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New Help for Muscle & Joints Aches & Pains (in: Healthy parents)
Oct 31, 2023

If your exercise programme is on hold due to painful and achy muscle and joints, Mentholatum has two new products to bring non-medicinal relief: Deep Heat Muscle Rescue Heat Spray and Deep Freeze Muscle Rescue Cold Spray.

 

The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas by Matt Lucas (in: Books: children & YA)
Oct 30, 2023

The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas by Matt Lucas and illustrated by Forrest Burdett is a perfect Christmas story writes Anne Coates.

HeyDoodle Into The Wild A3 Mat (in: Games & toys)
Oct 25, 2023

Arriving just in time for the rain and half term, the HeyDoodle Into The Wild A3 Mat from the ABC series proved to be an activity so absorbing that Christine Mayle's granddaughter aged six and grandson aged three could play and colour together again and again.

Haier I-Master Series 5 Kettle and Haier I-Master Series 5 Toaster 2 Slices (in: Products & equipment)
Oct 24, 2023

Haier has recently launched a range of small digital appliances and Anne Coates was delighted to review their Haier I-Master Series 5 Kettle and Haier I-Master Series 5 Toaster 2 Slices.

Nanobebe UK Baby Bottle Complete Feeding Set (in: Products & equipment)
Oct 24, 2023

As a soon-to-be parent, Lucy Blackwell included the Nanobebe UK Baby Bottle Complete Feeding Set on my baby shower wish list. Although baby hasn't yet arrived, she is already impressed with what it offers.

Simba Hybrid Duvet (in: Products & equipment)
Oct 18, 2023

The Simba Hybrid Duvet is 10.5 tog suitable for all year, round made with one hundred per cent recycled/biodegradable filler and comes in a one hundred per cent recycled storage bag in smart grey. Anne Coates reviews.

The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn Competition Winners (in: Freebies, offers & competitions)
Oct 18, 2023

We had a fabulous response to our competition to to win a copy of The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn by Sue Reed and here are our five lucky winners.

Win a Copy of A Bear Called Paddington (in: Freebies, offers & competitions)
Oct 17, 2023

To commemorate 65 years of Paddington, HarperCollins Children's Books has just released a a new hardback edition of A Bear Called Paddington and to mark this they are offering our readers to the chance to win one of five copies in a celebratory competition. 

So Slime Twist ‘N Slime Mixer (in: Games & toys)
Oct 16, 2023

The So Slime Twist ‘N Slime Mixer encourages a wide range of social skills: sharing, co-operation, language development and most important FUN, write Christine Mayle whose grandchildren have had a whale of a time with the slime.

Studio Creator 360 – Video Maker Kit (in: Games & toys)
Oct 4, 2023

What to do when you have a child who is at that age where YouTube and TikTok is everything and all they want to be when they grow up is a YouTube star? Well, first of all it might be an idea to grab yourself some equipment! Now Mason has been going on about doing some videos, and of course we like to encourage creativity, if of course it cuts out screen time, and gets him doing something creative and energetic and so, we were very happy when we had the opportunity to review the Studio Creator 360 from Canal Toys, writes Lee Cooper-Muir.

Mama's Sleeping Scarf & What My Daddy Loves (in: Books: children & YA)
Oct 2, 2023

It's Black History Month so we're highlighting two fabulous picture books: Mama's Sleeping Scarf by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writing as Nwa Grace-James and What My Daddy Loves by Raissa Figueroa, reviewed by Anne Coates.

Finding Bear by Hannah Gold (in: Books: children & YA)
Sep 29, 2023

Anne Coates reviews Hannah Gold's sequel to the award-winning Last Bear. Finding Bear is an amazing adventure in the Arctic where bears and the environment are under threat. April Wood is mocked at school for her love of bears but that drives her to return to Svarlbard over a year later convinced Bear needs her.