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Mothers are getting older. More than half of women in the UK are now still childless by the age of 30, according to recent official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data provides a picture of changes in our national fertility. The vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says:...

Did you know that nearly one half of the NHS budget is spent on diseases that could have been prevented? And that Britain’s overall health budget is now bigger than the GDP of Greece? So says the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, who has recently warned that the NHS cannot continue spending “vast sums” on lifestyle...

Proposing marriage to someone these days needs more preparation than you might expect. Forget about just going down on bended knee and hoping for the best. Instead, you need to think location, location, location. A recent survey found that a fifth of Gen Z and Millennial young people say they would be far more likely...

What is the quality of the air like in your home? That is the concern of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). It urges that anyone with breathing or cardiovascular conditions who has “repeated or worsening respiratory conditions” should be asked about their housing conditions. Nice warns that exposure to poor indoor...

How neat do we like our gardens to be?  Full of manicured lawns, with immaculate flower beds? Well, yes and no. A recent survey by BBC’s Gardener’s World magazine has found that more than half (54 per cent) of gardeners now include ‘uncultivated areas’ in their garden. And some 44 per cent of gardeners have...

Here is a sobering thought: petrol selling at 1.649p per litre in the UK is equivalent to £7.50 a gallon!

You and anti-social behaviour Where do you call home? Get going this Spring! Your favourite music If my dog doesn’t love you, I won’t either The new rules of dating Children and energy drinks How to have some happiness this April ** Editor:  David Pickup, a solicitor, considers what you can do when you need...

Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace. Psalm 37:36-38 It is a nice Spring afternoon, and you want to sit out in the garden to read your parish magazine. You deserve a break, because you have been kept awake all night by noise from certain neighbours in the street where...

‘Where is it that you call home?’ I wonder how different people would answer that question. It’s so much gentler than asking ‘where do you come from?’ That question declares that clearly you don’t come from around here so you must be a stranger in these parts. But the question about home is much deeper...

One thing you need to put at the top of your list this Spring is to simply MOVE. Whether you like gardening, cycling, jogging, walking or any other activity, make certain that you do some of it every day. As Prof James Goodwin, of the Brain Health Network in London explains, “Only 25 per cent...

Why do you like the music that you do? It may depend on your personality traits. A recent study has found that agreeable people tend to favour mellow music such as reggae, while neurotic people, struggling with suppressed anger and frustration, will tend to prefer intense styles such as grunge and metal. The study spanned...

Nearly half of all dog owners would not continue to date somebody if their dog did not like that person. And two in five dog owners prefer to date someone who also has a dog. For those people who go online to look for dates, one in ten dog owners choose potential partners by looking...