Hard water is actually quite good for you, I've always lived in hard water areas bar when I stay at my parents house in Scotland. For some reason soft water brings me out in spots 

It was obviously an unfortunate accident on Channel 5s part, as I doubt they did it just for a laugh.

The clip isn't funny and is really bad publicity for C4.

It isn't whether she took drugs or not, everyone with any real knowledge of the real person knew she did. There was a reason behind her doing so, and she wasn't the only one to do so. If it was drugs that caused her death then she followed a lot of other greats suffering anxiety problems.

That there is a problem is, perhaps, more society's fault than theirs, the stress on these people is great and correct support lacking.

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Try changing your kettle then, I've got one with a flat metal base inside, the element isn't visible and it has a mesh filter on the spout. It is always easy to clean out and I don't get bits of rock in my cup.

My kettle is the same sort, but you live up north in a soft water area so you don't have a limescale problem. I never used to have any issues until I moved to the south coast.

The missus reliably informs me that hard water is better for teeth and hair though.

I bought a Brita filter kettle for the same reasons.

On the subject of electricity costs, the differences are negligible per month so i'll take a nicer, more convenient cuppa every time.