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The prices of second-hand cars are soaring, at ‘unprecedented’ rates. In the past few months, the cost of a second-hand car has risen by an average of 13.5 per cent, increasing the typical value of a three-year old vehicle by £1,700. The reason? It seems that so many of us have been unable to go...

 We should beware of using our firepits and barbecues when it is windy, an insurer has warned. Home insurance claims for domestic fire incidents increased by 38 per cent over the past year, according to figures from Aviva. As a number of these fires were started by barbecues, Aviva is urging people to ‘rethink’ their...

Now here is something you may not have considered: if your diet includes high levels of junk food and unhealthy snacks, you could be more likely to have a car crash. It is thought that junk food diets and unhealthy snacking contribute to high levels of fatigue, which in turn lead to dangerous driving habits....

Dog lovers will find this good news: canine DNA is to be collected by a police force to help stolen animals be reunited with their owners. The scheme by Gloucestershire Police is thought to be a world first. It will involve owners using a kit to take a swab from their dog’s mouth. The sample...

Honesty is our best policy The jazz diet? Help our children cope Can you sleep? Can your child swim the length of a pool? What will you miss about lockdown? Slim down What happens when you look at your smartphone Help them brush their teeth Gambling – a major problem Can your child read? Please...

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body. (Ephesians 4:25) The church service has just finished, and you are about to go home to read the latest edition of the parish magazine. You parked a bit carelessly because you were in...

According to a new study, the moody piano blues of jazz may influence you towards making better dietary choices. Apparently, a slow jazz melody, played on piano, can nudge people towards choosing a healthy meal, and to lingering over it for longer. Previous research has shown that background music can influence consumer behaviour, but this...

Research has found that one in six children aged 5 to 16 in England reported a probable mental health disorder last year – up from one in nine in 2017. Anxiety and depression have escalated beyond anything seen before in the NHS. And so, the NHS plans to have 400 mental health support teams working...

In the West, insomnia is thought to affect between 10 and 30 per cent of adults at any one time, according to the Economic and Social Research Council. The group also says that a tenth of British adults regularly take some kind of sleeping tablet, with its accompanying risk of addiction. Now The Sleep Charity,...

Before the pandemic, about a quarter of children could not swim the curriculum stipulated length when they left primary school. But now it is feared that by 2025, this could rise to three in five of all primary school children. The figure comes from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Swimming and Swim England. With...

More than half of us admit that we will miss some aspects of the Covid-19 restrictions, especially spending more time at home with our family, and appreciating the quieter roads. A recent study by King’s College London and Ipsos Mori found that around one third of us feel the past year has been similar or...

Two out of three adults in the UK are now overweight. That means that the Government has made tackling obesity as the ‘priority’ for recovering from the pandemic. (80 per cent of our health problems are caused by unhealthy lifestyles.) Boris Johnson recently announced an Office for Health Promotion (OHP) to boost our activity and...