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A ban on bells ringing at a church in Mayfield, East Sussex, could be imposed after a couple used an iPhone app as evidence they are disrupting their sleep. Lucie Kinnell, 24, claims the chimes every 15 minutes are causing her to forego rest and is campaigning to have them switched off at night. She [...]

Ongoing concern about the security of one’s job can lead to sleeping difficulties, it has been claimed. An expert from The Sleep Council, Jessica Alexander, said that there are things people can do before taking to their mattresses for the night. Continued worries about the state of the economy is leading to individual concern over [...]

A man in the US has shunned bed frames in an attempt to set the record for the longest amount of time without sleeping. Tyler Shields was monitored by friends as he went for 40 days without rest so that they could verify his achievement, AOL News reports. The 28-year-old continued to work as a [...]

A survey of the acts most likely to send people to sleep with their music has been topped by Coldplay. The group was named by the largest number of people in a poll by Travelodge, with high numbers of respondents also citing crooner Michael Buble as apt to make them snooze, placing him second. According [...]

Fumes emitted by some kinds of paint used in bedrooms could affect children, a new study indicates. Specialists from Sweden’s Karlstad University discovered kids have a considerably higher risk of developing allergies if they are exposed to certain chemicals when sleeping. According to the scientists, young people are as much as 180 per cent more [...]