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Day: November 5, 2015

This is officially the WORST place to live in the UK where you should escape to instead: Can you guess where it is
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This is officially the WORST place to live in the UK where you should escape to instead: Can you guess where it is

    Bradford residents should pack their bags and move 238 miles north. It's just been named the worst town in the UK, according to a quality of life index. Instead, if you want to have a nice house and a good job, then it’s time to move to Edinburgh. The Scottish capital has been crowned best place to live in the UK. It has the lowest crime rate in the UK, cheap energy bills and disposable household income of £20,083 a year. Plus, the average broadband download speed is a racy 30Mbs. By contrast, Northern Ireland and England have some of the grimmest towns around. The study compared different factors including salaries, the cost of shopping and fuel, working hours, life expectancy and hours of sunshine. Ann Robinson, from uSwitch, which compiled the index, said: “Edinburgh ha...
Junior doctors reject misleading pay offer and criticise Jeremy Hunt
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Junior doctors reject misleading pay offer and criticise Jeremy Hunt

    A strike by junior doctors has moved a step closer after their union angrily rejected Jeremy Hunt’s latest offer and accused him of devaluing their key role in the NHS. The junior doctors committee of the British Medical Association denounced the health secretary’s offer, including an 11% rise in their basic pay, as nowhere near enough to assuage their fears over a new contract he plans to impose on them from next summer. The further deterioration in relations between Hunt and the doctors’ union came as the BMA prepared to start balloting 30,000 junior medics in England about possible industrial action. Votes can be cast from Thursday and will be counted when the process ends on 18 November. The union dismissed Hunt’s pledge that no junior doctor working within the current...
Stressed, Tired, Rushed: A Portrait of the Modern Family
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Stressed, Tired, Rushed: A Portrait of the Modern Family

    Jakub Zielkiewicz, Aimee Barnes and their 15-month-old son, Roman, at their home in Sacramento. “You basically just always feel like you’re doing a horrible job at everything,” Ms. Barnes said. Children are much more likely than not to grow up in a household in which their parents work, and in nearly half of all two-parent families today, both parents work full time, a sharp increase from previous decades. What hasn’t changed: the difficulty of balancing it all. Working parents say they feel stressed, tired, rushed and short on quality time with their children, friends, partners or hobbies, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The survey found something of a stress gap by race and education. College-educated parents and white parents were significantly more likel...
Forbes Most Powerful People of 2015
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Forbes Most Powerful People of 2015

    The Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People in 2015 in out and it contains a healthy mix of heads of states, religious leaders, and entrepreneurs. While some names from last year's list have been repeated, two influential women have consolidated their positions in the Top 10. The list is compiled on the basis of the candidates' power over the masses, whether they actively use the power or not, their popularity in multiple spheres, and finally, financial resources controlled by them. Click through to see the Top 30 most powerful people in the world.