Don't worry if your partner's snoring forces you to sleep in different rooms...

When your partner's snoring gets so bad that you have to sleep in separate beds, it may feel like conceding that your marriage's best days are behind you. But a professor has suggested that couples should see the move into different rooms as the exciting'beginning of a new relationship'. In fact, Russell Foster says, ditching the ear plugs in favour of separate bedrooms will improve sleep quality and therefore make couples happier. The professor of circadian neuroscience at Oxford University told the Hay Festival: 'Ear plugs don't work. So, if it's just snoring, what do you do? 'Well, you sleep in another place.