Tina Calder

Scrolling social media in bed is more popular than a kiss and cuddle, a survey found. We spend 4.2 hours on apps a week but 3.5 hours making love. Top of the list was sleep at 41 hours, working took up 11 hours, followed by nine hours watching television, the survey found.   Hear more […]

Millions of us have no idea what our home phone number is. 60% of us only have a landline because we need it for a broadband connection. And if the phone does ring, a third of us assume it’s a sales call, and a fifth of us never answer it. Only one in five of

Drivers face an “excruciatingly expensive” winter as record fuel prices continue to rise. The average price of a litre of petrol over the weekend was 146.1p, with diesel costing 149.6p. Increases of about 32p per litre in the past year mean it is £18 more expensive to fill a typical 55-litre family car. They reckon

About two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have been placed in lockdown in Austria as the country faces a surge in cases. “We are not taking this step lightly, but unfortunately it is necessary,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. Unvaccinated people will only be permitted to leave home for limited reasons,

Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital. A taxi carrying one passenger pulled up just before 11:00 GMT – as a national two minutes’ silence for Remembrance Sunday was due to begin – and exploded. The passenger was declared dead

We shun friends and colleagues 284 times a year – and regularly cross the road to avoid them. We will ignore phone calls, texts and emails, hide from a knock at the door and quietly sneak away from parties, a survey showed. Three-quarters of us have even admitted avoiding social interaction and half of us

The bank of England says it will begin consulting on plans for launching a “Britcoin” next year – but says a digital currency won’t arrive until at least 2025. It will work with the Treasury to judge the need for a UK Digital Currency, it’s said. This consultation, to be started in 2022, will include

The words ‘I Love You’ NEVER leave the lips of one in ten of us according to new research. A study of people in relationships found that instead of showing our love vocally, many of us more likely to express ourselves by cooking, being affectionate and simply making each other laugh. The study also found

A new study of millennials has revealed a third of those surveyed identify as LGBTQ. The number of people who recognise themselves to be non-heterosexual or non-cisgendered has been slowly climbing over the years thanks to visibility, law changes and acceptance. They surveyed people aged between 18 to 37 to give an insight into how