A hot drink can offer comfort, especially on a chilly day. It can act as a salve for a troubled mind, and can make us feel closer to other people. It can even help us cool down in hot weather.

 

A teenager has travelled 4,678 miles (7,527km) to have her first legal drink in the British pub where she was unexpectedly born 18 years ago.

 

Since last year, when we were all made aware of the UK’s unrecycled cup mountain, some of us have found it hard to buy a takeaway coffee without being wracked with guilt.

 

Tech entrepreneur TJ Rodgers made billions of dollars founding silicon chip maker Cypress Semiconductors, now he has turned his sights to wine-making, and is on a quest to make the best Pinot Noir in the New World.

 

As Khalil Rafati overdosed on heroin for the ninth time the paramedics frantically tried to save his life.

 

Coffee drinking could be overtaking the office tea round as workers search for a caffeine jolt, but the hunt for a clean tea mug still continues in many offices.

 

Researchers from Switzerland have confirmed what most of us already know – drinking a single glass of beer can make people more sociable.

 

For many of us death is the last great unmentionable subject.

 

Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December, has been found dead at his home.

 

It’s rare in life to have your cake and eat it. But are low-calorie sweeteners the guilt-free way to be naughty?

 
 
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