Average British household used 216 plastic haircare bottles a YEAR – and one in ten say they ‘can’t be bothered’ to be more eco-friendly The average family throws away hundreds of empty plastic bottles every year A household will get through 24 bottles of shower gel and 108 loo rolls annually About 60 per cent … Read more
– What is stamp duty? The Stamp Duty Land Tax was introduced in its current form in December 2013 and applies to people who buy a property or land over a certain price in England and Northern Ireland. The previous threshold meant property costing over £125,000 is liable for the tax, although the 2017 Budget … Read more
Each person working on the HS2 rail project costs the taxpayer almost £100,000 on average, it has emerged. And the chief executive of the troubled high-speed link leads the charge – taking home more than four times the Prime Minister last year with £659,416. The astonishing figures were revealed in HS2’s annual report, which also … Read more
Rates of flu and colds have plummeted ‘well below average’ during the coronavirus crisis thanks to lockdown and social distancing, data suggests. Incidence of bronchitis and other viral infections, including laryngitis and tonsillitis, are also much lower than would be expected at this time of year. A report by the Royal College of GPs, collected … Read more
Pessimists die two years earlier than the average person – but being an optimist does not lead to a longer life, study finds Researchers compared more than 3,000 people and their scores on optimism-pessimism scales People with higher pessimistic scores were more likely to die two years earlier from issues such as cardiovascular disease Higher … Read more
Coronavirus cases in England appear to be creeping up with 1,000 more people estimated to be catching the disease every day than they were last week, official data show. Office for National Statistics data based on population testing estimate that daily infections have risen from 1,700 to 2,800 in the space of seven days, to … Read more
The average age patients die from coronavirus in Scotland is older than the age at which people pass away normally, stark figures show. National Records of Scotland (NRS) data reveal the median age of a Covid-19 death north of the border is 81 for men and 85 for women. By contrast, the life expectancy for … Read more
Average person has over 6,000 thoughts per day, according to study that isolated a ‘thought worm’ in the human brain showing when an idea begins and ends Researchers have for the first time isolated a thought worm in the human brain By doing this, the team was able to see when a thought begins and … Read more
So much for SAVING the trees! Eco-preachers Harry and Meghan’s carbon footprint could be TWENTY SIX times more than average Briton – meaning they would need to plant forest of 10,745 saplings to offset their CO2 Former MP Norman Baker has studied their carbon footprint over a year, he says Couple flew 53 times in … Read more
Britons’ average working week is now just THREE days as number of hours put in plunges a quarter during the pandemic, ONS figures reveal Office of National Statistics published findings yesterday which showed from February to April the average worker was putting in just 25.4 hours per week This compares with 32 hours per week … Read more