Many ‘low fat’ foods have similar calorie count to standard products, study finds

Sample of 12 'light', 'reduced' and 'low-fat' foods finds minimal differences in calorie content compared with standard products

Have you made a post-holiday resolution?

The summer break is the perfect time to think about the areas you want to change – and Christmas is the ideal goal to work towards. So, are you ready to hit the gym, ditch the booze or get your spending under control?

Asbestos cancer compensation scheme is ‘too limited and too late’ for victims

Campaigners say many cancer sufferers will be dead before scheme takes effect, and payments will exclude half of those affected by asbestos-related diseases

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’s one big cesspit here’: Thurrock, the country’s capital of misery

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

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should you stick to the use-by dates on food?

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

Store Wars: Sports Direct and Decathlon

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

This column will change your life: use cash, save money

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

Notre Dame sues US government over contraception mandate

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