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Research finds screens have “taken over our lives”

New research has revealed screens have taken over our lives after it was revealed that the average Brit now spends five and a half hours a day staring at their devices. More than half the nation now sit through the working week looking at a monitor before winding down the day watching television, which means it’s almost impossible to avoid the harsh blue light of digital devices. Many of those who work a 9 to 5 start to struggle with...

Multi-millionaire who lost his fortune in global financial crash talks of journey back to the top

A multi-millionaire businessman has spoken of his struggle after losing a fortune in the global financial crash, before painstakingly making his way back to the top. Yorkshireman Matt Haycox, 38, lived a life most can only dream of during his 20s – thinking nothing of spending tens of thousands of pounds on a weekend away with friends. Rubbing shoulders with celebrities like Britney Spears, with a garage stuffed with supercars like the Ferrari 360 Spider and Bentley Continental GT, the...

Diane Abbott caught drinking M&S ‘tinny’ on London Overground – Twitter reacts

The ‘train tinny’ has been hailed a British institution in defence of Diane Abbott after the shadow Home Secretary was photographed drinking an M&S mojito on a London Overground train. Abbott apologised after pictures emerged of her drinking on a TFL train yesterday afternoon. Boris Johnson banned alcohol on London services in 2008 when he was mayor of London. At the time he said: "I firmly believe that banning the drinking of alcohol on London's public transport will create a...

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