Saturday, 23 April 2016

The new orgasmic way to exercise


FORGET the gym bag. Sack off the treadmill and say sayonara to swimming laps at the pool.In a little yoga studio in the heart of Fitzroy a few weeks ago, I found myself with a curious group of strangers. Looking around coyly from one to the next, we were all here for the same reason  a session of sensual yoga  or as I like to call it, sexy lady time yoga.

The beavers are back: animals return to Stockholm after almost a century


This week’s best city stories takes us from barbershops in Philadelphia where a programme is bridging the gap between black men and the polling booths, to the grimy streets  where residents are fed up of being treated like the underdogs and are suing the state. Share your thoughts about these city stories – and any others you’ve seen .As cities expand and encroach on the surrounding countryside, animals are forced to adapt to this rampant urbanisation, while urban dwellers must also learn how to life – and sometimes brush shoulders with their wild neighbours.

Subsidised dental care on the horizon for millions of Australians


THE government is planning to spend $5 billion on a public dental scheme to subsidise treatment for children, low income earners and concession card holders but dental industry leaders say it’s just “smoke and mirrors.The scheme would be rolled out over four years and could be utiliised by more than 10 million Australians.About 600,000 additional patients are expected to seek treatment when the national Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme is rolled out, Health Minister Sussan Ley said in a statement.