Garden care during autumn and winter

To have a healthy, flourishing and beautiful garden it is important to remember that caring for your garden is an all year task. Whilst gardening in the spring and summer may be more appealing, to keep your garden looking its best it needs to looked after during the autumn and winter too.

Gardening during the different seasons requires you to tackle different gardening tasks as the garden will have different care requirements. Not only do the different seasons have their own season specific maintenance tasks but different flowers, veg and fruit need to be planted during specific time periods to grow during different seasons.

The evolution of romance: How has the dating world changed over time?

In 2018, you might be forgiven for thinking that romance is dead – with a myriad of dating apps and social media meetups, the dating world can seem daunting for many of us. It’s possible, however, that different generations simply express their affection differently. A recent study by eHarmony found millennials to be the most romantic age group of all. To examine how each generation expresses love and affection, we’ve teamed up with engagement ring retailer Angelic Diamonds.

BIC® KIDS Young Artist Award 2018 winner

Winner of BIC® KIDS Young Artist art competition crowned

Ayesha Tania, an 11 year old from Wales beat 13 other regional finalists to win this popular art competition. To showcase her amazing talent and inspire other young children to be creative, the young budding artist had her winning piece of artwork was displayed on billboards across the UK and Ireland.

The inspiring art competition received nearly 1,000 entries from across the UK and Ireland. 14 regional winners were selected by a panel of experts and a public vote was hosted between 27^th August and 9^th September to decide the overall winner. Ayesha, the finalist representing Wales, was crowned the winner after parents and children cast nearly 20,000 votes!

Why I aspire to be like my mum

My mum and I are very close. Since I was a child we've been as thick as thieves and as I got older I came to consider her as a close friend. Even now with us living miles apart, over an hour's drive away and in two different counties, we speak everyday one way or another and regularly meet up in person at least a couple of times a month.

She is my rock. She's been there for me during the good times and the bad. There for me during all the momentous milestones of my life.

I think my mum is awesome and in many ways I aspire to be like her. If I could be half the woman she is I would be happy. Here are just a few of the reasons why I aspire to be like my mum.