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Health & fitness

  • Baby's bottle.

    Women in the UK: share your experiences of expressing breast milk in the workplace

  • Mrs Keith Miller (aviatrix) prepares for national air tour

    The kindness of strangers: I had a fear of flying – and as the plane shook and plummeted, she held my hand

    We gripped each other tightly for 75 minutes, her lost in anguish, me in a state of panic
  • Keeping relationships between the generations as smooth as possible

    Stuck in the middle: advice on bringing up babies and caring for your parents

    Believe it or not, you know more about babies than you think – and try to have fun with your mum and dad. Advice from the experts for the ‘sandwich generation’
  • People in the gym

    ‘Resolutionaries’ v gym rats: why fitness fanatics hate the crowded gyms of January

  • Jackson Ryan surrounded by cans of Pepsi Max

    66 days to quit Pepsi Max: ‘Of course, there is a lot of misery’

  • Composite image of a person using building blocks.

    Do you feel hopeless about humanity? Look for the good things – and build a bridge towards them

  • Illustration of woman in winter clothes looking up at smiling sun

    Is it true that … wearing suncream in the winter slows signs of ageing?

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Advice

  • Alone2-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My husband is unfaithful and wants an open relationship. Is it time for us to split?

  • Two women holding each other

    Sexual healing
    My lover and I can’t stop having sex – and it’s disrupting our working lives

  • Back view of a female athlete jogging on the road in nature.<br>Rear view of athletic woman running on the road during autumn day in the forest. Copy space.

    Ask Philippa
    My partner blames a ‘lack of attraction’ for not wanting sex

  • A person using a wheelchair had paid a fortune to be near the facility they needed on an Avanti train journey.

    Consumer champions
    My disabled mother paid £500 to travel near an Avanti accessible toilet … and it was closed

Running & cycling

  • A yellow road bike and a Lime bike.

    ‘Please don’t hit me!’ The battle between ebikers and other cyclists

  • A Eurostar security agent holds a panel to remind passengers to England of what is not allowed on trains.

    Eurostar security made us leave our e-bike battery behind in Paris

  • Hazem Suleiman talks to children in February 2024

    We didn’t make it to the Paralympics, but we still have hope: the Gazan paracyclist

  • Round Up

    Final call for festive shopping! Tick off the last of your Christmas gifts with the Filter

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Health news

  • Silhouette of a woman in front of a window.

    UK women who suffer miscarriage should get two weeks’ paid leave, MPs say

  • A young woman uses a fitness tracker app on a smart watch and smartphone.

    At-home ECGs will detect early heart issues and save thousands, say doctors

    • An elderly woman in a wheelchair being pushed by a carer through a tropical garden

      Breakthrough drugs herald ‘new era’ in battle against dementia, experts predict

    • Woman, face not visible, in a vest applies roll-on deodorant under her arm

      It’s the pits! Would you pay £35 for one of the new, posh deodorants?

    • A man smoking a cigarette

      Quitting smoking may be easier with a smartwatch app, researchers say

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