Paper Monitor
12:25 UK time, Wednesday, 3 April 2013
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Continuing in a similar vein to yesterday, Paper Monitor can't help but notice a couple of other of sorry stories in the Daily Telegraph today.
First up, the paper reports that pubs are making us less productive.
which found that absenteeism rates rose by 1.7% in England and Wales after the licensing changes in November 2005 abolished the traditional 11pm closing time.
According to the report, later pub hours have led to a rise in the number of workers who "play hard and shirk hard" instead of working hard. More Britons are calling in sick, probably because they are hungover, it suggests.
To make matters worse, in Spain, where bar opening hours were tightened up over a similar period, the effect was the opposite, it points out.
In other news, (although admittedly good news for parents). Pocket money is bad for them. The paper round, or getting them to do household chores to earn money, is good. It will set them up for a life of prudence, it reports a study as saying.
There is at least a lighter story on the front page for punters looking to pick a horse to back on the Grand National this weekend.
A mathematician has done lots and lots of maths and come up with the best bet for the next champion. The sums add up to Seabass, it says.
The things he analysed for his potential windfall? The name, first letter and number of words in the name and age of all 40 horses lining up this year.
Paper Monitor wonders why it didn't also include the colour of the jockey's silks.
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