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Amanda Cassidy

Amanda Cassidy

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I am mum to three little scamps aged 6, 4 and 2 and when I am not sharing my stories, I love to travel. Other hobbies include counting to 10, fantasising about sleep and microwaving my cold coffee.

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Here’s what’s happening around the country on St. Patrick’s Day
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Here’s what’s happening around the country on St. Patrick’s Day

St Patrick’s day brings back such happy memories and many of us remember how we celebrated the national holiday as children. Whether you’re heading home to celebrate it with family or hanging out with your friends, there’s any number of activites happening this coming Friday. Below, we have detailed the events around the country to […]

Apparently, the ‘best’ relationships have this random trait
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Apparently, the ‘best’ relationships have this random trait

Well, this is deep for a Sunday evening. A study published in Personality and Social Psychology bulletin has found that relationships are stronger and more satisfying when they make you feel like the best version of you – even if it isn’t authentic. It is a form of aspirational thinking being reflected back at you […]

The Obamas lunch with Bono in New York, resulting in a standing ovation
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The Obamas lunch with Bono in New York, resulting in a standing ovation

This video of the Obamas getting a standing ovation at a New York restaurant will make you fall in love with them, all over again. Barack and Michelle met U2’s Bono on Friday for lunch, along with Bono’s daughter, Jordan Hewson.   Today we went to lunch and the Obamas were there. I have not […]

Madeleine McCann
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Good news for Maddie’s parents that’s expected to boost investigation

It is almost a decade since Madeleine McCann went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal. News today confirms that the British Home Office has confirmed extra funding of £85,000 to continue the investigation into her disappearance. The Daily Mail reports that Kate and Gerry McCann are “very grateful” for the support as […]

This is the moment Ari Schultz found out he was getting his new heart
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This is the moment Ari Schultz found out he was getting his new heart

It was the moment he has been waiting for over almost a year. The day Ari Schultz found out he was getting his new heart. The five-year-old has was diagnosed with critical aortic stenosis in the womb and has spent most of his life in and out of the hospital in Boston. This video of him […]

Woman prints poster with hilarious demands to find a new boyfriend
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Woman prints poster with hilarious demands to find a new boyfriend

Now that is specific! We all have our checklist that we want in a mate – but a woman in the UK has gone one step further. She plastered signs on lampposts in London advertising for a new boyfriend. And her list is simply brilliant: She states that a potential partner must not wear David […]

Four-week-old baby abducted in car-jacking – car found empty
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Four-week-old baby abducted in car-jacking – car found empty

A one-month-old baby girl is missing after armed attackers hijacked a car in South Africa. ITV News reports that the baby was in the car along with her mum and eight-year-old brother when two men with guns demanded the car keys and kicked them out. Police in Durban, where the abduction took place, have mobilised […]