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 The number of young people who go bankrupt has soared, increasing tenfold in just three years.  People from ‘Generation Z’ (aged 18 to 25) now make up one in 15 of all personal insolvencies.  Back in 2016 only one in 100 insolvencies involved a young person. As one accountant explained: “In this climate of low...

Thermal image technology has found that heavily tattooed skin heats up more than normal skin in direct sunlight.  Images of tattoo artists in Shoreditch, taken on a Cat S61 smartphone, showed higher temperatures on sections of skin that were heavily inked – with the black of the tattoo retaining the most heat.

That is the finding of a survey by Nationwide Building Society, who also found that one in four youngsters of primary school age do not even know what a high street is.  More than half have never visited a laundromat, and nearly half have never been to a florist or key-cutter. The survey comes amidst...

Who does most of the housework in your family? Probably the woman, if you are like most families.  That is the finding of a recent analysis of who does household chores, carried out by University College London (UCL). The study found that even among couples where the woman is more qualified and has a more...

Those aged over 50 now make up nearly half of all self-employed workers.  That is about 2.27 million people, up from 1.45 million a decade ago.  And almost one in five of the self-employed work-force is over 60. There’s good reason why older people turn to self-employment.  With a rising state pension age and a...

Young women are less and less likely to share their finances with their ‘significant other’.  A recent survey has found that nearly half of women aged below 34 prefer financial independence. As one accountant explained: ‘With women increasingly entering marriage later in life, after years of earning their own income and controlling their own finances,...

Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables slashes your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by nearly a quarter, a recent study has found. And adding whole grains, legumes and nuts also protects against diabetes, as they improve sensitivity to insulin (the hormone that controls blood sugar) and reduce weight gain. A senior nutritionist at the...

Then you are not alone.  Half of all parents are worried that their children are addicted to computer games, as more and more family routines are disrupted by hours spent online. Many families admit that it is especially hard to get boys to break for meals, or to go to bed, especially if they feel...

Children are up to four times more likely to have an asthma attack when they return to school. A recent study from Public Health England has cited a combination of stress, changes in the weather, air pollution and an increase in circulating viruses as the reason why many schoolchildren develop respiratory problems as the term...

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You are the editor of a local magazine or website, and are contacted by some people who want you to use some of their photographs. There’s the proud uncle whose nephew has just won a competition at a uniformed organisation for baking a cake. His wife took a photo of the entrants and the winning...

We’ve certainly had a summer of sport, too much, some will say, while others of us simply indulge in the cricket, football and then Wimbledon. Truly the ball has had its day! One side product of international sport is national anthems. Don’t think I’ve ever heard so many at anytime in my life. And to...