According to a new report Norway is the world's fourth happiest country, bested only by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland. The UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network released its 2016 World Happiness Report on Wednesday, the group's fourth annual survey seeking to quantify happiness.more
Peter K. has been wanted for more than a year for fraud in connection with business, he was arrested on Christmas Eve in Austria - today announced the Polish Police. In the near future the man will be transported to Poland.more
Almost 6,000 Transport for London (TfL) staff have received counselling for issues including stress, anxiety and the witnessing of suicide attempts since 2010, it has been revealed.more
New research released today has found that nearly a fifth of employees in London worry about being judged negatively for taking a lunch break. This figure is far higher than any other region in the UK, and the national average of 6 per cent.more
Parents taking their babies on the school run should cover prams and buggies to overcome air pollution, researchers have warned. Infants are twice as likely to breathe in harmful chemicals in the morning as they are in the afternoon, with bus stops and traffic lights the worst areas for exposure, a study has found.more
Selling high calorie foods in plain packaging could help in the battle against obesity according to a leading researcher who has won a share of the most lucrative prize in neuroscience for his work on the brain's reward system.more
January was the worst month on record for hospital A&E departments, with more patients than ever waiting over four hours to be seen, official figures have revealed.more
Sir Francis Drake would be horrified. Potatoes may have been a staple of British cuisine for centuries but we are falling out of love with them as the trend for "carb-free" diets and changing tastes have sent sales plummeting.more
Heroin addicts will be given a free supply of the substance by police in a bid to prevent drug-related crime. Durham Constabulary are the first force in the country to use part of their budget to fund the scheme in a bid to stop users stealing to pay for drugs, the Mail on Sunday reported.more
Tens of thousands of people - including NHS workers, campaigners and union representatives - have marched in London to protest against "yet more austerity" in the health service. Protesters on the #OurNHS march wanted to draw attention to plans which could see hospital services in nearly two-thirds of England cut back.more
British adults are at an "increased cancer risk" from eating a staggering 100 million fast food and takeaway meals every week, according to a new report.more
Health chiefs are calling for smoking to be completely banned in all NHS buildings and grounds. Public Health England is campaigning for a 'tobacco-free NHS' with more support on quitting offered to patients, visitors and staff.
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In high-income countries, except in periods of war, famine, and infection outbreaks, national life expectancy has increased steadily for decades, although there has been stagnation or decline in poor and marginalised groups.more
The NHS could save £1.7 billion on conditions including heart disease and diabetes if Londoners walked or cycled for just 20 minutes a day, figures showed. more
