House burglaries go up by a third after clocks go back according to the Metropolitan Police. With the longer night’s drawing in and with the lead up to Christmas you can be sure that burglars will be taking full advantage and be on the prowl. Yet, by taking a few simple security measures you can avoid the opportunistic thief and keep them off your radar.

Climate change, C02 emissions, fossil fuels, oil production - the big issues shaping people’s lives in the twenty first century. Less well known is that a big twentieth century issue was imperceptibly linked to the process of refining crude oil into petrol and other oil based products. Asbestos and the deadly asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma.