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Poll: Give walking a lift - should building design encourage people to use the stairs?
Sunday 05 May 2013
Oh dear... walking is one way to keep in shape, but a survey published in the Independent today shows that a quarter of British adults now walk for less than nine minutes a day - including time spent getting round the shops and to work.
Return of the milk snatchers? Government accused of targeting under-fives for cuts
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Campaigners warn that any cap on costs might leave providers unable to afford to maintain scheme
Howard Jacobson: Put down that iPhone and act like a human
Saturday 14 January 2012
OK. This is the week in which we get a few things straight. Regarding Diane Abbott. She who lives by the tweet shall die by the tweet. As for saying sorry, the word is now discredited. And as for the imputed racism... well, speaking for ourselves, we have been called far worse names than Diane Abbott called us.
Tim Walker: Why must Ed make a Tweet of himself?
Saturday 07 January 2012
Presumably the Labour intern responsible for the Miliband (E) Twitter account is 22 years old, and has never heard of Blockbusters
Ed Miliband in 'Blackbusters' blunder
Friday 06 January 2012
Labour's Twitter woes continued today as Ed Miliband led tributes to television host Bob Holness - but mistakenly called him the presenter of "Blackbusters".
New year, a new obesity plan from Westminster
Tuesday 03 January 2012
Ainsley Harriott is the latest celebrity chef hired to improve the nation's diet. So does he have the recipe for success? Jeremy Laurance finds out
Alcohol diseases double in 7 years
Saturday 10 December 2011
The Health Minister Andrew Lansley was forced to defend his controversial "hands off" approach to public health yesterday as new figures revealed hospital admissions for alcohol-related diseases have doubled in the past seven years.
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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