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3.38M

Adele’s new album 25 sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the US. UK sales reached 800,000: more than the next 86 albums in the charts combined.

4.2M

British households throw away the equivalent of 4.2 million dinners at Christmas. Nearly ten per cent of every festive meal is thrown away, totalling £64million of wasted food.

90,000

Around 90,000 11-15 year-olds are regular smokers. Only eight per cent of people achieve their new year’s resolutions.

25,977

Teenage pregnancies have dropped significantly. Across England and Wales the figure in the last year was 25,977; the lowest since 1946.