27 h. ago The age when effects of smoking, drinking and lack of exercise can seriously harm your body

Stopping these behaviours early in adulthood and midlife can prevent years of subsequent ill health

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27 h. ago Exact age signs of 'poor health choices' like smoking and drinking start to show

A new study has revealed the age when you start to feel the effects of smoking, drinking and not exercising

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27 h. ago Effects of smoking, drinking and not exercising enough ‘felt by the age of 36’

If people had all three unhealthy habits, their mental and physical health were much worse than if they had none, researchers found.

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5 d. ago Toll on Manhattan drivers remains in effect, despite Trump’s Easter Sunday deadline

Manhattan’s congestion toll remains in effect, despite an Easter deadline from President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the first-in-the-nation fee

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5 d. ago ‘Cañahua chose me’: can an ancient relative of quinoa revive rural Bolivia’s economy?

The effects of the climate crisis and a lack of jobs are driving young people away from the Andean highlands but a long-shunned crop could stem the tideFew young people remain in Bolivia’s highland plateau, the Altiplano. The rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought and frost, have reduced their economic prospects and migration has accelerated as the environment becomes more unpredictable.“The climate isn’t like it used to be,” says Nico Mamani Lima, a farmer and agronomist from Ayo Ayo. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago How to hang your clothes for faster and more effective drying

The Folding Lady has shared her top tips on how to dry clothes indoors properly - and it's all to do with how you hang them.

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2 w. ago Trump tariffs risk higher prices and make US recession more likely, says JP Morgan boss

Jamie Dimon believes effect of policy may be ‘hard to reverse’ if maintained for too longEuropean markets slumpBusiness live – latest updatesThe JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has warned that it may be “hard to reverse” the effect of Donald Trump’s tariffs, which he said would drive prices higher and make a US recession more likely.The boss of the US bank said in his annual letter to investors that while there were some “legitimate reasons” for the number of new taxes applied to goods imported into the US, there could be some serious consequences if the tariffs were maintained for too long. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s ‘liberation day’ is here. What do his tariffs mean for Americans?

Economists fear the president’s escalating trade war could have a damaging ripple effect that drives up prices

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3 w. ago Drivers may NEVER return to Hammersmith Bridge because of eco

Thousands of drivers in the capital will be frustrated by the eco-friendly cost effective proposals to prevent traffic from returning to the bridge.

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4 w. ago New DVLA tax changes to impact thousands of drivers within days

The new rules around Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) could impact thousands of drivers when they take effect from April 1

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