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People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found. Those who followed the restrictions most closely when the pandemic hit are the most likely to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression, academics at Bangor University have found.more

For the first time in Spain's history, single mothers gave birth to more children than married women in a single year, according to a study on demographics for 2022 released yesterday. Its author is the National Statistical Institute (INE) in Madrid.more

Growing numbers of people in England and Wales are being found so long after they have died that their body has decomposed, in a shocking trend linked to austerity and social isolation, doctors have said.more

Public transport users in London are failing to claim thousands of lost property items handed in every week. The transport authority moved its lost property office from South Kensington to West Ham to accommodate the rising number of objects being stored.more

Today in the USA is Thanksgiving Day, during which Americans meet for gala dinners, where the main dish is roast turkey. The holiday meal will be cheaper this year thanks to lower turkey prices, reports CNBC. ​more

Nearly half of UK homeowners say neighbours have prevented them parking their vehicle, a survey has suggested. Some 48% of respondents to a poll for Churchill Motor Insurance said neighbours have blocked access to their driveway, garage or allocated parking space.more

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a popular American sex therapist referred to in the media as Dr. Ruth, has been named New York State's Honorary Ambassador for Singleness. This is the first feature of its kind in the United States. Her task will be to support people who complain of loneliness.more

A third of British employees have admitted to working in their pyjamas, a survey has found. Employment firm Indeed surveyed over 1,000 employees and 500 employers in the UK, discovering 33% of workers wear pyjamas during shift hours.more

UK women aged 40 and older will not experience the closure of the gender pay gap until after they reach state pension age, according to a report by the Fawcett Society.more

London Councils has called on the government to provide at least a 9% funding boost in the Autumn Statement to help meet a £600m shortfall. more

During the pandemic, we cared less about dental prophylaxis and, as a result, the condition of Poles' teeth deteriorated even further. It is much worse than before COVID-19," alarms Dr Maciej Nowak, MD.more

The autumn and winter period is full of various respiratory infections. It turns out that every second Pole (50.3 per cent) goes to work with an infection and fever. One in three (33.2 per cent) admit that they do so occasionally, one in ten (11.3 per cent) say they do so often and 5.8 per cent very often. When asked about the reasons for going to work with an infection, Poles mainly indicate econmore

At the World Food Security Summit in London yesterday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a new scientific initiative. It aims to intensify work on developing climate-resilient crops.more

Heatwaves in Europe observed in the summer of 2022 led to the deaths of possibly 70,000 people, according to an analysis by the Barcelona-based Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), which revised its initial estimates of mortality associated with record-breaking temperatures in 2022.more

Dutch train station buildings and the hall of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport have become a breeding ground for anti-Semitism and hatred against Israel in recent weeks, the daily De Telegraaf wrote in an editorial commentary. "The police must intervene," urges the country's largest newspaper.more

Richer families in England are almost six times as likely to benefit from the government’s childcare expansion as low-income ones, research has revealed. Experts have warned that poorer children will be “denied access” to early years education because their parents do not meet the government’s eligibility criteria, which states that both parents must work at least 16 hours a week.more

Nearly half (48%) of respondents claim that they have financial problems - according to a study conducted for BIG InfoMonitor. It was added that the most common reasons for this state of affairs were inflation (31%) and too low earnings (23%).more

People from working-class backgrounds employed in professional careers earn £6,000 less compared to those from other backgrounds in the same jobs, findings from the Social Mobility Foundation show, underscoring the UK’s “shameful” class pay gap. more

The average life expectancy of men in the United States is now almost six years less than that of women. This is the biggest difference since 1996 - reports the journal "JAMA Internal Medicine".more

There is a significant improvement in the economic mood of Poles, Ipsos reported in its latest report. Research shows, among others, that 49 percent respondents expect a decline in inflation, while 36 percent respondents believe that things in the country are going in the right direction.more

Fewer children in England have been having rotten teeth pulled out since the sugar tax on soft drinks began, prompting calls for the levy to be extended to sweets, biscuits and cereals.more

Millennials in the UK are still bearing the “economic scars” of the 2008 financial crisis and are struggling to catch up with the living standards of older groups while their US counterparts have closed the gap, new research shows.more

Cohabiting couples in the UK have been warned to create a legal agreement. With 22 per cent of couples who live together not being married or in a civil partnership, financial experts have warned 3.6 million couples should mull over creating a legal agreement in case things go pear shaped.more

A survey conducted by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) shows that for eight out of ten respondents, religion is of little or no importance. Already next year, the percentage of people professing the Christian religion in Germany may fall below 50 percent.more

Consumers want to spend more before Christmas than last year, as well as visit stationary stores more often. This is supposed to be an exceptionally good period for gastronomy - we read in today's "Rzeczpospolita".more