Potatos have decreased in sales by 5.4% since 2015. According to the agricultural website The Grocer, those aged between 18 and 34 are to blame for the dramatic drop.more
We've become a welfare nation "overly dependent" on state payments compared to other countries, newly published Government papers have warned. Almost every person in Ireland benefits, directly or indirectly, from some form of social welfare payment which amount to 20bn a year.more
Students at the London School of Economics have expressed outrage over the university installing "heartless" barriers on benches that "prevent rough sleepers from resting" on them.more
Imagine returning to your parked vehicle only to find a handwritten note telling you to park it elsewhere because it 'lowers the tone' of the area.more
Farmers are resorting to medieval methods to combat rural crime which has risen to its highest level in four years, an increase being blamed on organised criminal gangs and policing cuts.more
The Polish government has adopted a regulation which assumes the increase of family benefits - nursing allowance, special care allowance and allowance for an adult caregiver of a disabled person.more
People are on average online for 24 hours a week, twice as long as 10 years ago, with one in five of all adults spending as much as 40 hours a week on the web. more
Brits have chosen Britain as their dream holiday destination, preferring vacations in the Great British countryside and seaside to trips to far-flung foreign places, a study into the nation's holiday habits has revealed.
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Research by the North London Waste Authority shows a growing number of people are trying to change their habits. But most don't know how to effectively reduce the environmental impact of plastic.more
Marek Balicki, the head of the Pilot Office of the National Program for Mental Health Protection, emphasizes that some of such patients do not have to be in hospitals, but should have other types of support.more
Public opinion (and possibly even the 'Will of the People') seems to be turning against Brexit after a summer of bitter infighting and warnings over food supplies.more
The data confirms that British households have been collectively supporting their spending through a combination of reducing their saving levels and taking on more debt.more
Over half of the Polish respondents (55%) declare that they feel connected above all with the local community, the place where they live; one quarter (25%) mainly with Poland, and only a few (4%) identify themselves mainly with Europe - according to the CBOS survey.more
The number of severely obese 10 and 11-year-olds has reached a record high, new figures have revealed. The proportion of very overweight pupils in year six has leapt from 3.17% to 4.07% within the last decade with poorer households the worst affected.more
Singer Elton John on Tuesday delivered a violent tirade against Russia and Eastern Europe, accusing them of "discrimination against gays" on the second day of the international AIDS conference in Amsterdam.more
Body dissatisfaction is becoming more and more prevalent among young people. A study by sleep tech company Simba has revealed that one in four young people aged nine to 16 consider their physical appearance to be one of their main worries in life.more