 Thinking of taking the family to a festival this year?
Then read our guide and find out the best places to chill out this summer.
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 If concerns about your carbon footprint, rising fuel costs or the
effects of the credit crunch mean you are considering holidaying in the
UK why not go one step further and holiday at home - literally? Ann
Williams tells us how.Holidaying at home simply requires changing your viewpoint. The secret
is in the planning but that’s half the fun. There are numerous
advantages. Firstly, removing the stress of packing, especially if you
have young children with all the baggage they attract. Everything you
need is at hand. Eliminating travel time, with airport delays and
traffic jams, increases leisure time by as much as two extra days.
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 What possesses an otherwise sane couple, when they have finally packed
their youngest off to junior school and can think about reclaiming
their lives, to start all over again and have another child? Michelle
Rylands, wife of Kevin Brown, and proud mother of ten-year old Isabel,
eight-year old Constance and nine-month old Rudy, tells us: As told to
Paula Johnston.
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 Breakfast is considered by many to be the most
important meal of the day, but for adults and children alike it can be
incredibly difficult to find a healthy way to start the day due to
companies who insist on piling more sugar into our favourite breakfast
cereals.
Of the 100 tested cereals 31 contained more than
four teaspoons of sugar per recommended serving; even more shockingly
only one of the 28 cereals specifically marketed at children were found
not to be high in sugar, but still had a high salt content. With only
8% of children’s cereals falling into the acceptable Food Standards
Agency guidelines for sugar, it is clear that something needs to be
done.
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 Have you got green fingers? Do you enjoy working
outdoors? Not afraid to get your hands dirty? Then a career as a
gardener might just be for you. Step Ahead has been investigating the
best routes into horticulture, how to set yourself up as a gardener and
what courses are available to get you started.
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 Anna Ostler has been working as gardener for four
years and in that short time has gone from being a novice with only one
client to combining her many regular customers with working for the
Council in local parks and teaching gardening at the local college. Kim
Kimber tracked down the busy 48-year-old mother of four to find out how
she achieved this success.
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