Women in sector too busy for love

Female social care staff were the women hungriest for love on Valentine’s Day, according to research out this week.

The survey, by Friends Reunited Dating, suggested that women in social care were too busy tending to others’ needs to find suitors.

Male social care staff, however, did not even make the top 10 groups of male professionals most likely to be hunting for love, with insurance salesmen topping the list.

The website counted the number of messages sent and received by different groups of professionals in the run-up to Valentine’s Day.