UK News 18-03-2005 who: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy what: Says average Brit sleeps 6hrs 53mins a night when: Monday snippet: "An estimated three million adults never get a good night`s kip," says The Mirror, "seven million suffer from disturbed sleep on most nights and 12million experience at least three bad nights a week." On Tuesday, the BBC reported that "workers spend up to one day a week trying to cope with personal problems," according to a survey by human resources consultancy PPC Worldwide, which estimated the cost to UK businesses at £15billion in 2004. In other employment news, The Scotsman reports that public services are facing massive disruption on March 23rd from a walkout by members of the FDA, which includes tax inspectors, diplomats, government lawyers and crown prosecutors; and the BBC is reported to be cutting 1,500 jobs in news and other programmes over three years. [... more]

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