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84% UK adults say children shouldn't be exposed to tobacco marketing; 79% agree is harmful The majority of UK adults believe that children should not be exposed to any tobacco marketing, while four out of five of the 4,099 people interviewed believe that tobacco marketing is harmful to children. according ...
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64% Britons support idea of cutting child benefit from parents of kids regularly absent from school Around two thirds of the British public feel that parents of children who persistently fail to attend school should have their child benefit payments cut, in line with recent suggestions from a government adviser, ...
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Just 1 in 5 Britons eats five portions of fruit and veg a day, poll for Cancer Prevention Week finds Just one in five Britons is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, our poll for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has found, nearly a ...
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Poll finds British people think Italian food is the best in Europe, followed by UK and France British people think Italian food is the best in Europe, reflecting the popularity of pizza and pasta as well as famous Italian gourmet products, our poll for holiday website Holiday Hypermarket has found. ...
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Letting kids take a train, plane; or stay alone overnight? What minimum age would you say is OK?  At what age would leave a child to do something alone? We gave respondents a list of scenarios in which a child could potentially be 'left' without parental supervision, and asked them ...
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68% Brits say Government has handled Heathrow queues badly; 71% would keep security checks In light of the pressure on the Home Office to reduce recent long queues at London Heathrow airport, over two thirds of the British public feel the Government has handled the problem badly, while only around ...
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Romeo and Juliet tops poll as Britons' favourite Bard play as World Shakespeare Festival continues Timeless tragedy Romeo and Juliet has been voted Britons' favourite Shakespeare play according to our poll on the famous playwright. The results coincide with the current World Shakespeare Festival which kicked off on 23rd April ...
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England manager rivalry: 43% British football fans say Hodgson 'not right for job', 28% say he is West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson may have been the Football Association's favourite, but less than one in five Britons interested in football picked him as their first choice for the job, our ...
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How will Manchester rivals fare as League draws to a close? 51% fans say City will lift the trophy Much has been made of the short time available to newly-appointed England football manager Roy Hodgson before England must face their Euro 2012 opponents, but before fans welcome this summer's international ...
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Majority of Britons would try liver and kidneys, while 1 in 10 would sample brains and testicles When considering different kinds of offal (i.e. not the main cuts of meat, for example, internal organs) they would eat if it was served in a restaurant, the majority of Britons say they ...
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