Many doctors believe that it should be placed at the core of mainstream medicine as a cause of ill-health.The ONS survey, the first of a planned series, gives an insight into health-related behaviour, knowledge, and attitudes in England. Modern life is taking its toll, according to Government statistics, which say 60 per cent of women and more than half of men have suffered stress in the past year. Men and women in their mid-thirties and early forties are most vulnerable to stress triggered by work, relationships, and family pressures. The findings, based on a survey of 4,672 adults by the Office of National Statistics, found that 60 per cent of women and 52 per cent of men admitted to suffering "moderate" or "large" amounts of stress in the last 12 months.There is increasing evidence of the role played by stress in ill-health. Ballroom dancing fans feared that the 46-year-old show would never return after BBC1 decided not to commission another series. However, it was announced yesterday that, although there will be no new series, two international Come Dancing specials are scheduled to be shown later this year.Teams from Britain, Sweden, Holland and Germany will compete in the Latin, Modern and Formation competitions at the Bournemouth International Centre.BBC1's bosses have also promised that the two 50-minute specials will be screened at an earlier hour than the previous programmes.Some of the last 10-part series was broadcast at about 11.30pm, long after most fans had finished sewing their sequins and gone to bed.The series' host, Rosemarie Ford, said that she was "absolutely thrilled" to be presenting new Come Dancing programmes."I am always pleased when they ring up and say: `Will you come on again?"'Ms Ford has presented the programme for the last five years - "longer than I worked on the Generation Game"."I think young people are getting more interested in ballroom dancing."They are no longer so happy just to go to a discotheque and dance around their handbags - they want to dance with a partner."The success of Latin American dancing clubs with the young and the popularity of the film Strictly Ballroom had helped, she said.The new programmes will include demonstrations of styles like the Samba and Ciroc, said a BBC spokeswoman.. The satin and sequins of Come Dancing, the world's longest-running music programme, have defied the BBC axe to take another twirl around the floor, it was announced today.

It is also well lit and security cameras give women drivers more protection.But the scheme has come in for criticism from the group it seeks to help Some women fear it may attract potential attackers.. But the commission says that under the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act public services must be offered to men and women on an equal basis.The 10 spaces are near to the exit, so it is quick and easy for drivers to reach their cars. Britain's first women-only car park looks set to be closed because it is unfair to men. The Equal Opportunities Commission wants the parking scheme at Exeter in Devon scrapped because it is said to be a form of discrimination against men.

Exeter City Council opened the first all-female section of its King William Street car park to encourage women on their own to venture into the city centre at night. Within hours of the opening, a complaint was sent to the commission and the council has been told it is breaking sex discrimination laws. The scheme is only voluntary with no sanctions against men who park in the reserved places and signs read: "Kindly leave these spaces vacant for women motorists". He was dismissed.Mr Gregory, of Nuthall, Nottingham, was cautioned by police after the video was discovered, but was not charged.The tribunal chairman, Derek Richards, said: "He must have realised that the consequence of asking anybody else to make copies of the video was that it was likely it would be seen by others We find it was gross misconduct.". I am a blue-eyed boy and a high- flier and the next minute I am looking at losing my job."My head was spinning. You are fighting to protect other people and to protect yourself at that stage. I have lost my job, lost my wife and I was in complete turmoil and, yes, at that stage I put my colleagues first."But the fire service argued that he was guilty of gross misconduct and had distributed the video, committing a criminal offence. She [his girlfriend] was quite excited that someone else might be watching it.

I told her that other people might watch it."Mr Gregory said he covered up for colleagues when he was interviewed by senior fire officers "I am trying not to get any other fire officer implicated I am trying to save my job. Mark Gregory, 26, was sacked for gross misconduct last August from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service after copies of the video were shown in at least five fire stations across the county. In the hour-long film Mr Gregory, who was married at the time, is heard telling his girlfriend, Janine, "What do you think of firemen now?" and "This one's for Red Watch".The Nottingham tribunal heard that Mr Gregory, who served with the brigade for more than eight years, made the film in a hotel room in West Bridgford, Nottingham, in March last year.He claimed the video was for private use only, although he admitted in the hearing yesterday he had passed a copy to a friend "It was just a light-hearted thing, in my own time. It is believed to be only the fourth private prosecution for murder in 130 years.Mr and Mrs Lawrence brought a private case against the men after initial proceedings against two people were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in 1993.The Stephen Lawrence Campaign is raising legal funds and the case will be headed by Michael Mansfield QC.. A firefighter lost his claim for unfair dismissal yesterday after he was sacked for making a hard core pornographic video which included jokes about the fire service.