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Smoking levels in Britain have plummeted in the last century. In 1974, nearly a third of 16-year-olds were smokers, but by 2018 that figure had fallen to 2.5%. That is a huge pu…

So My runs this last week have all been back in London, and relatively short on account of my left foot hurting a little bit, so I opted for an 8.5K run for the long run, not longe…

So I've been slowly stacking Splinterlands resources for land over the last six weeks or so since my last update... I guess the headline news is that I've staked another 70K DEC …

Today's companies are overall more committed to Sustainability goals than ever. PwC reports that only 16% of major companies have narrowed their climate goals, while nearly half …

There would seem to be a dominant narrative around that Britain is in decline and that only a RADICAL shake up can shift the nation's downward trajectory, but could it be that all …

An Argentine appeals court has ordered Google to pay almost £10K to a local policeman who was photographed naked in his back garden by a Google Street View vehicle. The event oc…

There's an enormous black market in the UK. The black market for tobacco alone is worth a staggering £5BN a year. And although trading standards do raids on outlets, the criminal…

Don't Blame ChatGPT for the Jobs Crisis – Look to Policy Instead The rise of AI is often talked about as being a future job destroyer. Headlines warn that computers will displace …

HSBC has been struggling to find a suitable replacement for its outgoing chair, Sir Mark Tucker. There is one trending solution open to them if they can't find a replacement: jus…

New research from Kobe University recently revealed that optimists' brains tend to display similar neural activity patterns when contemplating the future, yet pessimists' brains ar…

So I Powered Up all my Liquid Hive this month including an additional 100 HP today so I'm now up to an easy 141.4K HIVE POWER... The most I have ever had. ![Screenshot 2025-08-3…

Girl Guides used to be awarded badges for tying knots, campfire cooking, or showing a certain level of Morse code proficiency. But now they're being awarded badges for simply sho…

My own personal step goal is 10,000 steps a day. But NB - I just found out this originated not from rigorous science, but from a 1960s marketing campaign in Japan promoting a ped…

There's something of an irony in the fact that AI is now disrupting consultancy businesses the world over, the very sector that has been advising others on how to deal with technol…

I've been getting about a bit this last week with three runs in three different Latitdues... ### London 6K (Trust me!) My Garmin struggled to connect initially so I set off anyw…

The UK pensions system is under growing pressure, with millions of people at risk of financial hardship in later life. Recent research has discovered that 25% of defined-contributi…

The UK Government is currently considering offering the vote to about 1.5 million 16- and 17-year-olds ahead of the next general election.... but is this about social justice for t…

The recent "Coldplay affair" drama where a spur-of-the-moment kiss between a CEO and his colleague was caught on a roving camera during a concert and blew up into an online storm. …

Artificial intelligence is often hailed as a game-changer across many industries, promising to revolutionise productivity, reduce costs, and open new frontiers of innovation. Even …

Gregg Wallace has been a household name for years presenting MasterChef and other must watches such as 'Inside the Factory', but poor old Gregg's 'handsy' nature has done it for hi…