IT’S that time of year when bugs are flying around and everyone has gone down with a sniffle. It was my turn this week to have the dreaded lurgy and so I asked our lovely Heart Breakfast listeners for their recommended cold remedies and they came up with some corkers. Keith said to put Vicks on the soles of your feet but remember to put socks on too, Julie suggested staying in bed with a bag of oranges. But Alison passed this one on from her mum, slice an onion and cover with brown sugar and leave overnight, take a tablespoon of the juice to stop coughs! I might give that one a miss, I feel bad enough already.

You are applying perfume all wrong and always have. Yes, give yourself a spritz on your wrists and neck but you can now add in another body part, your belly button. Apparently, spraying scent on your innie or outie works wonders because it’s a pulse point.

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