Articles Tagged: bedroom

Teenager finds £53,000 Lottery ticket after mum nags him to clean bedroom

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 2, 2012

Ryan Kitching, 19, finally succumbed to his mum’s nagging to tidy his bedroom – and discovered a winning Lottery ticket worth £53,000 underneath the piles of junk.

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TV in my child's room? Not on your nelly

By Suze Nowak, Nov 10, 2011

I was nine the day we got our first television. With three whole channels to choose from, I grew up watching Blue Peter, Newsround and of course, classic Play Away with Floella Benjamin who now, over 30 years later, has spoken out about her opposition to children having TV sets in their bedrooms.

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A third of children under 10 have mobile phones

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 22, 2011

Research has found that nearly a third of children aged ten or under now have their own mobile phone.

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Why I'm too scared to decorate the nursery yet

By Hazel Davis, Jun 25, 2011

"Ooh. Have you got the nursery ready yet?" comes the inevitable question. "Ummm....aah...still doing the spare room," is the stock response.

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Ten-day-old baby killed as father ploughs truck into bedroom

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 2, 2010

A dad has killed his ten-day-old daughter and the child's 19-year-old mother by driving his Cadillac Escalade truck six feet ...

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Families watch more TV than ever - but in separate rooms

By Katy Holland, Oct 8, 2010

Is this the final death knell for families spending quality time together? One in six families now owns five televisions, ...

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One in four children eat their evening meal in the bedroom

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 21, 2010

The routine of families sharing an evening meal together round the dining table has almost died out, new research has found. ...

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Why were mum and dad making funny noises in their bedroom?

By Colleen Egan, Aug 16, 2010

In this simultaneously hilarious and disturbing video, a little girl describes the noises she heard her "naked" parents ...

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