Shaun Spiers, Chief Executive of the CPRE, said the future looked bleak unless action was taken immediately.

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Carole Spiers, chairwoman of the National Stress Awareness Day committee, said employers needed to do more to help their employees to overcome stress.

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And, like his depressive guide, Leonard Cohen whom Spiers has covered many times he takes aim with a suppressed grin.

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