Wigan is Britain’s obesity capital with almost 40 percent of the town’s population considered obese, figures show. More than 70 percent of people in the Greater Manchester town are overweight, with a body mass index (BMI) more than 25. According to the
Almost 30,000 desperate pensioners die every year waiting for help from Britain’s broken social care system, figures show. Campaigners fear many of the frightened and vulnerable begging for assistance spent their final weeks and months in distress and discomfort because supply simply
Over 6,000 banks closed in nine years (Image: Matt Crossick/PA Wire) Britain’s high streets have suffered more than 6,000 bank closures in the past nine years, a consumer champion has said. According to Which? Britain hit the grim milestone on Friday following
Noah Houlston, 10, pictured with his new baby sister Bodi, 12 weeks, at their home in Cardiff. Noahs twin brother Teddy died at birth but became the UKs youngest ever organ donor when his kidneys saved a womans life.Pic: Rowan Griffiths (Image:
A huge pothole found in a Wiltshire hamlet is making life tough for locals, who claim they are “fed up” as repair work is snubbed. Locals have unleashed their fury after an enormous pothole as big as a double decker bus has
A baking maestro and former Tesco employee has spilled the beans on how a kitchen blunder led to his creation of ‘Britain’s Best Loaf’. Tom Martin’s exquisite Deep Pan Rosemary and Garlic Focaccia outshone more than 180 competitors to snatch the prestigious
Britain’s oldest worker says not living off benefits has helped him live to the grand age of 98. Ivor Ward has no plans to retire, saying his job “keeps me young”, and still clocks on four days a week as a production
There are hundreds of beautiful villages across the UK – but this one has a very significant claim to fame. Saltaire is a suburb just north of Bradford, West Yorkshire – a city which was last year named the country’s “most miserable”
Staff at a famous pub were left stunned after Britain’s best food eater, Adam Moran, demolished their £85 pie in just over 28 minutes. Mr Moran visited the Black Friar pub in Salford earlier this year to take on the challenge for his
Cats should wear bells to alert birds to their presence. That is the view of Natural England chairman Tony Juniper who has come up wiith a number of ways to revive Britain’s declining bird population. Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said: