see those sprinters’ abs? Of course you did. Everybody did. And now…
South Kensington Children Working is a playgroup where your child discovers and creates. We are a once-a-week inclusive group where parent and child discover the pleasure of working with everyday and natural materials based on the observations of Maria Montessori.
In addition, there will be a book corner, opportunity for children to prepare their own healthy fruit snack and a different activity…
Children are ditching traditional teddy names, such as George or Edward and replacing them instead with obvious descriptions like Doggy, Piggy and Teddy.
A survey of 1000 parents comparing teddy names over two generations revealed children are drawing on physical characteristics, rather than their parents convention of naming their favourite toy after a family friend or relative.
The survey…
As Freshers’ Week (an annual festival to launch students into university life), run by all the student organisations on campus kicks off across the country, it marks the beginning of a new chapter in many young peoples’ lives, and most importantly, a new student finance system for English Universities.
Student Finance Day (20 September 2012) is the focal point for the media and the education…
If you are like me, you may regret spending more time behind the camera and videocamera than in front of it. Over the years, I have created so much footage of my child’s progress than you can imagine. And the problem now is to find the time to edit all of it to turn into viewable chunks to show to the family… A recent survey made me smile as it found out that mums wish they’d filmed…
When a child is born, he leaves the protection and cushioning of the womb to enter an environment where he will be instantly bombarded by a multitude of sensory stimuli ranging from touch, sight, sounds, smells and tastes. If they are too strong or too sudden, he will react to them but this reaction is completely automatic – a reflex, and he will not understand the reaction.
In order to…
Parent’s long working hours are preventing kids getting into sport according to a new report.
It may have been the summer of sport, but new research has revealed that despite half of parents being inspired to get their children involved, 86% will not actively spend time teaching sport to them. According to a study undertaken by the Make Time to Play campaign; a quarter admit working hours…