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Your employers would need to take unauthorised absence action on you and if you have been sacked you should receive this in writing, yes you would be entitled to any accrued holiday upto your last day of employment I would recommend that you contact someone like ACAS as you could have a case...

i know you said you wanted something for her to keep but one year myself and a friend bought gift vouchers for our mums to have 'tea at the Ritz', i dont know how feasible it would be for your mum to get to london but here's the link: http://www.theritzlondon.com/tea/speciality_tea.asp They...

my mum got some for me and sent them over, think she got them in boots or holland & barrett, they were brilliant.

check with your employers, also if you have any annual leave to take and you take this immediatly following your maternity leave this counts as 'returning to work' and can be deducted off any time that you do have to go back for. If you want to keep your options open why not apply for a career...

Congratulations, she's lovely :hug: :hug: I also love the name (but I'm biased!, we call our Matilda 'Tilly' as well)

good luck with finding something. Have you seen these for something TOTALLY differant, they're made from cheese! http://www.houseofcheese.co.uk/acatalog ... llery.html and if i ever have my big wedding I love this one: http://www.cakesbylisanotley.co.uk/gall ... y1/14.html

Hi Daisy congratulations. I dont live in Cyprus but Corfu, Greece. I had my littlun in Corfu, probably a bit differant from Cyprus but if you wanna chat about anything then please dont hesitate

contact the environmental health dept of your local council regarding the rubbish, you can even report the noise to them. I did this with some previous neighbours and they came round really quickly to have a look. I agree regarding the dog, contact the RSPCA. Hope the situation improves for you

we eat this quite a lot: eggs and tomato depending how many you are cooking for, for 2 of us I usually use 2 BIG very ripe tomatos take the stalks etc off tomatos, then chop them finely in a large frying pan (prefarbley one with a lid) heat about a tablespoon of olive oil, add the...

Yes but you can have that closeness with someone, maybe not the physical side, but I had more attention and affection from my DH (when we were living apart) on a daily basis through texts and phonecalls then I ever had with my ex and I lived with him! I personally think for us that it made us...

I think that you should still be entitled to it, found this on the Direct gov website: During your maternity leaveYour terms and conditions during maternity leave While you're on ordinary maternity leave, you keep your normal employment rights and benefits (apart from wages). This might include...

I met my now DH in the August, we had all of 6 days together, I then came to Greece in the October for 10 days to see if there was anything there (we had talked and texted each other nearly every day in betwen), he then came to the UK for 2 weeks at xmas, (again txts every day and talking on...

you need to speak to your GP or midwife, found this on the NHS website: http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1109.aspx?C ... goryID=137

I live in Greece and have only ever used bottled water for food and milk, right from birth. i boil it first. i have never checked the sodium content as there is not much choice of bottled water I tend to use one called 'vikos' or 'zagori' and we cant drink tap water. Matilda has never had any...

This is a traditional greek dish and tastes a lot better than it sound! Ravithia (chick pea soup) 1/2 kilo chick peas 1 large onion finely chopped 1 cup olive oil (1/2 pint) 1 tbspn baking soda salt n pepper soak peas overnight strain them, put in a bowl and mix with the baking soda, allow...