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With libraries closing across the country due to cash-strapped councils cutting staff, three in ten Brits (30%) say that they use their local library – 68% say that they don’t https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=daily_questions&utm_campaign=question_2#/survey/bd5a7e11-7b7e-11e8-9ba6-f1789f9f63c2/question/264c7d8e-7b7f-11e8-b7a1-7f2d79fc6e65/toplines …pic.twitter.com/bdfVJYpJAR

After a study found that seeing the same family doctor is likely to increase your life expectancy, 50% of Brits say that they prefer to get the earliest appointment, even if it means seeing a different GP – 42% say they’d rather wait and see the same GP https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=daily_questions&utm_campaign=question_1#/survey/bd5a7e11-7b7e-11e8-9ba6-f1789f9f63c2/question/02c443e8-7b7f-11e8-9ba6-f1789f9f63c2/toplines …pic.twitter.com/wbQeUqaKwA

Analysis from YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research shows a small increase in consumer confidence as the summer begins, with five of the eight measurements improving – it does, however, remain notably lower than before the EU referendum https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/28/consumer-confidence-shows-small-improvement-summer/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=consumer_confidence …pic.twitter.com/rntkIbVfNu

New YouGov data shows that, whilst older holidaymakers often have a clearer idea of where and when they want to go on holiday compared to younger groups, their approach to booking could well mean that they are missing out on the best deals https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/28/consumer-confidence-shows-small-improvement-summer/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=older_holidaymakers …pic.twitter.com/B6XcolLLRP

It's #NationalCreamTeaDay, so let's see the public's view on some key disputes: PRONUNCIATION Scone rhymes with 'gone' - 51% Scone rhymes with 'bone' - 42% JAM/CREAM ORDER Jam first, then cream - 61% Cream first, then jam - 21% https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/10/31/its-scone-gone-not-scone-bone/ …pic.twitter.com/C2kABl0Eyq

An MoD interrogation officer is facing a potential criminal investigation into whether he approved the torture of suspects at a US site in Iraq. Back in 2014 we found 50% of Brits thought torture could never be justified, but 34% thought that it could https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/12/11/people-in-Britain-divided-over-use-of-torture/ …pic.twitter.com/PMvByie74g

Lastly the 2010s, and it's Aldi who is the clear winner, with 30% choosing the advert featuring the financially savvy grandma many of us wish we had as the best of the decade - Channel 4's Superhumans is next (14%), followed by the John Lewis Gift ad (9%) https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/27/most-seen-best-liked-ads-past-five-decades/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=most_popular_ads …pic.twitter.com/AT6Q3Svb62

Into the new millennium, and it's that Phil Collins inspired Gorilla behind the drum kit who takes top spot, with 24% saying that this Cadburys advert is the best of the 2000s - Compare the Meerkat (23%) and Specsavers (17%) are close runners up https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/27/most-seen-best-liked-ads-past-five-decades/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=most_popular_ads …pic.twitter.com/i0dSWzIO3U

Good things came to those who waited in the 1990s, with the Guinness advert, featuring a surfer waiting for the perfect wave, being seen as the best advert of the decade by 25% of Brits - the Tango (15%) and Wonderbra (8%) ads are seen as the next best https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/27/most-seen-best-liked-ads-past-five-decades/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=most_popular_ads …pic.twitter.com/SP8G2FXVO4

Next up it's the 1980s and the Yellow Pages JR Hartley advert, with 24% of the public saying that this is their favourite ad of the decade - the OXO family ad featuring Lynda Bellingham is second (18%), and the Levis Laundrette third (15%) https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/27/most-seen-best-liked-ads-past-five-decades/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=most_popular_ads …pic.twitter.com/QMyEHf4X03

Starting off in the 1970s, it is the Ridley Scott directed Hovis bike advert which is the most popular, with 28% of Brits saying that they consider it to be the best of the decade. Those peculiar Smash Martians come in a close second, with 26% https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/27/most-seen-best-liked-ads-past-five-decades/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=most_popular_ads …pic.twitter.com/d82u3rQ34L

The young and old have very different preferences, however. Older people are much more likely to want travel agents, newagents and homeware stores, while younger people prefer fast food takeaways, music/movie/game stores and cinemas https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/29/heres-what-britains-ideal-high-street-looks/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=ideal_high_street …pic.twitter.com/0pnyA9s0Fp

What does Britain's ideal high street look like? Here are the most desired shops/institutions... =1: Banks (92%) =1: Post Offices (92%) 3: Pharmacies (91%) 4: Restaurants/cafes (90%) 5: Clothes shops (87%) ...and by far the least popular 26: Bookies (15%) https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/06/29/heres-what-britains-ideal-high-street-looks/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=ideal_high_street …pic.twitter.com/BpIF34EVF6

After it was revealed that Birmingham and Hyndburn were ranked the worst areas in the UK for food hygiene standards, 43% of Brits say they don’t usually check a restaurant hygiene rating prior to eating out, while 13% never do – 35% say they do check https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=daily_questions&utm_campaign=question_2#/survey/ee2bfb4c-7abc-11e8-9101-d96b6ed62f30/question/39a8c77b-7abd-11e8-83d5-395d69e66fdf/toplines …pic.twitter.com/vGVNACLJs9

What is your favourite swim stroke? Breast stroke: 42% Front crawl: 20% Back stroke: 7% Doggy paddle: 3% Butterfly: 2% Can’t swim: 16% https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=daily_questions&utm_campaign=question_3#/survey/ee2bfb4c-7abc-11e8-9101-d96b6ed62f30/question/6b850f24-7abd-11e8-9ba6-f1789f9f63c2/toplines …pic.twitter.com/Y7cTpryb3H