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Welcome back after the Christmas and new year festivities, we hope everyone had a great time!

At this time of year we’re all looking for a bargain. We also know that with winter in full swing it’s more important than ever to have good quality bedding for a great nights sleep. That’s why we’re currently running a massive January sale with up to 40% of range of luxury duvets and pillows.

We’ve introduced a number of new products to our range in the last few months but none so popular as the beautiful Supreme Canadian range of duvets and pillows – and for January only they’re available at 30% off!

Our Supreme Canadian range is made with Hutterite Goose Down which comes from small Hutterite communities in western Canada where traditional farming standards are preserved. All Hutterite Geese are raised free-range and allowed mature to old age before the down is collected by hand and used in our luxury duvets and pillows.

Of course we’re also offering our range of quality pillows at discounted prices too, with pure wool and pure duck down offered at 40% off for a limited time only, so if you’re waking up with a sore neck or just fancy somewhere nicer to rest your head, make sure you check out our special offers for full details and the chance to save hundreds of pounds on a full duvet, pillow and bedlinen set!

A few more offers that you might be interested in:

• Our Tuxedo Stripe and Satin Stripe Cotton Bedlinen is 15% off
• Single Luxury Pure Wool Duvet - 15% Off
• View all Duvet and Pillow January Sale Offers

We all know how frustrating it can be and what it is like to not be able to nod off at night time.

The tossing and turning; getting up and pacing your bedroom or putting a film on; but nothing works.

No matter how sleepy you are, for some reason you just can't shut your eyes and dream.

So here are some top tips to get a good rested night sleep...

 - Bath Before Bedtime

A hot bath can be a great remedy for sleeplessness!  You might think that raising this temperature in a hot bath is what triggers your body into feeling sleepy but in fact, it is the cooling down that occurs when you get out of the bath that makes you sleepy. If you're having trouble sleeping, try having a warm bubble bath about an hour before bedtime.

- Insomnia

Insomnia is in which a person has very erratic sleeping patterns. Hundreds of people in the UK struggle with the condition and once the body is in the irregular pattern, it can be very hard to break.

Sleep restriction therapy is one potential method, in which you spend less time in the bedroom. The aim of this treatment is to make the subject so tired that their body will be forced to re-establish a normal sleeping pattern.

- The Art Of Napping

Napping is a fantatic way of boosting energy levels, and no matter what people say you are never too old to nap. Naps are most effective when taken in the afternoon between two and five and the best nap duration is 30 minutes. Apparently, your body will naturally resist attempts to nap between seven and twelve o'clock in the morning, and between six and eight o'clock in the evening.

- How to Stop Snoring

It's estimated that 15 million Britons snore. It can be linked to serious health conditions and as it can affect the sleep of more than just the sufferer, it can have a negative effect on relationships. It is due to the muscles controlling our airways relaxing, causing the air passage to narrow. As a result, when we breathe the soft tissues in the mouth, nose and throat vibrate, which we then hear as snoring. Nose strips can be used to help the problem. Alternatively, mouth guards can prevent the tongue from falling to the back of the mouth.

- Don't Mess With Your Sleep Cycle

A good night's rest is usually an indicator that the body has undergone five specific stages of sleep, drowsy, drop off to sleep, deep sleep and Rapid Eye Movement. The best way to ensure you have the right mixture of sleep stages is to avoid caffeine and alcohol before sleeping, as they can distort the natural sleep pattern, and ensure that you sleep for between seven and nine hours every night.

- Eat To Sleep

In recent months the Hacker publication decided to compile a list of 2,600 words that are restricted by Google Instant.

Yes the new web giant's Google Instant Search feature won't work with certain words unlike its big brother Google.

Their intentions are simple. To not allow anyone to see pornographic or violent results they may find disturbing unless they really are searching for them. They are more specifically in place according to Google's Johanna Wright to protect children.

However Google has opened a can of worms in the PR World because many of the omissions will be at vest bewildering and at worst offensive to particularly sensitive users who do not understand how Google Instant actually works.

So when you type a word into Google that is on the restricted list, it will ask you to confirm that you actually want to search for these types of results before it gives you any. You can still search for certain terms, it just means that Google stops reporting results on the fly and you must further hit 'enter' to see any results.

Google Instant is designed to remember your previous searches and results and predict what you are going to type. It's the same algorithm that handles auto-complete or the Google Suggest pop ups in the original Google search.

So basically it goes a bit like this. If you type in the word dirty pillows or dirty duvets and you are genuinely wishing to find out how to perfectly wash dirty pillows or duvets then Google Instant will certainly stop showing you results because they don't want to show you anything dirty...if you catch my drift.

So next time you are looking to wash some clothes, try and think of a more inventive and appropriate way to write it in Google Instant search bar, else you never know what might come up!

Studies have revealed that pregnant women who have below five hours of sleep each night increase their chances of having preeclampsia - a serious pregnancy complication related to high blood pressures.

Maintaining a good night's sleep while pregnant helps maintain the blood pressure at normal levels.

Pregnant women who are getting below six hours of sleep every night during the early stages of pregnancy have systolic blood pressure readings during the last trimester phase. The research found that this was almost 4mm/Hg higher than those women who get around nine hours of sleep each night.

However on the other hand, too much sleep can cause problems as women sleeping over 10 hours each night in their first trimester phase have a twofold increase in the chance of contracting preeclampsia.

1,272 healthy pregnant women took part in the survey.

The first interview was conducted during the first 14 weeks of gestation with their blood pressure periodically checked. Further information on their health and lifestyle as well as sleeping habits was also reported.

They found that the duration of sleep each night did not have an impact on the blood pressure in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy; however it was in the third trimester the effect became more prominent.

It is highly important that pregnant women stay as comfortable as possible when they sleep each night. To do this purchasing high quality bedding products is a sure fire way to ensure a comfortable environment while you sleep. You can find a wide range of duvets and pillows as well as supportive memory foam mattresses and memory foam pillows via the duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk website. Their products are of a high standard and all set at affordably low prices.

Make sure you visit the Duvet and Pillow Warehouse autumn sale which see hundreds of bedding products slashed in price.

The dedicated online duvet store has some fantastic deals with up to 40 per cent off many of their duvets, pillows, memory foam products as well as much more.

The team at Duvet and Pillow Warehouse are continually slashing the prices on their products in order to give their customers real value for money. All of the items are of high quality yet at affordably low prices which is sure to go down a treat in your home.

And while the winter creeps in, you will find some super cosy duvets at the online bedding store.

Take a look at these fantastic duvets featured on the website which are at fantastically low prices.

Ultimate Hungarian Goose Down Duvet - Super King - 9.0 Tog

Hungarian Goose Down Duvet

It is believed that Hungarian geese duvets are the best down in the world. This duvet is ideal for autumn featuring cassette construction, a pure cotton cover and cord edging, with a guarantee for 10 years. This duvet is now on sale for just £126!

Goose Feather and Down Pillow

Goose Feather & Down Pillow

For just £7.50 you can purchase a goose feather and down pillow that is lavishly stuffed with nautral feathers (85%) and down (15%). Covered with a breathable 100 per cent cotton case and finished with cord edging, you would be mad to miss out on these fantastic bedding supplies.

For all of our products please visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse today.

Two guys from Utah have managed to make the necktie functional.

By making them blow up and act as a pillow, the duo have put together the new brand Pillow Ties.

The Pillow Tie is the invention of Tom Bowen, a former business student at Brigham Young University in Prove, Utah. The Daily Mail have said that the tie looks normal but has a larger not and can can be blown up in one breath and deflated in seconds.

Shawn Baxter, friend and business partner, said that Bowen had come up with the idea after his sister told him about a bad habit of her son sleeping in church.

"He used to sleep in church by rolling up his tied as a pillow," Baxter told AOL News. "Around that time, Bowen was taking an entrepreneurial class where the assignment was to crate a new product."

The idea came to light when Bowen thought sticking a pillow inside a normal tie would work and discussed the idea with his professor.

"The professor didn't think Tom could do it," Baxter said. "In fact, he laughed. However, Tom went to China and had it designed within four months."

The professor saw Bowen's results and graciously gave him the A he deserved telling the rest of the class that they would all be working for Bowen one day.

Now, 62 varieties of the Pillow Ties will be available at the 'inflated' price of £19.95; however the blow up part can be removed if the wearer wishes to simply wear a normal tie.

"We sell a lot of these to guys who hate ties or to women who get them as gifts for men who hate ties," Baxter said.

The sales are expected to rise as they believe many people will see the need to incorporate a pillow into a tie due to boring corporate meetings, sleepy church sermons, tiring wedding ceremonies, where a pillow will most likely be appreciated.

The two business partners have already seen their ties being worn in public without people realising they are in the company of the two designers.

"In fact we will see people we have never met wearing the ties and ask them and they claim they know the owners," Baxter said.

The pair are setting their ambitions high, saying, "We'd really like to see these on 'The Office," they said.

View the full range at PillowTie.com

After a long hard week in the office and many sleepless nights, many people think that a long lie in on a Saturday will help rejuvenate our worn out bodies.

Scientists, however, have said that having a catch up on your sleep that you loose during the week can often be a pointless task.

Restricted sleep - four hours or less per night - has been found to be cumulative and that little sleep each night is almost as bad for the body as having no sleep at all.

Even if it is just a couple of nights a week can completely affect how the mind works and one single night sleep will not immediately reverse this.

Lead researcher Dr Chiara Cirelli from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said, "There is a huge amount of interest in sleep restriction in the field today.

"Instead of going to bed when they are tired, like they should, people watch TV and want to have an active social life.

"People count on catching up on their sleep on the weekends, but it may not be enough. Even relatively mild sleep restriction for several nights can affect an individuals ability to perform cognitive tasks.

"For instance, recent studies in humans have shown that five days with only four hours of sleep each night result in cumulative deficits in vigilance and cognition, and these deficits do not fully recover after one night of sleep, even if ten hours in bed are allowed."

Insomnia can also increase the bodies resistance to insulin and further lead to diabetes.

Dr Cirelli's team studies how sleep deprivation on rats and recorded their slow wave activity (SWA) while they were asleep and awake. SWA indicates when an individual needs to sleep because the longer someone stays awak the higher the level of SWA.

Dr Cirelli explained, "Monitoring SWA levels during waking time is very important in understanding the whole picture.

"High SWA levels during periods of both sleeping and waking signal that you need to go to sleep."

The research is expected to help scientists understand the harmful effects of sleep disturbance.

If you are looking for comfy bedding to keep you in the perfect slumber each night then visit online bedding store Duvet and Pillow Warehouse. From goose down quilts to memory foam pillows, there is something for everyone to ensure that you get the best sleep right through the night.

Women have been found to wake their sleeping partners up at night because they are jealous of their partners nodding off within moments of hitting the pillow.

Sleep envy - as it is known - can turn a lovely lady into a less than likeable partner.

Figures show that 1 in 4 women admitted to deliberately waking up their partner because they are jealous they aren't able to fall asleep as easy.

The most common revenge is to simple toss and turn until their sleep-eyed partner wakes up.

The next wake up tactic is the 'accidental' poke or prod in the ribs.

Others used less than subtle tactics such as chatting until they got a reply, making a loud noise and even turning on the light or television.

One in ten actually confessed to pinching their partner to wake up.

The sleeping envy confessions came about after a poll was conducted about women and their sleeping habits. Around 25 per cent of the women took up to an hour to drop off, while most men said they fell asleep in under ten minutes.

A third of women said that they felt frustration at watching their partners effortlessly fall asleep while they toss and turn, leading to unnecessary arguments before bed.

"Not being able to sleep can be frustrating enough, bout our survey shows that it is made worse when you are next to someone who is sound asleep," the Daily Mail quoted for Silentnight, which carried out the poll, as saying.

"However this sleep envy phenomenon is actually doing more harm than good and will only prevent you from getting to sleep longer.

"Sleepless Brits should try tiring themselves out by reading or having a warm drink in another room, so as not to disturb their partners," he added.

If you are struggling to sleep at night you may want to consider changing your bedding to a more cosier duvet and pillow to ensure you are getting the most out of each night's sleep. From memory foam pillows to goose down quilts the Duvet and Pillow Warehouse website has some fantastic bedding supplies on their dedicated online store.

If you like to get into the groove before bedtime then the Sound Asleep Pillow is the perfect pillow for you.

The pillow is installed with a tiny speaker which allows you to listen to a few tunes before you go to sleep, a better solution that using headphones. The new pillow is a great idea for hypnotherapy or even to help learn a new language or even as background noise for those afflicted with tinnitus.

The pillow is a soft, round the neck style plush travel pillow with a speaker at either end and a little pouch to hide away a 3.mm jack. That way you can listen to an mp3 or iPod without it annoying the person next to you.

The funky design is the perfect travel accessory to ensure that you get a decent rest whether stuck on a plane, train or in a car or coach.

If you are looking for bedding accessories and furnishings including bed linen and pillows then why not take a trip to Duvet and Pillow Warehouse the online bedding store for all your bedding needs and requirements.

The team specialise in high quality products to suit their customers needs and requirements; and the best thing about it is that their products are all at affordable prices.

For more information and to view all of their products visit www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk

If you suffer from insomnia then drinking a glass of cherry juice twice daily, is the key to a decent night's sleep.

The study by researchers at the University of Rochester in New York found that drinking unsweetened cherry juice in the morning and evening regularly helped people enjoy more sleep.

Dr Wilfred Pigeon, the psychiatrist who led the study said that the effect cherry juice has on patients could possibly be down to the fruit's high content of melatonin - the hormone that regulates the body's sleep-wake cycle.

In today's society, insomnia has become one of the biggest health challenges with around one in four adults suffering from it and a fifth regularly getting fewer than five hours' sleep each night.

The study saw an analysis of participants sleeping patterns on two phases. During the first, the volunteers drank cherry juice every morning and evening and in the second they were given a comparable fruit juice.

The results found that cherry juice led to an average of 17 minutes of more sleep.

Dr Pigeon, said, "Given the side effects of some medications it is encouraging to have a natural alternative." Dr Russel Reiter, a melatonin expert at the University of Texas said foods like cherries may be a better alternative to boosting the body's supply than supplements.

The study was published in the Journals of Medicinal Food. 

Whatever sleep problems you are having, why not make sure that it isn't your bed linen, duvets or pillows and visit Duvet and Pillow Warehouse today for all your bedroom furnishing needs. The online duvet store has thousands of products on sale which will benefit you and your sleeping habits. For more information visit www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk.