Doing no exercise is worse for your health than being overweight January 15, 2015 Being inactive is worse for your health than being obese, according to a new study from Cambridge University. Over a 12-year period, researchers looked at the weights, waistlines and exercise habits of more than 300,000 people across Europe, and studied how much danger each posed to people's health. Published in the American Journal [...]
Ebola in the UK: Woman tested for virus in Northampton January 15, 2015 A woman suspected of having Ebola is being tested for the virus at a hospital in Northampton. At present, no details have been revealed about the identity of the woman or how she might have contracted the disease. According to Public Health England, it is very unlikely she is suffering from Ebola, but [...]
Turnaround for Mothercare? Higher sales in the third quarter indicate a change in fortunes January 15, 2015 The figures Mothercare's like-for-like sales in the UK rose 1.1 per cent in the third quarter, indicating the babycare retailer's troubled spell may be coming to an end. Total UK sales fell 1.9 per cent in the 13 weeks to 9 January, but when you factor in the closure of 4.2 per cent of the [...]
Julian Assange’s nuggets of gold: What you can say about the world in 1,500 days January 14, 2015 It's amazing how many of the world's problems you can solve from inside the Ecuadorian embassy. Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder and one of world's favourite critics of everything, has not let a major world event pass him by without a profound piece of commentary slipping from his lips. Since he arrived at the [...]
Men don’t want mums to stay at home any more – they want childcare to be split evenly January 14, 2015 We no longer live in a society where men expect women to stay at home and look after the children while they go out and earn the money. In fact, only 22 per cent of people in the UK still cling to this old fashioned view of gender roles, with even more men than [...]
Find your postcode personality: Are you in the right part of London for you? January 14, 2015 If you're someone who looks sharp in a suit, likes socialising with equally sophisticated suit-wearers and visits suit-friendly venues, you'd probably find it extremely uncomfortable wearing a t-shirt and jeans for a week. That's because the things you do, wear and surround yourself with are chosen to complement your personality, and if that perfect [...]
Burberry sales grow in third quarter but slip in Hong Kong January 14, 2015 British luxury brand Burberry had a good end to 2014, with retail sales rising 15 per cent to £604m in the third quarter. The success was driven largely by strong digital growth in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, but this progress wasn’t replicated in Asia – sales fell in Hong Kong, and [...]
Charlie Hebdo’s first cover following massacre revealed – and it features the Prophet Mohammed January 13, 2015 The first cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after the attack on its offices in Paris features a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed, it has been revealed. The raid took place on Wednesday last week and left 12 people dead, including four cartoonists. The two men who carried out the attack claimed to [...]
Asos share price rises following positive end to 2014 January 13, 2015 The figures British online fashion retailer Asos ended 2014 on a very positive note, with the Christmas period pushing sales up by 15 per cent in the six weeks to 9 January. The news caused shares to rise by 7.1 per cent to £26 when markets opened this morning, and they were still performing [...]
E.On becomes first energy firm to cut gas prices in response to government demands January 13, 2015 E.On is cutting its standard gas tariff by 3.5 per cent, with the change coming into effect immediately. The German-owned firm said the cut will save two million households £24 each year on their average annual energy bills. The move is a reaction to pressure placed on big energy firms to make their [...]
