Still, let's not get too downhearted. We've won a point and this was the hardest match in our group. I was particularly impressed by Johnson's mazy run and shot on goal immediately following Green's awful mistake. It was as if he'd taken it upon himself to restore our morale.

However, this tax can again be avoided, where assets are "willed" to spouses or civil partners on death.

But what of those suffering from a degenerative ailment such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's??Early on, treatment is free.?But when the sufferer is unable to care for themselves and has no one at home able and willing to care for them it seems that the days of free treatment are over. Care is means-tested.

Heck, I quit antenatal yoga because we had to be touched, even if it was by another lumbering pregnant woman. So as far as Im concerned, people, keep your pats and your paws to yourself. Because if youre going to be feely, I can guarantee Ill be touchy.

Hackmans influences include the music her parents loved Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder and musicians she discovered as a budding teen songwriter. "[Portland-based folk singer] got me into songwriting when I was about 13," she says. "There was something about her stuff that made me feel a bit sad and weird, which was really addictive. But if I could bring back one songwriter it would be Kurt Cobain."