Monthly Archives: April 2012

Kim Kardashian’s mum tweeted a picture of the star curled up in bed on April 20th, but the second eldest daughter of the famous family wasn’t in her own bed: “I love that @kimkardashian still crawls in bed with me,” mum Kris Jenner gushed: “...she's still my little girl! #favoritething.” The photo shows 31 year old Kim wrapped up in the crisp white sheets of the double bed

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A letter has emerged recently that reveals the Rolling Stones’ requirements as presented to hotel staff during the band's 1976 tour of Europe. Demands included keeping Bill Wyman away from Keith Richards "because of noise" presumably caused by wild man Keith's partying habits. A deluxe suite with an adjoining luggage room was ordered for Mick Jagger, and individual suites were required for Keith Richards and Billy Preston. A king size bed

An updated version of the popular MotionX-Sleep App, which monitors sleeping patterns to calculate the best time for users to get out of their double beds, was launched on April 19th. The app is available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is promoted as a next-generation health and fitness tool. It uses motion sensors ...

A new app for the iPad aims to dispel fear of the dark, the bogeyman, and other imaginary but no less fearsome creatures that lurk around children's beds when the lights go out. Penny Finds Her Brave was created by Minneapolis creative branding agency Mono with the help of web designers at Seventhsin and a...

Depending on who you listen to, between a quarter and 40 per cent of the UK population regularly snores in their double beds at night. While the snorer themselves may not see it as a problem, it can be hell for their partners - and snoring is a symptom of sleep apnoea, a potentially dangerous disorder. Speaking to...

A London company has installed pods for its workers to rest in while the Olympic Games are on, it was revealed recently. The cabin beds will mean the company never sleeps, with workers on site 24 hours a day. Interxion, a data centre service provider, bought the specially designed pods to eliminate the disruption the ...

Your child’s risk of obesity could be cut by over 30 per cent just by spending longer in their children’s beds at weekends, a new study has revealed. Experts from Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital in Seoul led a team of researchers who found that children who slept longer at weekends were 33 pe...

A fox cub tried out the main bedroom of nine-year-old Alexander West's home before settling into his single bed on April 16th. The schoolboy found a female fox cub curled up on his mattress after leaving the back door of his townhouse open. Alexander was playing outside when the cub crept...

Depressed mothers are disturbing their babies' sleep, not the other way round, a new study has revealed. The journal Child Development published research by Pennsylvania State University which examined 45 mothers and their babies for a week. Results showed that children with the most disturbed sleep had mothers with more symptoms of depression. This link was caused by depressed mothers going to their children's beds

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A report released yesterday (April 16th) explained the circumstances that led to the injury of sixteen people on board an Air Canada flight in January 2011. According to Canada's Transportation Safety Board, the flight from Toronto to Zurich on January 13th was disrupted because the pilot was confused due to tiredness. It is unsurprising that in the cabin beds