Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday’s big issue: Generation X Factor
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A leading head teacher has criticised reality TV shows like the X Factor for corrupting young people.The Reverend Tim Hastie-Smith claims that children now believe that success depends on nothing but image and appearance. He also reckons that the nation’s youth have lost the ability to take responsibility for their own actions because they have been trained by television to blame…
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Monday’s big issue: Breastfeeding
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Women who breast feed their babies are less likely to develop breast cancer, a new study has shown.The research, conducted by the World Cancer Research Fund, found that the risk of breast cancer reduced in women who breastfed their babies for up to two years.Forty per cent of women who start breastfeeding stop within six weeks. Did you breastfeed your baby? What were your experiences? Did…
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Magazine Week 2008
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Reading a magazine allows you to escape, be informed, be inspired or simply to relax, so why not see what’s out there, try a magazine and indulge your passion? To support Magazine Week Borders is offering an amazing ‘Buy One Get One Half Price’ promotion on all magazines in all its stores. The perfect opportunity to discover a new magazine. There will also be special events…
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Thursday’s big issue: Cleavages
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Is a prominent cleavage a sign of a mature, confident women? Or is it tacky and downright degrading? Princess Eugenie has been criticised for leaving little to the imagination by wearing a low-cut dress on a night out this week. The 18-year-old, who is the Queen’s granddaughter, also raised eyebrows when she wore a mini-skirt recently.Is Princess Eugenie out of order for wearing revealing…
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Wednesday’s big issue: Finding a dad
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What would you do if you were desperate for kids but couldn’t find the right man to settle down with?According to a new survey, more than half of women would consider asking a friend to father their child.Many women also admitted that they would ’settle for second best’ when it came to finding a partner if it meant they could have children. Would you ever consider asking a friend to father your…
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Tuesday’s big issue: Career women
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Does your upbringing affect your chances of having a successful career?Some of the country’s top female politicians reckon that women from any background can rise to the top in the world of work. Speaking in Company magazine, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says she started out cleaning toilets for a living, whilst Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell says she used to live in a condemned…
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Monday’s big issue: Dress sizes
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Young women are getting bigger, according to a new report.Sales of dresses size 18 and over among the under-25s increased in the last 12 months, according to the Shape of Britain report written by TNS.The report also found that the overall sales of dresses size 18 to 22 rose by a third in the last two years and that obesity among women has increased from 15 to 25 per cent.Has your dress size…
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Everybody’s talking about… trust
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Experts say that communication is the key to a successful relationship. But can there sometimes be too much communication?Cosmo girls in our relationships forum have been discussing whether being in constant contact with your man via text and phone calls is the sign of a healthy or a dysfunctional relationship. In the biggest discussion of the week, the debate also turned to whether…
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Friday’s big issue: Dressing slimmer
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Science has made an amazing leap forward this week. No, we’re not talking about the big bang experiment in Switzerland, we’re talking about the discovery that vertical stripes do not make you look thinner.A psychologist from the University of York has published new research which suggests there is little evidence to support the age-old fashion mantra that horizontal stripes make you look fat,…
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Thursday’s big issue: Sex on TV
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Channel 4 has been flooded with complaints since their new Sex Education Show aired on Tuesday night.The broadcaster is now being investigated by media watchdog Ofcom after viewers complained that the programme was obscene and indecent. The show included explicit images of penises and breasts being shown to schoolchildren before the nine o’clock watershed.Did you watch the show? What did…
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