The recent heat wave in England has, somewhat coincidentally, seen the amount of workers taking impromptu sick days rise massively.
 
A survey of 7000 employers showed that almost four out of five reported staff absences in …

Millions more workers with children are to get the right to go part-time. Gordon Brown will put the Government on collision course with business leaders this week by promising to allow parents with older children …

A woman from Arkansas surprised her family on a US tv show by telling them that she was expecting a baby. This will be Michelle Duggar’s 18th child.
To date, the Duggars’ 17 natural children range …

In a downtown loft apartment in Denver, Colorado, a group of 30-something women is having a party. They joke easily with each other about men, cats and botox.
It’s more Sex and the City than …

Feel conscious over the sze of your derriere? Fear no more ladies, it could be good for you.
Researchers in the U.S. have found that a type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom …

If you thought Britney Spears carrying her chihuahua in a handbag or Geri Halliwell accessorising herself with a shih tzu was weird, then what about the latest fad – monkids?
In a bid to fill the …

 
Soaring petrol prices mean motorists are forking out £10.5million more per day than last year, the AA said yesterday.
 
The motoring group’s findings relate only to unleaded and do not include the huge additional cost of …

Devastating price rises mean families have less to spend on themselves than at any time for 17 years.
The share of household income eaten up by unavoidable outgoings such as housing, food, heat and council tax …

More than 1,000 schools in England and Wales could be closed and most will have to send some children home when teachers take the first national strike action in 21 years on Thursday, figures obtained …

The Food Standards Agency Board (FSA) have called upon UK ministers to implement voluntary action by manufacturers to remove food colours by 2009.
Following discussion about the effects that certain food colours have on children’s behaviour, …

A boy lost a year’s schooling because the council wrongly suspected his parents had lied about their home address.Officials repeatedly refused to take responsibility for the 11-year-old despite his special educational needs.
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New research has shown that women are more likely to reveal their passwords than men.
The InfoSecurity Europe 2008 Social Engineering Survey, showed that 72 per cent of women agreed they would disclose their password over the …