News & Views

20 June 2022

Women turn to online gambling as bingo and casino usage leads to increased addiction risk

Mention gambling around most people and their first instinct will most likely be to picture a man, but research suggests women are turning to the industry in greater numbers. Betting ...

24 March 2022

Brits have over £1.5 billion worth of unused exercise equipment sitting in their homes

New research from Gumtree has shown that Brits are sitting on an eyewatering £1.5 billion worth of unused exercise equiment, that sits at home collecting dust. Individually, that's £200 each ...
24 March 2022

Thorpe Park reopening: Free Runners take over in unique challenge to celebrate its comeback

With Thorpe Park Resort set to welcome visitors back from March 25th, professional parkour athletes TEAM PHAT, who are famous for their incredible jumps, flips and twists, are delivering excitement ...

15 February 2022

Games like Wordle: Fun spinoffs you will love

If you’ve not yet heard about the Wordle craze, first of all, where exactly have you been?! The online game - recently acquired by the New York Times from creator Josh ...

14 February 2022

Watch the Super Bowl Halftime Show: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar

In the midst of what was one of the closest-fought and most riveting Super Bowls of all time came a Halftime Show performance for the ages, bringing together some of ...
3 February 2022

Netball Superleague returns for the 2022 season

This weekend marks the return of the Netball Superleague in the UK, and the first time teams can play home and away matches at their own venues since the COVID-19 pandemic ...

3 February 2022

International Olympic Committee vow to support Peng Shuai in Beijing after assault allegations

The Peng Shuai situation rumbles on as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has promised to support the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai when they meet at the Beijing Winter Olympics, ...
2 February 2022

Celebrating Girls and Women in Sports Day

Today (February 2nd, 2022) marks Girls and Women in Sports Day in the USA, which aims to break the stereotypes of gender in the sports industry. This year, the event ...

2 February 2022

Colin and Cuthbert the Caterpillars settle their disputes outside of court

Tensions between M&S’ Colin the Caterpillar and Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar boiled over in April 2021 when the high street retailer accused the German supermarket of breaches of copyright. M&S ...

28 January 2022

Dawn Breslin: Surviving burnout wasn't an easy journey

My view of burnout is a retrospective one, one from the safe shore of surviving it; I didn’t die and I didn’t drown, however, that’s exactly how it felt when ...

27 January 2022

Who’s going to win the women’s 2022 Australian Open?

The season-opening Grand Slam is almost drawing to a close with just a few games left to be played before the winners hold their trophies aloft with smiles plastered across ...
25 January 2022

Ladies first: Ideas for a successful side hustle in 2022

In case your current job is not allowing you to earn enough for a comfortable lifestyle, you’re surely on the lookout for some side hustle options that might turn into ...

21 January 2022

January 21: The most popular day to quit your job

Thinking of quitting your job today? Well, you are not alone, as it seems thousands of employees across the U.K. are also contemplating handing their notice in right now. A ...
19 January 2022

Women's golf season 2022: It's almost here!

It’s been just under two months since the 2021 women’s golf season ended, with not a hole-in-one, triple bogey or bunker in sight since mid-November – but that’s all about ...

30 November 2021

Children's charity Smile Train hosting virtual carol concert from the Love Actually chapel

On Thursday December 9th at 8pm, we'll be tuning in to Smile Train's virtual Christmas carols service, to kickstart the festive season in style! The hour-long event will take place ...
25 May 2021

May 25 Social Buzz: One-year anniversary of George Floyd's death marked around the world

It’s hard to believe that it has already been a year since the world learned that George Floyd had been murdered by former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin. On May ...

10 May 2021

May 10 Social Buzz: Mental Health Awareness Week begins with a focus on nature

Today (May 10th, 2021) marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, with the specific theme of this year’s campaign being ‘nature’. In a time when we’ve been out walking ...
15 April 2021

Isabella Garofanelli Shows How To Rise Against All Odds

Successful women are those who defy all odds and rise to the top. With the world going into lockdown, web traffic skyrocketed, as did social media use. While confined, people ...
3 March 2021

Mobile phone usage among men and women: who comes out on top?

According to a recently released report from the GSMA, which is an international mobile communications organisation, women are 20% less likely to use mobile internet than men. The annual report, ...
22 September 2020

Naomi Osaka Shows Support for BLM Movement

Naomi Osaka is one of the biggest names on the women’s tennis circuit. She’s from Japan, not a traditional tennis hotbed, but despite that she has been world number one ...

22 September 2020

Men and Women Footballers in Brazil to Receive Equal Pay

The month of September in the year 2020 will go down as being one where many things were taking place around the world. With a global pandemic rumbling through most ...
30 June 2020

Woman who quit work to become a 1950s housewife hits back at critics who dub her 'anti-feminist'

A super-bright career woman who studied Japanese at university but quit work to become a fully-fledged 1950s-style housewife has rebutted critics who call her “anti-feminist, ” saying she is “happier ...
27 March 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock test positive for Coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson took to social media today (March 27th, 2020) to confirm that over the past 24 hours, he had developed mild symptoms and tested positive for ...
20 January 2020

Five tips to beat Blue Monday

Today has been labelled as Blue Monday- the most depressing day of the year- the credit card bills are pouring through our letterbox, the weather has taken a turn for ...