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The best 10 minute exercise to sculpt abs fast!

When we (finally) drag ourselves down to the gym, the ultimate goal is to look as hot and healthy as we can, as quickly as possible. So what if we told you that you could have...

The Gingerline: A whole lot more than secret dining

The three things that you can always rely on in life are: one – people need to eat, two - everyone loves to party, three - we all go mad over a good secret. So when Gingerline...

Hilarious or heart-breaking: The top 10 ridiculous reasons for UK break ups

We’ve all been in a relationship where you’re just looking for a reason to break up with your partner. But some of us might be a little more cut throat than others when giving...

Cook like a pro at home: 5 of the best food delivery recipe kits

As a nation we’ve gone utterly bonkers for home cooking. You only have to switch on your TV to see at least four, 42-inch chefs cooking away in your living room. But in reality...

The 10 Weird And Wonderful Yoga Classes You Have To See To Believe

You know how sometimes when you love something, you can take it too far? Well world, we might have overdone it with yoga. From doing the ancient practice of yoga on horseback...

10 Things Every Contact Lens Wearer Should Know

What’s the most important but most overlooked part of our bodies? Yep it’s our eyes. But seeing as there are around 3.7 million contact lens wearers in the UK alone, you’d think...

The Special K diet - weight loss wonder or waste of time?

The Special K diet seems to have it all - easy to do with minimum cooking and decent weight loss results - it seems all you need to look good on holiday is commit to a cereal...

Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About The Weight Watchers Diet

When you think of a diet programme that goes the distance, Weight Watchers will always be up there at the top. Behind transformations like Jennifer Hudson’s – seriously, where...

What is Tinder? The sexiest app for singles that finds hot friends of friends

If we told you there were potentially thousands of smoking hot single men within your grasp you’d want to know how to reach out and grab them right? Well Tinder is the mobile-only...

Oh great, the gender pay gap just got worse...

Just when you thought the equal pay gap was getting better along comes the bonuses to slap us in the face. This week the results of a new survey for 2013 showed that the existing...

30 Fast And Easy Tips To Losing Weight The Healthy Way

Losing weight is a lot more than calorie counting and doing endless amounts of exercise. Although these things help, in reality it's a little more complicated. If you're feeling...

The top 10 first dance wedding songs for 2013

Imagine being at a wedding and watching the bride and groom take to the floor only to have Katie Price and Peter Andre's 'A Whole New World' blast out of the speaker... Nobody...

No nipples please - we're Irish: The Irish Sun bins boobs on Page 3 (sort of)!

In a decision that has shocked us all, The Sun in Ireland has chosen to take out the bare boobs on Page 3. After a lot of campaigning from ‘No More Page 3’, thousands of signatures...

Eating Mindfully: Is This The Simplest Way To Lose Weight Ever?

If we told you that you never need diet again, that all it takes is a two second switch in your brain to make you lose weight almost instantly, you’d laugh right? Well, laugh...

Paid time off for your period…huh?

We’ll skip pass the various red paint/wave euphemisms (even though there are ALWAYS new laughs to be had there) and get right to it. Having your period is a pain in the ovaries...

Porn Sex vs. Real Sex: Sex Myths Busted

If you've ever had sex and watched porn then you'll probably be aware there are some BIG differences (how's that for an innuendo?). Thankfully the guys at KB Creative Lab have...

Innocent Inspires: How to be your own boss

Think Innocent just do smoothies - where have you been? Over the last 3 months Innocent smoothies have been hosting events all around the capital with a load of incredible speakers...

Lads' Mags ultimatum: Cover up or be taken down

As of today, one of the UK’s biggest supermarket franchises, The Co-op, has given Lads' Mags a deadline of 6 weeks to cover up or get off their shelves. With David Cameron’s war...

Victory for women on banknotes campaign! Jane Austen to be on £10 note

Today, due to the major success of the campaign ‘Bank of England: Keep a woman on English banknotes’ on Change.org, The Bank of England will announce that Jane Austen will be...

To juice or not to juice? The big Juice detox question

Fancy a cool glass of celery to take the edge off? How about a refreshing pint of kale? Sounds, er, interesting doesn’t it? Although juice detoxes don’t seem all too appetising...