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  • Life Begins at 60 - Spending the Inheritance
    Forget knitting and false teeth, the new generation of grandparents are out and about and living it up. A few years ago, retired American tourists started displaying bumper stickers that declared, "We're spending the kids' inheritance". And what started as a joke has become a reality.
  • Midsummer Madness - Celebrating the Summer Solstice
    Whether you're into dancing round a bonfire with a drum or loitering round a bbq with a paper plate, the longest day is good news. Let's just hope the weather realises it's Summer in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend.
  • Travelling With Friends - Are You Travel Compatible?
    Going away with friends or your partner can be stressful at the best of times, but you could be heading for trouble if you're not travel compatible.
  • Give Us a Break: The New Working Day and Work-Life Balance
    We often hear reports of the costs to British industry of employee sick days, the implication being that we're a nation of skivers. A new survey looking at individual working hours gives us a clue as to why so many people need to take to their beds every few months.
  • How to Reduce the Stress of Travelling with Children
    It will come as no surprise to most parents that the two most stressful things when travelling with a young family are keeping the children content and packing all their stuff, according to new research. Happily a little bit of forward thinking can help relieve this stress.
  • Cannes Film Festival Fever
    The glamour and glitz of Tinseltown hit the French Riviera this week as the 61st Cannes Film Festival began.
  • Top Five European City Break Destinations
    City breaks have never been more popular, especially as the credit crunch takes a chunk out of consumer pockets. With many Brits choosing to swap their long summer holiday for a couple of well-planned short breaks, here are our tips for a top city break in Europe this year.
  • A Marathon Achievement - Or Physical And Mental Hell?
    At 9.00 am last Sunday morning around 35,000 pairs of trainers prepared to pound the capital's streets in the Flora London Marathon.Why do so many people choose to put themselves through 26 miles 385 yards of physical and mental hell? And why do we want to watch them do it?
  • Heathrow's High Flying Terminal 5
    Heathrow's shimmering new terminal building has now been officially opened by the Queen and the countdown's begun for the arrival of the first passengers on 27 March 2008.

    British Airways and the British Airports Authority (BAA) declare that it will redefine the airport experience. Those arriving from Hong Kong next Thursday will be desperately hoping this is true.
  • Security or Big Brother at Heathrow T5?
    When the first passengers arrive at Heathrow's shiny new Terminal 5 on Thursday 27 March 2008 from Hong Kong, those transferring onto a domestic flight will have their photograph taken and fingerprints scanned.
  • Top Tips to Create the Perfect Holiday
    Start your holiday with a happy and healthy smile rather than an exhausted grimace. Our holidays should be some of the most enjoyable times in our lives but they can become the most stressful, like moving house or changing jobs.
  • Mummy's Top Five Treats
    My Mother's Day dream features a fluffy white duvet, baby kisses and cuddles, a relaxed breakfast in bed and a day let off domestic duties.

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