Lifestyle

• Dance around Manchester on a bicycle made for tutu
• 03rd June 2010
  Dance and cycling might not seem obvious bedfellows, but that is what The Bicycle Ballet will be joining together in July. Local cyclists will join professionals in what organisers say is a celebration of "the dance that is cycling. " The dance ...

• Men needed for Anglesey Walking Festival speed dating
• 28th May 2010
  Organisers of the Anglesey Walking Festival are hoping some participants will stroll off into the sunset. But they need more men to make it happen. A speed dating walk is one of the evening events on this year's programme, but so far the women registering...

• Stockport Taxi firm bags £3,600 Madrid fare
• 19th April 2010
  A Greater Manchester taxi firm is to take a group of business people on a 1,200-mile journey to Madrid to help them beat the airline chaos. The 21 US citizens have booked the trip with Stockport-based Lynx Taxis after negotiating a £3,600 fare. ...

• Air disruption businessmen pay £1,200 taxi fare
• 18th April 2010
  A taxi firm has collected its biggest ever fare - from a group of businessmen who booked a ride to Geneva. Amber Cars said the seven men paid £1,200 to be driven from Northampton to the Swiss city after the volcanic ash cloud grounded their flig...

• Radmacher heiress case to guide law on pre-nuptials
• 23rd March 2010
  The status of pre-nuptial agreements is being scrutinised by the Supreme Court as the divorce settlement of one of Europe's richest women is tested. Paper heiress Katrin Radmacher, thought to be worth £100m, won her bid to have the agreements recogn...

• 'Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men'
• 28th February 2010
  If you are a man, marriage can cut your risk of stroke, unless you are in an unhappy one, say researchers. A study of 10,000 Israelis found both bachelors and those in loveless marriages had a far higher risk of fatal stroke than happily married men. Exp...

• Health warning over calories and fat in cinema snacks
• 28th February 2010
  Movie-goers should have more information about how many calories are in cinema snacks, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The nutrition watchdog is concerned about the portion sizes of cinema snacks which are often high in fat, sugar or salt. The FSA ...

• Five key moments in Britain's sexual revolution
• 23rd January 2010
  The sexual revolution may have started in the 60s, but for most of Britain it took until the 70s and 80s for attitudes to really change. So how did it happen? For a long time sex was something the average British family did not talk about, but in the 19...

• Tory plans for married couples tax breaks under fire
• 21st January 2010
  Conservative plans for tax breaks for married couples have come under fire from both Labour and the Lib Dems. Shadow foreign secretary William Hague defended the proposal, saying: "It has got to be right to support families and supporting marriage is...

• Dos and don'ts of poppy etiquette
• 31st October 2009
  Remembrance Sunday is approaching and poppies are on sale to raise money for the Royal British Legion. But what is the etiquette when it comes to wearing one? Worn to remember the nation's war dead, the red poppy is a widely recognised emblem. Milli...

• 'Younger wife' for marital bliss
• 29th October 2009
  The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger than you, say UK experts. These pairings are more likely to go the distance, particularly if neither has been divorced in the past, according to t...

• Prostate screening under scrutiny
• 27th September 2009
  Routine screening for prostate cancer has come under further scrutiny after two studies concluded it may do more harm than good. European researchers found the current prostate specific antigen (PSA) test cannot reliably rule out a future diagnosis of...

• Five consumer laws you really ought to know
• 14th September 2009
  To mark National Consumer Week, here are five laws the canny shopper should be using in their battle to get stuff that actually works. There is a war being fought between customers and many of the firms they have to deal with. It is an asymmetric conf...

• Just what is a big salary?
• 20th July 2009
  Boris Johnson refers to £250,000 a year as "chicken-feed". Manchester City offer six figures a week. Goldman Sachs doles out big bonuses. BBC bosses face flak over their earnings. But just what constitutes a "big" salary these da...