内容摘要："It went from trying it, first time usage. Then at parties and festivals. Then I'd do it every weekend at the pub. Then I'd do it throughout the week and it became a regular occurrence for me.

"It went from trying it, first time usage. Then at parties and festivals. Then I'd do it every weekend at the pub. Then I'd do it throughout the week and it became a regular occurrence for me.

Yes, it is not all doom and gloom today.There is an increase in the minimum wage - up to £12.21 an hour for over 21s - and there are increases too for younger workers and apprentices.

Official figures show that average wages have been rising faster than prices. The state pension and benefits will also go up from next week.This will certainly help pay some of those bills, and you won't see the impact directly until you look at your bank balance in the coming weeks.The Treasury is also pointing to moves to freeze fuel duty and ensure the main rates of tax - income tax, VAT and employees' National Insurance - do not go up during this Parliament, as evidence of the support billpayers are receiving.

Bills may be rising - but for some people, incomes are going up too.Benefits and the state pension are going up in a week's time.

at a faster pace than the rate of inflation, and the start of April also brings an

Politicians have agreed to have "a proper debate" about proposed changes to state pensions and the future of the National Insurance Fund.The decision to turn down Diana Sosoaca's candidacy because of her views was widely criticised in Romania.

Romania is a vital part of Nato's eastern flank as well as being a member of the European Union.Calin Georgescu has been accused of being pro-Russian and he has praised Romania's fascist and nationalist leaders from the last century as heroes.

He denied he was "Moscow's man", in a BBC interview last year, but referred to Vladimir Putin as a "patriot and a leader" while pointing out "I am not a fan".Meanwhile, Romanian police said they had carried out raids in several counties around the country, targeting 27 individuals as part of a criminal case relating to the creation of an organisation "with a fascist, racist or xenophobic nature".