UK Life & Style

	Facebook set for monster floatation May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Facebook is heading for one of the biggest ever US stock flotations when it sells hundreds of millions of shares to the public. [read more]
	Sandwich labels misleading consumers May 17, 2012 \| Author: Rebecca Smithers \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Tesco, Aldi, Caffe Nero and Greggs criticised by Which? for failing to print 'traffic-light labelling' on the front of packs [read more]
	Alain de Botton: let's talk about sex - live Q&A May 17, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Join Alain de Botton at 12pm to debate sex, love, desire and the dilemmas of modern sexuality [read more]
	Is edible cinema a tasty new way to enjoy films? May 17, 2012 \| Author: Ruth Jamieson \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk A new initiative uses taste to add another dimension to cinema – but is scrabbling around for snacks just a distraction? [read more]
	Domino dancing: enthusiast stacks 60,000 bricks and knocks them down – video May 17, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk The Canadian YouTube user FlippyCat spends eight days building 60 large squares, each containing 990 dominoes, only to send them crashing down [read more]
	Vauxhall confirms new Astra wil be built at Ellesmere Port in £125m jobs boost May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property The UK economy received a major boost today with news of a £125 million investment in Vauxhall's car plant, creating thousands of new jobs. [read more]
	Bramley baths pass into community ownership May 17, 2012 \| Author: John Baron \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Outstanding Edwardian building in Leeds looks to a bright new future after a model community campaign. John Baron takes the plunge [read more]
	Diary of a garden designer: time to plant May 17, 2012 \| Author: Thomas Hoblyn \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk With the show just days away, designer Thomas Hoblyn battles the elements to create his Chelsea show garden [read more]
	UK car production up 9.3% as General Motors announce Ellesmere Port Vauxhall investment May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property The number of cars built in the UK last month was almost 10 per cent up on a year ago, boosted by strong export demand, new figures showed. [read more]
	Warning for England fans over mobile bills for Euro 2012 May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property England fans heading to Euro 2012 have been warned about the potential for high mobile phone bills because Ukraine is outside an EU-wide cap on call charges. [read more]
	Sparclear on sea kale and slow worms May 17, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk A domestic British garden informed by the wild [read more]
	Akai Katana – Review May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Cave’s latest “bullet hell” shooter is yet another considered study of reflexes, tactics, timing and blistered thumbs. [read more]
	VVVVVV – Review May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property It’s been a long time coming, but nearly months after it was released on the US eShop, Tim Cavanagh’s VVVVVV has finally made its way to the UK. [read more]
	Halo Infinity Multiplayer and Spartan Ops unveiled for Halo 4 May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Microsoft have confirmed further details for the upcoming Halo 4, this time announcing “Halo Infinity Multiplayer. The new addition said to build upon Halo’s multiplayer history and ‘innovate and redefine the way people think about stor ... [read more]
	Mickey Mouse follows Obama in backing gay marriage May 17, 2012 \| Author: Justin McCurry \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Disneyland emerges as unlikely champion of lesbian and gay rights after Tokyo resort allows same-sex ceremonies [read more]
	Statins 'could benefit the healthy' May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Cholesterol-lowering drugs can benefit even apparently healthy people with no previous history of heart disease, a study has found. [read more]
	Demand drives up size of Facebook float May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 per cent, and could raise as much as $16bn (£10bn) as strong investor demand for a share of the social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to ma ... [read more]
	The Vintage Years May 17, 2012 \| Author: Invisible Woman \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk The good news is there's a lot out there for those of us who are rather less lissom than we used to be [read more]
	Report demands more homes to tackle housing crisis May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said. [read more]
	Social care cuts are putting 'children's lives at risk' May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property The social care system is at breaking point, with 88 per cent of social workers fearing that cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk. [read more]
	Same snack, but with twice the fat May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property High street shops are overloading their sandwiches with salt and fat, a survey suggests today. [read more]
	'No excuse' for diabetes errors May 17, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Almost one in three diabetic hospital patients are victims of medication errors that can cause dangerous blood glucose levels, a report has found. [read more]
	How to make macarons May 16, 2012 \| Author: Felicity Cloake \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Of all the food crazes of recent years, are macarons worth the hype? [read more]
	Sudoku 2,189 hard May 16, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. [read more]
	83-year-old man becomes UK's oldest living kidney donor May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger. [read more]
	83-year-old gave blood 57 times - now he's donated a kidney May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger. [read more]
	NHS targets postnatal depression May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife as part of government plans to combat postnatal depression. [read more]
	The 10 Best Telescopes May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property 1. Skywatcher Skyliner-250PX FlexTube 10'' Dobsonian [read more]
	Ford Focus 1.0-litre Ecoboost Zetec May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Price: £17,945 [read more]
	1.0-litre Ecoboost: Smaller, faster, stronger May 16, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Essex is Ford country. Park at the company's technical centre in Dunton and you'll see just about every model the American giant produces. Don't breathe too deeply though; it's 28 miles from London's diesel-guzzling black cabs, belching ... [read more]