Life

Long Covid and children - what to do if you're worried

Family & Parenting 22 June, 2021

Ask the expert: How can I help build my 12-year-old daughter's confidence?

Family & Parenting 22 June, 2021

Living the green dream: 13 ways to bring home nature's most calming colour this summer

Life 21 June, 2021

Leona O'Neill: Time to protest against 'mayhem, fear and death' returning to our streets

Leona O'Neill

WE HAVE got so used to crisis here in Northern Ireland that we think that this alarm bells ringing, lights flashing, everyone running around screaming, panic station-style environment is a perfectly normal space in which to exist.

Tactics to help give kids a break from sweet treats

HAVE your children been eating more treat foods during the pandemic? Well don't worry if they have - you're certainly not alone.

Sleb Safari: It's all business and no funny business on The Apprentice

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Sleb Safari: Keira Knightley's trampoline has a strict dress code

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Sleb Safari: Katie Price and the naming of babies after the place they were conceived

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Sleb Safari: Unexpected celebrity appearances at much bigger celebrity weddings

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Sleb Safari: What does a superyacht smell like?

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Sleb Safari: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reboot Bennifer

Health see all »

Wellbeing: Developing your inner 'scout mindset' - the self-help technique for making better decisions

17 Jun, 2021

TYING knots, lighting fires and camping under the stars - for most kids, being part of the Scouts is an opportunity to learn basic survival and bushcraft skills.

Ask the dentist: Maximising your gum health helps your heart as well as your mouth

Lucy Stock 17 Jun, 2021

BACTERIA, fungi and viruses are continually seeking out entry points by which they can invade the body and the mouth is just the most perfect place with its many different nooks and crannies that they can choose from to mount their invasion.

Ask the GP: How to avoid side-effects of blood pressure drugs

Dr Martin Scurr 17 Jun, 2021

Q: I HAVE high blood pressure but can't get on with any of the blood pressure tablets I have been treated with over the past 30 years.

Defying body clock 'linked to depression and reduced wellbeing'

Rod Minchin, PA 17 Jun, 2021

PEOPLE whose sleep pattern goes against their natural body clock are more likely to have depression and lower levels of wellbeing.

Entertainment see all »

Disney finds its Snow White for live-action adaptation of classic fairytale

22 Jun, 2021

The film will be directed by Marc Webb.

Chris Brown accused of hitting a woman in Los Angeles

22 Jun, 2021

Police were called to Brown's home in the San Fernando Valley on Friday.

Government to launch consultation on privatisation of Channel 4

22 Jun, 2021

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport also said it will also review the regulation of streaming services.

Radiohead and Chemical Brothers back calls for action on EU touring

22 Jun, 2021

Blur drummer David Rowntree is also supporting the campaign.

Family & Parenting see all »

Marie McConville: Wishing and hoping our much-needed holiday can go ahead

Marie Louise McConville 19 Jun, 2021

My fingers are in pain from all the constant crossing for luck.

'Sense has been a lifeline to our family'

15 Jun, 2021

IMAGINE the support you would need if your child was born deaf and had sensory and learning needs; multiply that by three and you get the challenge faced by Wendy and Allan Newbronner.

Ask the expert: What healthy sweet treats can I give my children that they will actually like?

15 Jun, 2021

Q: I WANT my young children to eat healthily but, like most kids, they love sweets, biscuits and cakes and moan when I give them fruit and veg, so I end up giving them 'naughty' sweet treats to keep them quiet.

Leona O'Neill: Life-saving CPR and first aid should be taught at school

Leona O'Neill 15 Jun, 2021

THE shocking scenes on Saturday's opening Euro 2020 game, where a player collapsed during the game and had to be resuscitated on the field, left many reeling.

Food & drink see all »

Eating out: Overwood at Balloo House - still doing it right

Seamus Maloney 19 Jun, 2021

Overwood, Balloo House, 1 Comber Road, Killinchy, Co Down, BT23 6PA 028 9754 1210 ballooinns.

Nutrition with Jane McClenaghan: Peas please - Time for a fresh fruit and veg attitude

Jane McClenaghan 19 Jun, 2021

THIS is the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables.

James Street South: Barbecue prawns and orzo with roasted tomatoes and pesto dressing

Niall McKenna 19 Jun, 2021

HERE are two weekend recipes you can most definitely use when you are barbecuing in the garden.

Craft beer: Life-changing brew in support of stem cell campaign

Paul McConville 19 Jun, 2021

WHEN we think of strawberries and summer, it conjures up images of punnets with a dollop of cream served up at Wimbledon alongside the high-class tennis on show.

Columnists see all »

Anne Hailes: Pádraic Fiacc's verse weaves its magic at unique recital

Anne Hailes 21 Jun, 2021

I was recently invited to a unique event which turned out to be a little jewel in Belfast's crown.

Nuala McCann: Not all toilets are the same. Some are more peequal than others...

Nuala McCann 21 Jun, 2021

WOMEN spend 34 times longer queueing for public toilets than men, research suggests.

Lynette Fay: Nothing compares 2 U, Sinéad

Lynette Fay 21 Jun, 2021

FOR some reason, 1987 jumps out as the year I discovered music.

Netting a Bargain: Domino's meal deal; half-price movie memorabilia, Amazon offers including Ring video doorbell

Jonathan Campbell 19 Jun, 2021

- DOMINO'S is offering a £19.

Holidays&Travel see all »

Cornwall: Up a creek with a paddle

19 Jun, 2021

DAPHNE du Maurier's heroine in her 1941 novel Frenchman's Creek flees the bustle of London for the escape of southern Cornwall.

Travel: Rome stands ready to welcome visitors

19 Jun, 2021

WHEN crowds cheered at the opening game of the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in Rome last Friday, Italians had good reason to celebrate.

Travel: No shortage of helping hands in Lough Erne family adventure

Fergal Hallahan 12 Jun, 2021

Fergal Hallahan and his family headed out on Lough Erne in a cruiser for the first time as guests of hire company Carrickcraft and found people willing to help, even when help absolutely, definitely wasn't needed

Travel: Building excitement at Legoland this summer

12 Jun, 2021

Uncertainty over the ‘green list’ and coronavirus concerns mean many of us who aren’t staying in Ireland this summer are planning holiday trips to Britain. Legoland at Windsor might be high on your agenda if you have children and are visiting England during the school break. Neil Lancefield finds out what you can expect

Motors see all »

Twin-motor hybrid set-up for new Honda HR-V

William Scholes

HONDA'S new HR-V compact SUV will come as standard with a twin-motor hybrid powertrain when it goes on sale later this year, writes William Scholes.

First electric Cupra gets Born

IT is Cupra's turn to show what it can do with the Volkswagen Group's electric vehicle platform.

Vauxhall Mokka-e: Going green

William Scholes 16 Jun, 2021

The all-new Vauxhall Mokka is a stylish, modern small SUV with the option of a zero emission electric drivetrain. It's a taste of the future today, says William Scholes

Seat updates popular duo

16 Jun, 2021

SEAT has revised its highly-rated Ibiza and Arona models.

Celebrity see all »

Sleb Safari: It's all business and no funny business on The Apprentice

Maeve Connolly 21 Jun, 2021

ALAN Sugar is alarmed at the prospect of The Apprentice becoming Love Island for people who favour business attire to swimwear and has taken steps to ensure there’s only one kind of dressing down happening on his show.

Marie Louise McConville: New walking regime has me hobbling along in agony

Marie Louise McConville 24 Apr, 2021

I am in agony people - pure agony.

Marie Louise McConville: Sarah Harding's heartbreaking journey reminds us how precious life really is

Marie Louise McConville 20 Mar, 2021

It can be so easy to take things for granted in life - even during a pandemic.

Marie Louise McConville: Respect for US singer who has bravely spoken about the drugs overdose that almost killed her

Marie Louise McConville 27 Feb, 2021

There's something refreshing about celebrities owning their mistakes.

Environment see all »

Stephen Colton's Take on Nature: What a wonderful world

Stephen Colton 19 Jun, 2021

MOST evenings, I walk a short circular route with my dog Robbie around the edge of our home town Dromore, a journey which takes us past the town clock, standing tall at the head of the village.

Tony Bailie's Take on Nature: Living in the plastic age

Tony Bailie 12 Jun, 2021

A DOG playing with a blue face-covering as it was being walked along a country road is symbolic of a side effect of the measures we have all been asked to take in the past year to tackle the ongoing global pandemic.

Stephen Colton's Take On Nature: Mad Sweeney's pantry stocked with wild garlic

Stephen Colton 05 Jun, 2021

EXPERIENCE has shown me we are all at times vulnerable to going 'astray' in life, hence my liking for the medieval Irish saga Buile Suibhne, the Madness or Frenzy of Suibhne.

Tony Bailie's Take On Nature: Take a stalk on the wild side

Tony Bailie 29 May, 2021

THE sound of a cuckoo wakes me in the morning after a night in a rain-battered tent on a hillside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Gardening see all »

Casual Gardener: Poppy Love

John Manley 19 Jun, 2021

EVERY year the poppy debate rages - is Papaver orientale a spectacularly beautiful herbaceous perennial or is it an overrated thug with flowers that barely last a week? More on this divisive issue later but first some botanical qualification.

Casual Gardener: Cool cow parsley

John Manley 12 Jun, 2021

Can you replicate the wild abandon of cow parsley without it taking over? LAST week the subject matter was weeds - that's basically any vigorous plant that's in the wrong place.