Cabin fever: I want a tiny home

Kill for a cabin? Yearn for a yurt? You are not alone. Oliver Burkeman joins the tiny-home appreciation society

Work after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful as smoking, study finds

Women who worked after they were eight months pregnant had babies who weighed 230g less on average

It finished last in the government's wellbeing survey, but what do Thurrock's residents really think about their home borough

With more than a million cases of food poisoning in the UK each year, it pays to be careful about what you eat

Each week we look at retailers competing in similar sectors. This week we pit Sports Direct and Decathlon against one another

Is it time to abandon your credit card, asks Oliver Burkeman

Catholic university in South Bend, Indiana, claims government's birth control mandate conflicts with religious teachings

Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs criticised by Which? for failing to print 'traffic-light labelling' on the front of packs

Open thread: Sick days are on the decline and it has been suggested that recent falls are linked to the recession. Tell us your experiences

Money worries and unfair membership contracts are contributing to the growth in no-contract, pay-as-you-work-out gyms, says Rachel Platt