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Skills shortage

Ryan Sainsbury struggled at work for weeks before driving 35 miles into the next county to get rid of the undelivered mail.

Yesterday the 22-year-old, from Curbridge, near Southampton, escaped a prison sentence after a judge heard how he had frequently ended up working extra hours to get his round done.

He had been given the job despite telling his employers of his dyslexia, the court heard.

A spokesman for Royal Mail defended its decision to employ a dyslexic, saying it was determined not to discriminate. "A person is judged on their skills to do the job, irrelevant of any disability they may have," she added.

Daily Mail (Ron Rubin)

Regular as clockwork

Clive Gingell, a Bristol-based urologist who worked on the study, said: "The majority of men and women are having an active sex life past the age of 40 and up to their eighties. It's surprisingly high, with between 70 and 80 per cent saying they have had sex in the previous 12 months."

Guardian (Peter Barnes)

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