7 h. ago Exact day you may bag an extra hour's sleep as clocks go back in the UK

Days may seem briefer and evenings longer - though you may secure an additional hour's sleep

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29 h. ago The rise of the sleep data nerds: ‘The harder you try, the harder it is to sleep’

Wearable sleep trackers may help you measure hours asleep but experts ask how accurate they are, how useful the data is and even what good sleep looks likeThe first thing Annie and her partner do when they wake up in the morning is ask each other how well they slept. “And I literally say, ‘I’m not sure yet, let me check,’” – and Annie, a chief people and safety officer, reaches for her smartwatch.Annie started monitoring because she worried she wasn’t getting enough good-quality sleep. Now she’s a self-confessed sleep data “nerd”, mining her sleep data for insights into her general health and wellbeing, using it to inform lifestyle decisions and even occasionally to guide how much she aims to accomplish in a day.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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30 h. ago The blood pressure secret: everything you need to know to improve yours – and live a longer, healthier life

It is known as ‘the silent killer’, because many people suffer from high blood pressure without even being aware of it. Here is where your numbers should be, and how to change them for the betterThe older you get, and the more obsessed with your health, the more it feels as if life comes down to numbers: how many more years you can expect; your lean body mass; your percentage of visceral fat; how dense your bones are; how many kilos you can squat; how long you can deadhang; how often you still do it; your levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol; your resting heart rate; your overnight blood oxygen level; how quickly you can run; how many steps you do in a day; how many hours you sleep; how fast you are shrinking; how often you get up to pee.I say you, of course, but what I mean is me. I fixate on all those things and more. Do you want to know my vascular age as calculated by my smart scales? I will tell you. The point is that some of these numbers matter more than others. And one that def...

Society

5 d. ago Scouts’ honour: ‘I think many believe the job is like Football Manager’

Watching footballers for a living is not as glamorous as it may seem and, as this book extract reveals, the job is changing with technology“I once travelled from Greece to Denmark to scout a goalkeeper. I went straight from the airport to the stadium, only for him to face zero shots. After away fans rioted, the match was abandoned, and the police had to intervene. My phone battery died, and I only made it to my hotel late at night, just in time for four hours of sleep before flying back. Despite the chaos, that game still provided valuable insights: I saw first-hand how much the home fans adored the player and observed his leadership and quality, even if all his shot-stopping happened in the warm-up.”Here, then, is the life of those involved in one of the most misunderstood aspects of the game. Their stories reveal a side of football that rarely makes headlines – one of adaptability, forbearance, and sometimes, outright audacity. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Daily step count could lower risk of death with less than 10,000

Scientists have uncovered the exact number of steps needed per day to decrease the risk of mortality and cardiovascular issues

Events

1 week ago What date do clocks go back in 2025 and when does British Summer Time end?

Brits will get an extra hour of sleep from the end of the month as the days become shorter and shorter

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1 week ago Exact time of day all UK households should open their windows

UK households have been told they need to open their windows at certain points during the day. There's a crucial reason why this should be done, even during the colder months

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1 week ago Exact time of day to open windows to help stop mould and condensation

As the weather gets colder, it's important to open windows throughout autumn and winter as much as we can. But there's an exact time of day you should do this to prevent mould

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1 week ago BBC Weather predicts exact day rain will hit London after four days of glorious sunshine

BBC Weather predicts exact day rain will hit London after four days of glorious sunshine  MyLondon

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2 w. ago Airline charges man extra £1,100 to take second bag on £312 flight

Andy was told he would need to pay when he got to the airport

Economics

2 w. ago 996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000? | Emma Beddington

Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach ...My current cultural comfort food is The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ deeply silly Manhattan toffs-in-bustles drama, in which one storyline (summarily dealt with due to lack of taffeta-rustling opportunities, I suspect) features a tycoon’s downtrodden steelworkers going on strike for “888”: eight hours each of work, sleep and recreation.That wasn’t a revolutionary demand in the 1880s. The slogan, coined by the utopian social reformer Robert Owen, dates from 1817 (his New Lanark mill workers still did 10.5-hour days, though). Even then, it wasn’t unprecedented: apparently, a 16th-century Spanish ordinance limited New World construction workers to eight-hour days. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fall asleep 'in two minutes' and get 10 hours of rest with sleep method

Adeel ul-haq, a sleep expert, has shared his secrets to a good night's sleep, including the one technique he uses to fall asleep in less than two minutes

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2 w. ago Why do I keep waking up at 2am – and how do I get back to sleep?

Experts say it’s common to wake up at night, but maintenance insomnia can cause trouble sleeping againI have no trouble falling asleep. Most nights, my head hits the pillow, and that’s all I remember.But several times a week, I find myself wide awake at 2.00am – stressing about a work deadline, wondering if my daughter is adjusting to her new school or making a note on my phone to get the car washed. Usually, I get back to sleep in an hour, but when my 8am alarm goes off, I feel groggy, wishing I’d had that extra shut-eye. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tea, coffee and water linked to longer life but too much can raise cardiovascular risk

Scientists have uncovered the exact amount of these three drinks people should be having each day to extend their life

Events

3 w. ago Woman who'd 'sleep for several hours' after dropping daughter at school soon found out why

Lisa Pengelly is now on the road to recovery thanks to an organ donor and has thanked their family for her 'life-changing gift' and urged others to consider going on the organ donation register

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3 w. ago I’m a sleep expert – follow my eight simple tips throughout the day to guarantee good shut

FORMER PM MARGARET THATCHER famously got by on just four hours’ kip, while wartime leader Winston Churchill hit the hay for just a few hours a night. A study suggests the average person gets just six hours and 50 minutes sleep – and others are getting less than three hours. But a good night’s shut-eye...

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3 w. ago Exact day Met Office says heavy rain will hill Wales as Hurricane Gabrielle arrives in Europe

Wales will face some heavy downpours within the next few days

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3 w. ago Exact day '10mm per hour' rain storm will sweep length of Scotland

A rainstorm longer than the entire UK is to cause heavy downpours next week.

Events

3 w. ago Do YOU get enough sleep every night? Alarming number of Brits getting by on just three hours kip

Researchers surveyed 2,000 adults and discovered the majority are not getting the amount of sleep needed to function properly.

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