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2 Million Britons Head For The Sun This Bank Holiday The last Bank Holiday of summer is upon us and all those prayers for a decent spell of weather seem to have paid off – sort of!  But 2 million of us aren’t risking another disappointment – they have headed off to warmer climes.  Great news of course for Easy Jet and Ryan Air, and for the thousands of hotels around the coasts of Majorca, Ibiza, Spain, Turkey, Portugal and Greece.  But according to Public Health Minister Gillian Merron, it is not just sun and sand that we are likely...

Off The Calorie Scale The World Cancer Research Fund has identified that some iced coffees being sold on the High Street contain as many calories as a hot dinner. The chief offender had 561 calories, others contained more than 450, and the majority had in excess of 200. Starbucks’ Dark Berry Mocha Frappuccino, [Venti] contains 561 calories according to the WCRF. It is the combination of sugar, full-fat milk and cream which appears to push some of the “cool coffees” into the upper echelons of the calorie scale. After Smoking, Obesity Produces Greatest Risk of Cancer Macmillan, the Cancer Support Charity,...

Some Like it Hot! If you are among the millions of Britons who have found the summer of 2009 distinctly British, that is to say damp and disappointing – which certainly applies to July thus far – you may be about to have your desires for a spell of hot sunny weather realised, and without having to dig into the building society account to pay for a return trip to Thailand or Dubai. Weather Forecast For August – Warmest Day on Record Temperatures are expected to rise steadily through the first half of August to reach 38 degrees Celsius by the second...

Protection against sun burn – not chip fat! “Scots have an unhealthy approach to sunbathing and the highest risk of contracting skin cancer in the UK”. A study by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found some Scots had even used chip fat to get a tan. Melanoma rates higher in Scotland than Australia Laura Wilson, from the RPS in Scotland, said:  “This is a serious issue.  I am worried that people still think the warnings about the sun do not apply to them.   In Scotland we have higher rates of melanoma than in Australia. Scots tend to think they do not need to use sun creams at...