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Do you expect to like all the presents you will receive this year?  Not if last year was anything to go by! In fact, it seems that more than two-thirds of us expect that we will unwrap at least one item that we do not like this Christmas. What do you do with those weird...

The amount of sleep you get each night can have a huge impact on your health. A recent study has found that middle-aged people need at least seven hours a night. This reduces their risk of developing various serious health conditions including cancer, diabetes, and arthritis. This contrasts with the effect of having only five...

If you live with a cat, you will know the scenario: it is late at night and you want to go to bed, but the cat is sitting maddeningly just out of reach on the garden path. You keep calling ‘kitty kitty’ in your sweetest tones, and in response the cat twitches an ear –...

Short naps in the daytime are very good for your young child.  They can be key to allowing their young brain to fully develop. According to a recent study, the part of the brain that processes memories, the hippocampus, is underdeveloped in children. Taking a nap will help them, as their immature hippocampus quickly reaches...

Holding a fireworks party on Bonfire Night?  Make a bird nut ball Organise a wine tasting this autumn Help your hedgehogs this autumn Coffee is good for you Working best from where? Has covid changed your personality? Freeze your leftover food, advises Sainsburys Entertaining at home is making a comeback Do you still cook Sunday...

Autumn bazaar law Forgive the wasps A very modern problem with driving after dark Why walking a small dog may win a woman’s heart Nurseries under threat One reason for heavier flooding in suburbia and urban areas ‘Ban car sat navs in lorries to stop them getting stuck One in five puppies ‘falling ill or...

‘… from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales… and it was distributed to anyone who had need…’ Acts 4:33-35 Imagine someone in your church is ‘decluttering’ their home, and soon fills up a box with unwanted items. Then they offer it to you, to...

Chances are that you were irritated by wasps this summer – there were a lot of them about. But did you know what they were really looking for? According to Prof Seirian Sumner, a behavioural ecologist and entomologist at University College London, we should try to “understand what wasps want, and what they’re doing at...

Men who walk small dogs are seen as less threatening to women than men who walk large or even medium sized dogs. Using cute little dogs to appeal to women is a well-known tactic on dating apps, but now scientists at the University of Jaen in Spain have found that even just walking a small...

Have you ever driven down a road after dark, only to shield your eyes from dazzling beams of a large Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) coming straight at you? If so, you will know the blinding effect those lights can have. Now a recent study by the RAC has found that almost two thirds of drivers...

If you are a parent in need of childcare, you may be struggling this autumn. Especially if you live in a rural area. The number of nurseries in the countryside has dropped by a staggering 20 pc since 2015. That means that one in five has now closed. Figures for urban areas are little better,...

That big car in your driveway may be contributing to flash flooding. So warns Sir John Armitt, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission. He points out that the popular trend for buying bigger and bigger cars means that more and more owners need to pave over their gardens, in order to accommodate them. “The roads...