Get Fit With Ali: Week 6: Not losing weight? Here's some of the reasons why

To put it plainly, you must do the right exercise to achieve the right response. Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 5: How can I lose my baby tum with a toddler in tow?

KS asks, how can I get fit and lose baby weight with a toddler and newborn when I don’t have time for the gym?Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 4: How to avoid over-doing it in the gym!

When you start training weights your enthusiasm out weighs your knowledge somewhat and you tend to go at it like a bull in a china shop.Read

Get Fit With Ali: How do I lose my baby tummy?

I am Ali Stewart Personal trainer and fitness columnist. I wrote some articles for the Surrey Herald to explain some of the important areas around training and diet. I’ve had some great feed back and found that there are a lot of people with questions that need answering. For the next few weeks I’ll be answering your questions.Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 2: Is it okay to eat before exercising?

I am Ali Stewart Personal trainer and fitness columnist. I wrote some articles for the Surrey Herald to explain some of the important areas around training and diet. I’ve had some great feed back and found that there are a lot of people with questions that need answering. For the next few weeks I'll be answering your questions.Read

Get Fit With Ali: When to exercise and how to keep calories down

I’ve had some great feedback and found that there are a lot of people with questions that need answering.Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 10: Fad diets

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Get Fit With Ali: Week Nine: To supplement or to not supplement?

The truth is that since a boom in the 70’s, the sports supplements industry has exploded and has exploited people’s desire for the easy route to success.Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 8: Diet devils salt, fat, gluten, alcohol

You’ve had a great night out with your friends and now you’re getting that urge....what will it be? A kebab, Pizza or KFC?Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 7: Training for distance

In the wake of around 36,000 people taking part in this year's London Marathon, it’s clear that more and more people are taking their health and fitness much more seriously. Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 6: How to get a six pack

We all have a six pack! This article will try to unravel the mystery behind seeing yours.Read

Get Fit With Ali: Week 5 - Training for muscle gain

Being a natural bodybuilder, this is my favourite topic! But gaining muscle is not just for the boys! Read

Get fit with Ali: Training for fat loss

Personal trainer and body builder Ali Stewart is on a mission to get our readers in shape for the summer. This is the third of his 10-part fitness series.Read

Get fit with Ali: What should I eat?

Eating healthily, or eating to try and drop fat or gain muscle is no easy task. I have covered how much food you should have and when to have it. Now it’s time for exactly what to eat.Read

Get fit with Ali: How much food do I need?

Personal trainer and body builder Ali Stewart is on a mission to get our readers in shape for the summer. This is the second of his 10-part fitness series.Read

Get Fit With Ali: Make a plan and stick to it

Personal trainer Ali Stewart is on a mission to get our readers in shape for the summer. He will be writing column over the next 10 weeks.Read

Business guru Dinah Liversidge

West London business guru Dinah Liversidge

Dinah Liversidge: Expanding your network to grow your business

This month I have another Interview with an Expert to share. David Wimblett is a Business Success Mentor, who started his first business with just £25 and built a £million pound business. Read

Dinah Liversidge: Change is in the air....

There is a definite chill in the air today; the first sign that autumn is just round the corner. I love the start of a new season, and autumn always feels like a good time to review the year and make change. Read

Constituency Matters: Political talk from MPs and councillors

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Cllr Jagdish Sharma: An excellent school report

Labour councillor Jagdish Sharma, leader of Hounslow Council, gives a 'school report' on borough education.Read

Mary Macleod MP: Why I believe a vote for Boris is a vote for a Greater London

This week, I had the pleasure of visiting The Heathland School for a debate on NHS reforms with students hoping to study medicine.Read

Eddie Menday

Eddie Menday

Looking Back: All Hail to All Hallows

I RECENTLY had the pleasure of attending a wedding which afforded two delights. One was that two friends were being married in a memorable service with a large choir and great music.Read

Looking Back: A House (Not A Dog) Called Fenton

ON a recent bright sunny day I decided to visit Hampstead village, not too far from the house where I was born, which is now, sadly, demolished.Read

Kelly-Rose Bradford

Kelly Rose Bradford

Kelly- Rose Bradford: It's a bit much having to go 290 miles for shoes

I AM on holiday and therefore doing all kinds of things I have never done before: mainly, dealing with an icky rash on a delicate part of my puppy's anatomy and, er, buying school uniform hundreds of miles from home.Read

Kelly-Rose Bradford: My God, I'd never even heard of a drying cage

I CAN clearly remember the first day I handed my child over to a stranger. It was his first day of nursery, some five years ago now, but still fresh in my mind because of its sheer awfulness. Fighting back tears, I'd backed outRead

Fly Past with Barry Dix

FlyPast with Barry Dix

Flypast: A short-lived attraction

AN UNLIKELY harbinger of good news emerged when operators were seeking the relaxation of regulations covering civil helicopter operations over London in the early 1950s.Read

Flypast: Close encounters of the nerd kind

IT IS no wonder that countless numbers of young visitors who watched transfixed as the world's airlines went about their business at London Airport in the late 1940s were inspired to follow careers in aviation.Read

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