It affects a significant number of children and can leave their adult teeth permanently weakened and discoloured. Sorapop Udomsri/Shutterstock Your child’s small, delicate, chalk-white baby teeth fall out. In their place grow yellowish-brown, fragile teeth – much to everyone’s surprise. This is the dental condition molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH), aContinue Reading
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Virgil van Dijk has blasted FIFA’s implementation of the hydration breaks at the 2026 World Cup and has called on the governing body to amend their own rules. Three-minute water breaks have been mandated at this World Cup, with one taking place in the middle of each half. The officialContinue Reading
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Esther Ghey praises govt decision to invest in after-school clubs A parent whose daughter was killed by two teenagers told BBC Breakfast that she was “happy” to hear the government investing in after-school clubs while bringing in a social media ban. Esther Ghey’s daughter, Brianna, was 16 years old whenContinue Reading
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Not every repair economy is built around expensive parts or major refurbishments. Much of it depends on small components that keep everyday products usable for longer. A worn gasket, a damaged hinge, or a leaking shower door seal hardly sounds like the foundation of a long-term business.Yet these small componentsContinue Reading
