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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/17/spring-weekend-breaks-in-the-uk-relax-or-keep-fit-or-both/" target="_blank">Spring weekend breaks in the UK: relax or keep fit ? or both!</a><BR>
 As you dust off the winter cobwebs in March, summer can still seem a very long way off, with memories of the dark and bitter cold still fresh in your mind. So to cheer yourself up as you count the months until July, why not check out the availability of weekend breaks in the UK [...] <P>
 Date: 17/03/2010 
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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/16/happiness-is%e2%80%a6-a-romantic-spa-break/" target="_blank">Happiness is? a romantic spa break</a><BR>
 A recent study by US researchers concluded that simply being happy and remaining generally positive in life, may help to ward off heart disease. Meanwhile, another study &#8211; this time conducted by scientists at Tel Aviv University &#8211; has revealed that happily married men are 64% less likely to suffer a stroke than single or unhappily [...] <P>
 Date: 16/03/2010 
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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/15/easter-gifts-for-women-gifts-that-linger-in-the-memory-and-not-on-the-hips-2/" target="_blank">Easter gifts for women ? gifts that linger in the memory and not on the hips</a><BR>
 Easter is fast approaching, so all too soon it&#8217;ll be time to pop into the nearest chocolatier to select a fabulous egg treat for your dear mum, aunt or grandma. But are you really doing them a favour by buying them a luxury chocolate treat &#8211; or simply storing up future trouble for your loved [...] <P>
 Date: 15/03/2010 
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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/15/easter-gifts-for-women-gifts-that-linger-in-the-memory-and-not-on-the-hips/" target="_blank">Easter gifts for women ? gifts that linger in the memory and not on the hips</a><BR>
 Easter is fast approaching, so all too soon it&#8217;ll be time to pop into the nearest chocolatier to select a fabulous egg treat for your dear mum, aunt or grandma. But are you really doing them a favour by buying them a luxury chocolate treat &#8211; or simply storing up future trouble for your loved [...] <P>
 Date: 15/03/2010 
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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/09/spa-holidays-try-something-different-this-easter/" target="_blank">Spa holidays ? try something different this Easter</a><BR>
 If you&#8217;ve already had your fill &#8211; whether literally or metaphorically speaking &#8211; of the ubiquitous chocolate creations currently adorning every available inch of the supermarket shelves, then you are not alone. No matter how much of a self-confessed chocoholic you are, you may be hard pushed to chomp your way through the irresistible collection of [...] <P>
 Date: 09/03/2010 
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 <a href="http://spabeauty-news.ragdalehall.co.uk/2010/03/08/sleep-easy-during-spa-weekends/" target="_blank">Sleep easy during spa weekends</a><BR>
 Good news has emerged for anyone who occasionally has to face a sleep-starved period of frenetic activity on the home or work front, as a recent study in the US scientists has revealed that it is possible to &#8220;stock up&#8221; sleep in advance. Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute split a group of volunteers into [...] <P>
 Date: 08/03/2010 

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