{"id":956749,"date":"2026-05-13T09:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:39:53","slug":"i-lost-my-wife-eight-months-ago-delay-in-getting-1100-pension-is-destroying-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956749\/","title":{"rendered":"I lost my wife eight months ago \u2013 delay in getting \u00a31,100 pension is destroying me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Widows and widowers are borrowing money and using savings to survive due to \u201chorrendous\u201d delays getting the civil service pensions owed to them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thousands of newly retired civil servants and bereaved spouses of former government staff have spent months without payments from the company in charge of the pensions scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Capita has apologised for the \u201cworry and frustration\u201d caused, insisting that it is making progress with a huge backlog inherited when it took over the scheme in December.<\/p>\n

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HEALTH<\/p>\n

How children\u2019s taste for vegetables \u2018begins before birth\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"Increasing numbers of parents are bringing up their children as vegetarian or vegan, the new guidance suggests<\/p>\n

Young children react more favourably to the smell of vegetables<\/strong> if they were regularly exposed to them while developing in the womb, researchers have found.<\/p>\n

A study at Durham University found evidence that three-year-olds develop a memory of the flavour and odour of foods<\/strong> they were exposed to in late pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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Remembering tastes<\/p>\n

The reactions of toddlers to the smell of carrots or kale was examined to see whether taste can be established in utero.<\/p>\n

Powder capsules<\/p>\n

Children were tested for their response to the smell of the vegetables after their mothers took capsules of carrot or kale while pregnant.<\/p>\n

\"MidsectionMidsection of pregnant Black woman holding belly \u2013 stock photo. (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

\"ChangingChanging the way vegetables and salad were labelled increased sales, the researchers found. (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n

Flavour memory<\/p>\n

Researchers found children reacted less negatively if their mothers were exposed to the vegetables while pregnant.<\/p>\n

Mothers advised to eat varied diet<\/p>\n

The scientists found an enduring favourable response in toddlers to the vegetable flavours they were exposed to in the later weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

The study recorded the facial expressions of 12 children when they were given wet cotton swabs dipped in the carrot or kale powder their mothers had taken.<\/p>\n

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PROPERTY AND MORTGAGES<\/p>\n

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LIFESTYLE<\/p>\n

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What the researchers said<\/p>\n

\"HighHigh angle shot of Asian pregnant woman holding an ultrasound scan photo in front of her baby bump, sitting on bed at home. Mother-to-be. Precious moment in life. Preparation for a new family member. Expecting a new life. Baby and new life concept \u2013 stock photo. (Photo: Getty)<\/p>\n