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Obesity kills more people than SMOKING: Junk food grows more popular than cigarettes, study reveals 

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Obesity now kills more people than SMOKING: Weight problems account for more deaths than tobacco as junk food grows more popular than cigarettes, study reveals Data shows percentage of deaths caused by smoking has fallen from 23% to 19% Meanwhile deaths caused by obesity rose from 17.9 to 23.1% in the same period Experts from … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: There’s gold in them thar hills of junk in your garage

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The Repair Shop  Rating: Mend it for Money Rating: They said it would never be done. More specifically, my wife thought I’d never get round to it. There’s been junk boxed up in our garage, unseen since we moved in more than 20 years ago. But one of the bonuses of lockdown is that we’ve … Read more

Workers start clearing plastic junk from Serbia’s ‘lake of trash’

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A team of workers descended upon an artificial lake in Serbia today to clear the vast stretch of waste floating on its surface. Two barges sailed up and down the polluted waters to collect the thick layer of plastic and waste that had accumulated at the foot of the Lim River hydro-electric power plant on … Read more

Should stores ban you from buying junk food online? asks FEMAIL

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Claire Foges supports the proposition that stores could ban you from buying junk food online YES  By Claire Foges  A family bag of toffee popcorn; a super-sized packet of chocolate buttons; a 12-pack of cola: add to basket! Now that so many of us are doing our food shopping online, there is even more temptation … Read more

Kellogg’s, Britvic and Mars criticise Government proposals to ban junk food adverts

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Kellogg’s, Britvic and Mars are among the leading food and drink companies to slam Government plans that could see a ban on the online advertising of unhealthy foods. In a letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, bosses at Kellogg’s, Britvic and Mars joined other leading companies to attack the proposal and said the evidence … Read more

UK to help build ‘The Claw’ – a ‘space tug’ designed to de-orbit space junk

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The UK will help build part of the world’s first satellite designed exclusively to remove a piece of space junk by dragging it into Earth’s atmosphere to burn up. British company Elecnor DEIMOS will work with Clearspace to design the attitude and orbit control system that will orientate the spacecraft as it collects the debris. … Read more

Junk Food adverts ban: Conservative MPs blast ‘nanny state’ plan

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Tory MPs have blasted the Government’s ‘nanny state’ plan to ban online junk food adverts as they argued ‘people should assume responsibility for their own health’.  Conservative backbenchers said the proposals were ‘incoherent’ because they come just a matter of weeks after ministers were encouraging people to eat fast food through the Eat Out to … Read more

Tory MPs blast ‘nanny state’ plan to ban online junk food adverts

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Tory MPs have blasted the Government’s ‘nanny state’ plan to ban online junk food adverts as they argued ‘people should assume responsibility for their own health’.  Conservative backbenchers said the proposals were ‘incoherent’ because they come just a matter of weeks after ministers were encouraging people to eat fast food through the Eat Out to … Read more