Imagine: you are enjoying a peaceful dinner a deux in subdued lighting overlooking a moonlit expanse

Imagine: you are enjoying a peaceful dinner a deux in subdued lighting, overlooking a moonlit expanse of water. Some 56 per cent are influenced by whether the car has good bodywork, as opposed to 21 per cent who put the engine at the top of their checklist. Only 12 per cent of buyers say they would commission a vehicle inspection report from an independent assessor, and 46 per cent rely on a second opinion from a friend or relative.Yorkshire Bank spokeswoman Helen Kettleborough, said: "Cars represent a significant spend and so the survey findings are quite alarming. New figures, due to be released by the union later this week, show nursing staff and social care workers are most likely to experience violence at work. Of the 579 new criminal injury compensation claims dealt with by the union over the last six months, 165 were made by nurses following attacks at work and 157 from social care workers.Mr Dobson has promised to take a tough line on patients who abuse A&E staff.. Bargain hunters who spent the bank holiday looking for a used car may well end up disappointed, according to a report.

For one in four buyers, their cherished motor is not what they expected, says a survey by Yorkshire Bank. The holiday weekend is a peak period for second-hand buyers, but too many have their priorities wrong, it adds. Hospital casualty staff face the threat of violence on a daily basis. A five-hour snapshot of seven of the UK's leading accident and emergency departments carried out for the Press Association, found that verbal and physical abuse of medical staff was widespread. The findings have been given to Frank Dobson, the Secretary of State for Health. The findings come as Britain's biggest union, Unison, prepares to issue safety guidelines to health workers in a bid to curb the rising tide of workplace violence. It is very alarming."The early Spring thaw has meant polar bear dens have collapsed, potentially smothering cubs or exposing them to harsh Arctic weather too soon.

The reduction in ice affects the entire ecosystem, from seals to fish, which is the bears' food."Dr Vera Alexander, an expert on ice-edge ecology at the University of Alaska, involved in the expedition, said: "The continued decline of sea ice will affect the production of algae, which lives beneath the ice and forms the very base of the Arctic food chain."Without the algae, there would be no possibility of a food chain as we know it, affecting fish, seals and polar bears."Greenpeace is calling for a halt to expanding oil industry in the Arctic regions, which it claims is damaging the environment.. A North Pole expedition by environmentalist group Greenpeace revealed an "alarming" rate of global warming which could threaten the existence of the polar bear and other unique Arctic wildlife. Expedition leader Steve Sawyer told PA News from the group's boat on the Arctic Ocean: "There is so little ice here we cannot tell the difference between the ocean and the North Sea. Thousands of polar bear cubs could be killed by a dramatic temperature rise in the Arctic, which is melting their dens and destroying their food, environmentalists warn today. "Clearly it's the sounds and the visual images that dominate over time."The big question is, in 20 years, will we have forgotten the rise of the Internet, John Major, unemployment and the recession and simply remember Brit Pop and the Spice Girls?"The findings emerged from a guide which the company compiled to track whether world events such as wars and the moon landing had any effect on the financial performance of investments."The conclusion was they didn't," said Mr Nicholson."Just as the global events of the past 40 years have faded in people's memories, they have also had little lasting impact on long-term investment values.". The present decade is seen as the dreariest in living memory, characterised by lack of money, fear of job losses and the disintegration of the social fabric.