3 d. ago My favourite childhood outfit: ‘I liked this M&S jacket so much I’ve bought a vintage one for my daughter’

As a kid, I wore this jacket to meet Bertie Bassett – and it still reminds me of being carefree at two or three, before the awkwardness of my preteen yearsI’m not saying I peaked at two, but I certainly gave myself an uphill struggle. This jacket was from M&S, or St Michael to be precise. Bomber-style, it was white cotton with red, blue and yellow stripes. It was jolly and innocent in the way of a deckchair, and I appear to have worn it a lot in 1986 and 1987, with mustard dungarees, or shorts and T-shirts in clashing prints. On my feet, I am often pictured wearing scuffed white trainers or a pair of T-bar shoes that are still stashed away in an attic in Sheffield. They were my first proper pair of shoes and, as I would tell anyone who would listen, they were burgundy, not red.I was too young then to be able to remember anything concrete from this period, and what I can recall is filtered through grainy family photo albums: vast, northern French skies and wide sandy beaches, jel...

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3 d. ago White trainers will look like new again if you use common bathroom item everyone has

A woman took to the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips Facebook page to ask for help when it came to cleaning her trainers—and people flooded the comments with the same advice

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5 d. ago The 50p solution to tackle UK households' 'most common' bathroom problem

It can save you time and money

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2 w. ago Flight attendant warns of the common mistake travellers make in plane bathroom

Cabin crews have revealed what passengers do in the aeroplane bathroom that really irritates them.

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3 w. ago Shane Watson: Over 50? These are the only white trainers to be seen in and 6 other anti

How bored are you of hearing about trainers? A bit, no doubt, because in the past 15 years, trainers have become the number one fashion forward footwear for all ages and both sexes.

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3 w. ago Woman, 25, hospitalised after being constipated for FOUR MONTHS

Gut experts are warning against ignoring long-term constipation after the common problem saw a woman unable to go to the bathroom for four months.

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