It is an unglamorous town in the south of England known for its rail junction, power station and nuclear research laboratory but today, Didcot in Oxfordshire enjoys a new and enviable reputation - as the place whose residents enjoy the longest, healthiest lives in England and Wales.
Read the whole story in the Daily Telegraph.
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