Adele has topped a poll of Britain’s most popular acts, with an estimated 730,000 fans rating her their number one artist.

FIGURES just released about our shopping habits show that we are less impressed by brands than was once imagined.

Irish people are among the most image conscious clothes shoppers in Europe, an international consumer think-tank claimed today.

WE want the good life now and rate living for the moment more highly than paying off debts, saving for their twilight years or leaving an inheritance for the children.

AS A nation we can only withstand half an hour of queuing before we blow our tops, yet we spend 17 minutes waiting in line every day.