THERE’S a clever adage that describes middle age as the time when your broad mind and your narrow waist trade places.

MORE than 19,000 people died in a heatwave that baked much of Europe in August, placing it among the worst hot-weather disasters in a century, according to official estimates

The death toll in France from August’s blistering heatwave has reached nearly 15,000, according to a government-commissioned report released today, surpassing a prior tally by more than 3,000.