According to the World Health Organisation, Spain is the noisiest country in Europe, and Madrid is one of the noisiest capitals. (In fact Spain is the second noisiest country in the world, behind Japan. Most of the noise comes from traffic, such as cars, heavy lorries and noisy motorbikes and mopeds. This is closely followed […]

According to the UK's Education watchdog Ofsted, children in Britain are starting nursery school unable to speak and listen properly because of continuous noise and poor conversation at home. Some schools report spending days or weeks educating parents and improving children's social skills. The study said, "The schools attributed weak listening skills not only to […]