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British children as young as five spend more than 100 a year on fizzy drinks and sweets, and skip 90 breakfasts, according to a study reported in The Independent that found that children in the UK eat far more sweets and snacks than others in Europe. A diabetic father who suffered a seizure in a swimming pool was saved by his quick-thinking children, said the Daily Mail . Martin Limon's nine-year-old son Matthew saw his father sink to the bottom of the pool and with the help of his ten-year-old sister Sarah, hauled him to the surface, holding his head above water until a lifeguard arrived.
British children as young as five spend more than 100 a year on fizzy drinks and sweets, and skip 90 breakfasts, according to a study reported in The Independent that found that children in the UK eat far more sweets and snacks than others in Europe.

A diabetic father who suffered a seizure in a swimming pool was saved by his quick-thinking children, said the Daily Mail . Martin Limon's nine-year-old son Matthew saw his father sink to the bottom of the pool and with the help of his ten-year-old sister Sarah, hauled him to the surface, holding his head above water until a lifeguard arrived.

The sound of crying babies ranks third in a list of the worst sounds in the world, according to The Guardian. Wailing babies were beaten into third place by the sounds of vomiting and microphone feedback, after a year-long worldwide survey by a professor of acoustic engineering at SalfordUniversity.

A study reported in The Times found that wasps and bees fly round their neighbourhoods popping in on relations to help out with childcare.

Miniature tags fitted to insects by researchers showed that paper wasps go from nest to nest 31 times more frequently than they suspected.