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The constant stress of being poor really does make you ill, a new study found. Being on the bottom rung of the social ladder can alter the body's immune system so it goes into overdrive and starts attacking the body by causing inflammation.  The findings may help explain why the rich tend to live longer than the poor which cannot be explained just by better health care or lifestyle such as smoking, diets or exercising. The US study found social...

They say that the grass is always greener on the other side, but in this instance they could be right! An eco pioneer says he has found the answer to Britain's growing energy needs by making gas from grass. Dale Vince claims the ultra-green technology is a viable alternative to fracking and could produce enough energy to heat 97 per cent of the country's homes. He said if fully developed the new industry would pump £7.5 billion each year into the economy and...

Polysemy: the capacity for a sign (such as a word, phrase, or symbol) to have multiple meanings. There are few responses that evoke as many connotations as "I'm Fine". You can be fine as in you're feeling fine, comme ci comme ça, bene, sound. You can be fine as in your neither here nor there, mediocre, average. Or you can be fine as in you're not fine but you don't want to bother anybody, and according to a new study, that's a...

The NHS is in a mess. Doctors say it. The BMA says it. Journalists say it. And most importantly patients say it. The only people who don’t say it are the Tory government. During today’s PMQs Corbyn made another telling performance, attacking May on the health service, and the “post-truths” her party has made up about it. May said there was £10bn extra funding for the NHS but that figure has been questioned by the UK Statistics Authority, and the...

The World’s Largest Lego Ship docked in Trafalgar Square last week as part of a UK tour that ends in Dover before setting sail to Copenhagen. The ship was built as part of DFDS’ 150th Anniversary and consists of over a million Lego bricks. It took 900 hours to construct and stretches 12 metres long! A time-lapse film of the construction has also been released: Vital statistics: Length:12.035m Width: 1.67m Height: 2.72m Weight: 2,860kg Number of Lego bricks used: 1,015,000 Time to build: 900...

The UK is $1.5 trillion poorer since voting to leave the European Union, according to a Credit Suisse study. Since the referendum in June the pound has weakened 16 per cent against the dollar, with plenty more misery to come according to recent reports. Brexit Secretary David Davis recently met with the European Parliament's chief negotiator Guy Verhofstadt to start proceedings, although it is understood he faced stern opposition. After senior German politician Manfred Weber met Davis in Strasbourg on Tuesday he...

The Conservative Government has come under fire for its repeated promise of a £10bn increase in funding for the struggling National Health Service. The UK Statistics Authority are questioning the veracity of the claims, as the National Audit Office has described the NHS problems as “endemic” and “unsustainable.” It appears that the ten billion claim, if real, would help solve some of the NHS funding issues, but this doesn’t appear to be the case. The UK Statistics Authority, an independent...

Landlines are officially on their way to becoming redundant with a fifth of the population estimating that their home will be landline-free within two years, if not sooner. Over half of those in London consider the landline a ‘redundant’ piece of technology, rising to seven in ten among 18-24 year olds with sixty per cent of the nation saying they only keep a landline around because they need it for their broadband connection, the Relish study revealed. Now a London coffee...

David Davies, our esteemed Brexit Minister, has been accused of not really having any idea what Brexit means. This will come as no surprise to many Remain, and, if they are honest with themselves, some Leave voters as well. Manfred Weber, a German MEP, and Chair of centre-right European People’s Party, made his comments after a meeting with Davis, which didn’t sound vert productive. Weber was highly critical of the lack of a plan from the UK regarding Brexit, he...