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If you and your partner have rows about how hot the house should be this Christmas, bear this in mind: women really do need the heat turned up more than men do. Recent research has found that the difference in the sexes also applies to other species, from mammals to birds. As one scientist at...

Try to be kind to each other this Christmas: many of us could do with some gentle encouragement. Depression and anxiety have risen by more than a quarter since the pandemic, according to the first global estimate of Covid’s impact on mental health last year.  The reduced interaction of people, the increase in isolation, coupled...

Walking 7,000 steps a day, or the equivalent of a three-mile stroll, is enough to reduce the likelihood of death in middle age by 72 per cent. The study was done by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their findings also suggest that there is negligible, if any, benefit to walking 10,000 steps a...

Are you going to go into debt for Christmas? Under the relentless pressure of advertising, those of us with money troubles may find that the demand for elaborate decorations, Christmas cards, presents, food and drink, can be overwhelming. It may be time to take a reality check. Make a note of any debts you already...

Good to slow down in rain Dogs and people Is it hard to park your car in the garage?  Contactless payment limit goes up Do you prefer using cash? Good news for coffee lovers Are any of your friends ‘flakes’? Determined to help Boys unhappy about their looks What is outside your front door?  Why...

A cut to the speed limit on motorways in wet weather would be backed by the majority of UK motorists.  Such is the finding of a recent poll by the RAC, following a rise in serious accidents. Almost three-quarters of us would be in favour of following the French method of lowering the speed limit...

Dogs really are in tune with human emotions like no other species, and they are born with this ability. Such is the finding of a recent study at Duke University in North Carolina, which compared the interaction of wolf cubs with humans, and of puppies with humans. In test after test the puppies came top...

It is not your fault: the bestselling modern cars have become bigger by about up to a third.  A comparison of the most popular models sold in 1965 and 2020 had found that most popular modern models have expanded from 59 inches (1.5m) in width to 71 inches (1.8m) in width. Their length has gone...

The contactless payment limit has just more than doubled. It now stands at £100.  And while this will be more convenient to many of us, it is also “a thief’s dream.” So say the critics. As one financial expert from fund shop AJ Bell, points out: “By spending £100 a pop without having to put...

Access to cash is still an ‘essential piece of infrastructure’ for elderly people. Cutting them off from cash and banking services is tantamount to excluding them from society. So warns Age UK, which has been pointing to recent figures from the Financial Conduct Authority that show that about 2.4million people aged 65 and over still...

If you drink a cup of coffee a day, you could reduce your risk of having a stroke by a fifth. A recent study, by researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest, found that people who drink a moderate amount of coffee (from half a cup to three cups a day) are 21 per cent less...

If so, you will know the scenario: they happily agree a plan with you to do something, and then at the last minute, they cancel and don’t show.  As one sufferer of flaky friends put it: “Flakes are on a rise of epidemic proportions. People are becoming less reliable… the younger the generation, the worse...