Quirky World: Sleepless Sundays caused by worries about week ahead

BRITAIN: Research suggests every Sunday night more than 58.2m hours of sleep are lost across Britain due to worries about the week ahead.

Online bed retailer Time4Sleep.co.uk found almost a third (31%) of the UK population loses the most sleep on a Sunday, with 50% losing between two and six hours more than on any other night.

Monday was voted the second most sleepless night (23%), followed by Tuesday (14%). Saturday is the best night to get 40 winks, with only 3% struggling to sleep, the survey of 1,019 people across the UK found.