Doctors want a 20 per cent sugar tax, according to new poll November 4, 2015 More than two thirds of GPs think the government should introduce a controversial sugar tax, according to a new poll. The poll for Pulse, a magazine aimed at the medical industry, found 67 per cent of GPs support the tax, with "many warning that people were unaware about the damage sugary products do to their health". [...]
National Stress Awareness Day mindfulness tips: Six ways to keep calm when work stress gets too much November 4, 2015 Today is National Stress Awareness Day – so what better time to address the stress that's been piling up in your job. Work stress is an unavoidable fact of life, but it's how you deal with it that counts. According to The BeingWell, a not-for-profit helping stressed-out Londoners achieve “mindfulness”, there are six simple ways to stay focused [...]
Britons less fond of own cities and less welcoming of refugees now than in 1939, according to poll November 4, 2015 Since June 1939 people in the United Kingdom have become less enamoured with their own cities, a new poll has found. The research, by YouGov, found 55 per cent of people in 1939 preferred city living to a country life, whether that be inland or by the sea. Read more: These cities commute furthest by cycling and running [...]
Price of petrol and diesel falls for the fourth consecutive month in October – and comes close to its 2009 low November 4, 2015 Petrol and diesel prices continued to slide for the fourth month in a row in October, new figures suggest, with diesel hovering close to the low price it hit in 2009. Unleaded fell to 107.82p during October, from 109.45p at the start, making filling an average family car 90p cheaper, RAC said this morning. That's [...]
To get pupils ready for the real world the education system need to drop the dogma on test results November 4, 2015 The education secretary Nicky Morgan has announced plans to strengthen testing for primary school pupils in England. The government wants to re-introduce national tests for seven-year-olds as part of measures aimed at improving standards in schools with low exam results. The biggest set of policy interventions by the education secretary since taking up the role [...]
I let myself be hacked by an ethical hacker and this is what I learned about cybersecurity November 4, 2015 Let me tell you this: it’s quite a disconcerting feeling to sign a form agreeing to let a hacker break into all your personal data. Even when it’s an ethical one. I’d agreed to let cybersecurity expert Ollie Whitehouse do his worst, and access as much of my information online as possible. But waiting to [...]
UK house prices: Persimmon share price falls despite jump in sales November 4, 2015 Are housebuilders finally feeling the heat? FTSE-listed builder Persimmon reported a 12 per cent sales hike in the third quarter this morning – but shares continued to slide after the sector had a spot of bother with a broker yesterday. The figures Sales were 12 per cent higher in the period since it reported its half year results on [...]
Nissan zooms ahead in the race for customer trust November 4, 2015 It's been a tough time for the motor industry. Volkswagen has had dieselgate which has affected 11m vehicles worldwide and led to the resignation of chief executive Martin Winterkorn. General Motors has had to recall thousands of models in the US over a potentially fatal ignition switch fault. But among those and other scandals, Japanese car [...]
FTSE 100 index opens up led by Glencore, Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Marks and Spencer November 4, 2015 The FTSE 100 opened marginally up this morning, led higher by mining companies, as Glencore reported it was reducing the size of its net debt. The UK's top blue chip index was up 0.44 per cent at 6,411 points. Glencore, the mining giant, which has been struggling to reassure investors worried about the size of [...]