Hairdresser is fed up with ASBO youth smoking drugs outside her shop and tapes off the workbench

Is your store affected too? Email milo.pope.mol@mailonline.co.uk A hairdresser who removed a bench from outside her salon after being harassed by antisocial behaviour has been left stunned after she claimed police threatened her with vandalism. Rebecca Sutton decided to take drastic action after she was harassed by drug dealers and drunks who gathered outside her … Read more

Gangs of wild youth rule our streets. Even Waitrose isn’t safe

I spend a lot of time in my local Waitrose because I find it relaxing, even if I don’t buy much. It’s a kind of temple to soft British capitalism – that benign, eccentric mix of relatively high-quality food whose chemicals and packaging are kept in check by countless regulations, while the prices, no matter … Read more

Scientists think they know why people live so long: Moms | CBC News

Why do people live so long? A new study suggests that a mother’s care could be an important part of that. The Cornell University study says the reason humans and other primates live so long can be at least partially explained by the mother-infant relationship. Maternal care leads to the evolution of “long, slow lives,” … Read more