Overweight police officer wins harassment claim after her boss told her she might feel better if she stopped drinking ‘gallons of Coke’ DC Kerry Moth was told she needed to ‘take more responsibility’ over her diet She is in line for compensation after a judge ruled she was discriminated against The officer suffered from the … Read more
The seven point plan for Wetherspoon pubs to reopen from April 12 1) Test and trace in operation 2) Customers can come through the pub if that is the only access to the outside area 3) Customers can come through the pub if they need to use the toilet 4) Payment by app is preferable … Read more
Gentleman’s club is fit for a lady Jennifer Hughes, 33, is a brand sales partner for a hospitality consultancy and lives in Knutsford, Cheshire, with her partner Lee. She says: With nowhere to go and nothing else to do, we’ve spent the pandemic immersed in DIY to add character to our four-bedroom, 1960s house. The … Read more
A senior financial advisor was fined more than £300 after refusing to go home when police caught her drinking a pint of beer outside London‘s Borough Market after a ‘stressful day’. Jessica Cosson was one of dozens of people to appear at a special ‘corona court’ sitting today, in which magistrates were told of several … Read more
Booze has become a coping mechanism for many Britons during the pandemic. With pubs and restaurants closed and the government ordering us to stay at home, people’s drinking habits have changed over the past year. Almost half (48 per cent) of British respondents to the Global Drug Survey in September last year admitted they were consuming … Read more
Pub bosses hit out at outdoor drinking plan: Landlords demand to be allowed to reopen their doors from early April… and blast calls for only al-fresco service ‘laughable’ Pub boss says UK’s wet weather would make the outdoors-only idea unworkable Patrick Dardis, boss of the Young’s pub chain, argues pubs should open in April Tim … Read more
Just one cup of caffeinated coffee a day can decrease your long-term risk of heart failure by up to 12 per cent, according to findings of a new scientific paper. US experts looked at dietary information from three large-scale heart disease studies in the US, amounting to more than 21,000 US adults. Overall, they found increasing consumption … Read more
Drinking green tea or coffee lowers the risk of death by up to 62% for stroke and heart attack survivors, study finds Researchers used a cohort of 46,000 people aged 40 to 79 for their research Each of these people in Japan had filled in surveys on lifestyle, health and diet Those who consume green … Read more
Being well hydrated matters to our health, but a combination of factors — including a diet of processed food, advancing age, the pills we take and simply not moving enough — can leave us in a state of mild dehydration, according to a new book. But as the two authors (a doctor and an anthropologist who … Read more
When the nation was free to see their friends and family again, albeit briefly, last summer, one of the key rules for keeping the coronavirus at bay was to practise social distancing. This meant seeing smaller groups or ‘bubbles’ only while indoors, so many took to reuniting with loved ones in the great outdoors – … Read more