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Almost two thirds (60 per cent) of the single adults in the UK have deliberately chosen their single lifestyle, with more women (66 per cent) than men (53 per cent) opting for the single life.  There are two good reasons, according to the findings of a recent study:  a desire for independence, and a weariness...

Men do not like doctors.  In fact, eight out of ten men would prefer to endure an illness rather than seek help from their GP.  (This will not surprise many wives.) Despite recent campaigns urging them to take their health seriously, a survey by BUPA has found that 48 per cent of men would only...

You and your friends know where you live, but could a 999 crew find you? Paramedics warn that too many people do not make their house numbers clear.  That means paramedics are wasting valuable time looking for clues as to which house is which, while shrubs and rubbish bins often obscure the numbers. In an...

Do you have teenagers?  What are they doing at the moment?  Chances are, they are glued to their phone.  The World Health Organisation has warned that some 80 per cent of teenagers in Britain do not take enough exercise, and that a couch-potato lifestyle has become their norm. Girls are even less active than boys,...

They may be asleep at the moment, but tortoises are not the stay-at-homes couch potatoes that you may think they are.  In fact, so many have been leaving their homes to go on walk-about, that now the RSPCA is advising that they be microchipped. The charity rescued almost 1,000 tortoises last year. Experts advise that...

If you have a stressful confrontation coming up, such as a row with your partner, or at work, try and have it in the middle of the day.  That is the time when your body is functioning most efficiently, and when you can best cope with stress. Both early morning and late evening are never...

The increasing use of contactless payments is leading young people into debt.  A recent study has found that one in five Londoners below the age of 45 are struggling to pay their debts, because of the ease of making ‘tap and go’ payments. Now more than one in 10 young people are thinking of stopping...

How to have a healthy and legal New Year Dark Pills Could your dog be about to injure you? Drugs and your children Cup of tea?  Which one? Search your sofa Try running with straight arms Less beer ** Editor:  By David Pickup, a solicitor. How to have a healthy and legal New Year  Let...

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established…. The authorities that exist have been established by God.   Romans 13:1 Do you get into a muddle at times?  Then here is an important New Year’s Resolution for you: this year, have a calendar and record...

Here’s a New Year’s question for you:  is it ever really dark in your house? Environmentalists are increasingly concerned at the amount of artificial light to which we are all exposed. Last year National Geographic reported that the excess light “we dump into our environments is endangering ecosystems by harming animals whose life cycles depend...

If you are a pensioner, and you spend two hours a day learning new skills, you can reverse any cognitive decline by the equivalent of up to 30 years. That is the conclusion of researchers at the University of California Riverside.   They found that pensioners who practised a new language, or attended drawing classes ,...

The number of people over-65 who take anti-depressants has doubled in two decades.  The increase is even bigger among care home residents, with numbers rising four-fold over the same period. One in 15 people over 65 now suffer from depression, according to a recent study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.  And a recent...