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The average Brit will spend one year and eight months of their life in a bad mood, a study has found.

The average woman will change dress size 31 times during the course of her adult life, according to new research.

Parents across the UK are damaging their children’s sleep patterns by relying on technology to get them off to sleep, a new report has found.

Hopefully all animal owners know by now the dangers of feeding ’human’ chocolate to their pets.

The health benefits of playing Pokemon GO wear off after just six weeks as players get bored, a new study has revealed.

Forget FOMO ... Boring Brits are more likely to suffer ‘JOMO’ - the joy of missing out - because we cannot be bothered to socialise, a study has found.

Tablets and smartphones are as bad for the health of a teenager as TV, new research found.

The fifth of the population responsible for 80 per cent of social costs, including crime, benefits and healthcare can be identified as young as three years old, a new study shows.

One in five people would rather cuddle up to their pooch than their partner, a new survey has revealed.

Being happy, healthy and having well-behaved children are the true signs of success - far ahead of being rich, according to new research.

Brits are turning up their noses at ‘trending’ veg people post in recipes on social media - with celery named as the most hated.

A daily handful of any type of nuts slashes the risk of heart disease and cancer, Britain’s biggest killers.

Lost clothes and glasses mingle with more unusual items in the lost property boxes at the UK’s airports.

The average British person will spend more than three years of their life updating social media, a new study has found.

A large bowl of Kellogg’s Frosties can contain NINE TEASPOONS of sugar - the same as a can of fizzy drink, a survey shows.

Thousands of dogs could be fatally poisoned this Christmas by gobbling down festive chocolate treats left lying around by their owners, new research has shown.

This week, 42 years ago, the Birmingham Pub Bombings took place. On November 21, 1974, bombs were planted in two Birmingham pubs – the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182 others.

Millions of Brits have no idea what their home telephone number is, according to new research.

Almost four in 10 incoming phone calls in the UK are nuisance calls, according to new research.

The latest set of labour market figures published this week show UK unemployment fell by 37,000 to 1.6 million in the three months to September, hitting an 11-year-low.