Here is the latest Lifestyle News from the BBC.
Who should pay for parks?
A South Gloucestershire park has attempted to charge for a Parkrun event. But should anyone pay for the privilege of using a park?
Why is America pulling down the projects?
For decades some of the US’s poorest people have lived in subsidised housing “projects” – but many are now being torn down.
They took our four children… then they came back for the baby
Protesters around the world and leading Norwegian professionals say Norway’s social workers are often too quick to separate children from their families.
The mystery veteran who won the internet’s heart
The unknown war veteran who has come to symbolise the best of British, American, Australian or Russian spirit.
Lenin body preservation cost revealed
Russia sets aside millions of roubles to maintain the Bolshevik leader’s body.
Your face is big data
A Russian photographer proves how easy it is to be tracked down on social media.
Go Figure: The week in numbers
The week’s big numbers visualised.
VIDEO: ‘I prosecuted an architect of the Holocaust’
In 1961, Gabriel Bach was among the prosecutors at the trial of former Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann, one of the main organisers of the Holocaust.
How Indians shave their head and hope for luck
Wigs on sale in many countries use hair from Indian temples, where millions shave their heads each year in the hope it will bring them good fortune.
Will LSD ever be accepted as mainstream treatment?
Some researchers believe psychedelic drugs could be used to treat depression and addiction. But will 1960s stigmas stand in the way?
Turkmens ‘ordered to exercise’
Turkmenistan’s government reportedly tells workers to exercise en masse.
Octopus makes great escape down drain
Inky the octopus squeezed his way out of a tank at New Zealand’s National Aquarium.
How one man got the world making pesto by hand
Roberto Panizza has persuaded the Genoese to make pesto with a pestle and mortar again and he is making new converts everywhere from Rio to Tokyo.
What happened to the self-sufficient people of the 1970s?
The self-sufficiency movement was all the rage 40 years ago, but what happened to those who went back to the land?
The woman who shows how toxic America’s culture wars have become
Some allege the wife of a small-town policeman uses her Twitter account to inspire real-world harassment. But she says she’s the real victim.
What some Muslims think of ‘what British Muslims really think’
Some Muslims are using humour to respond to a poll about the views of British Muslims.
Post box pilgrimage for pop star’s fans
Hundreds queue for photos with a Shanghai post box made “famous” by former boy band star.
Turkey seeks Ottoman architect’s skull
Prime minister says loss of famous architect’s head is “a shameful episode” in Turkish history.
VIDEO: The diary of a teenager who died in the mental health system
Sara Green’s diary shows how the 17-year-old was failed by the child and adolescent mental health system in England.
The mouse messiah bringing salvation to India’s atheists
They worship a cartoon mouse who wears a superhero costume, but devotees of India’s Dinkoist movement have a serious message.
The Christian militia fighting IS
The anti-IS militia who say Jesus is their inspiration
My secret life as a gay ultra-Orthodox Jew
Chaya’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish family could not accept her sexuality and pushed her into an arranged marriage, but her secret is hard to keep hidden.
The black people ‘erased from history’
More than a million people in Mexico identify as “black”, “dark” or “Afro-Mexican” even if they don’t look black. But they are little-known and are still fighting for official recognition.
Why it’s getting harder to lose track of time
We are surrounded by time-pieces, clocks and ticking devices. But have we learnt to live in the Now, asks Will Self.
Quirky Pakistan crooner unlikely sensation
Why Pakistani singing angel Taher Shah is among the top trenders on social media.
How buzzards came to fly over the UK again
Buzzards, the UK’s commonest bird of prey, were once almost hunted out of existence, but they’ve made a huge comeback.
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