Numbers. Many men are obsessed by them. The half time stats at the football, the record-breaking sales made by companies, the amount of votes needed to win an election or the speed of a new car. Numbers are central to everything that men know and love. There are, however, quite a few that we don’t […]

Blue Monday falls this year on the 21st January. Following on from the Christmas festivities and New Year it is easy for people to get down when heading back to the reality of work and school. It is calculated to be the most depressing day of the year taking into account several factors such as […]

Dear Editor, So winter is here and as the cold sets in, many of us are turning our thoughts to summer beach holidays already. The UK now has some of the cleanest beaches and rivers in Europe. Some of your readers may remember that before we joined the EU we were known as the ‘Dirty […]

Between the 12-16 of November hundreds of schools across England will be taking part in National School Meals Week – the biggest healthy eating awareness week for children. The free school meals programme was introduced by the Liberal Democrats in Government. With £1.2billion given each year and £150million for kitchen upgrades for schools across England. […]

Do you know the reason behind the month of the moustache? The Movember Foundation exists to help prevent early death for men across the world and Movember itself was created to highlight some of the most common illnesses that affect men’s lives. Mental health, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. You can help protect our fathers, […]

The Liberal Democrats are calling for an extra £6 billion a year to protect the NHS, paid for by an extra penny on Income Tax. The money raised will be guaranteed for the NHS and social care services, which is currently in crisis with delayed operations, full hospital beds and record numbers left waiting in […]

It’s pretty cold right now in Reading. “Keeping Well, Keeping Warm” is an important campaign because the UK has “excess winter deaths” every year when people die or go to hospital (if they can get) because of cold, usually in their homes. It is scandalous that it happens here more than in other countries such […]

Almost 40% of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year, latest figures show. With industry statistics showing that more than a fifth (22%) of households never test their smoke alarm, the Lib Dems are urging all householders to test theirs regularly to check they are working – […]

A proven way to prevent cervical cancer is to have cervical screening to find pre-cancers before they can turn into invasive cancer. This is called a smear test and every woman over the age of 25 who is registered at a GP is invited to have one every 3 years; if you’re younger you can still make […]

This October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we are urging everyone to get checked. Most breast changes will not be cancer. However, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK so it is important that you find out what’s causing the change. Most breast changes will not be cancer. However, breast cancer […]