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Health: More than 99 per cent of pheasants sold for food contain TOXIC lead shot

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Toxic lead shot can still be found in more than 99 per cent of pheasants shot for food, despite a commitment last year for hunters to begin using safer alternatives. Experts from England and Scotland dissected wild common pheasants bagged during the recent October to February shooting season, finding shot in 180 of the 276 studied. Of these, … Read more

Fred’s folly at RBS’s Gogarburn HQ transformed into a food bank

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It is not quite a tale of scallop kitchen to soup kitchen, but not far off. Royal Bank of Scotland’s vast Gogarburn complex outside Edinburgh, widely viewed as a monument to the vanity of former chief executive Fred Goodwin, is now playing host to a food bank. Shortly after the UK went into the first … Read more

Climate change: Scientists’ ‘digital twin’ of Earth helps predict flooding and food shortages

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‘Digital twin’ of Earth will create and test simulations of our planet to help predict when extreme events like catastrophic flooding or food shortages will strike The digital twin Earth will help world leaders prepare for extreme events The innovation uses machine learning to create and test simulations It will be used to predict extreme … Read more

Blind and deaf spaniel caught on camera stealing food off kitchen counters in the dead of night

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A blind and deaf ‘ninja’ spaniel declared ‘untrainable’ by his owner has been captured repeatedly sniffing out food in the dead of night and leaving a trail of licked-clean pots in his wake. Stuart Balshaw, 56, from Wokingham, Berkshire, was still left speechless after finding a licked-clean pan on his kitchen floor with his homemade spaghetti … Read more

Supermarket own brand cereals beat big names in blind taste test

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The own brand cereals that taste BETTER than the real thing! Supermarket versions of Special K, Shreddies and Weetabix beat big name originals in blind test (and they’re cheaper, too) Good Housekeeping Institute rated Asda’s Special Flakes Cereal at 78 out of 100 Beat Kellogg’s Special K by one point with Sainsbury’s version one point … Read more

Supermarket own brand cereals beat big names in blind taste test

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The own brand cereals that taste BETTER than the real thing! Supermarket versions of Special K, Shreddies and Weetabix beat big name originals in blind test (and they’re cheaper, too) Good Housekeeping Institute rated Asda’s Special Flakes Cereal at 78 out of 100 Beat Kellogg’s Special K by one point with Sainsbury’s version one point … Read more

Jessica Rowe whips up a dinner of ‘Aussie comfort food’ and her fans wish she ‘delivered’

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Former Studio 10 star Jessica Rowe whips up a dinner of ‘Aussie comfort food’ and her fans wish she ‘delivered’ By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:36 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 12:42 GMT, 21 February 2021 Former Studio 10 star Jessica Rowe relishes in being a crap housewife.  And on Sunday, … Read more

Bindi Irwin reveals her ‘random but delicious’ food cravings

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Bindi Irwin reveals her ‘random but delicious’ food cravings during her pregnancy – and how being just 5′ 2″ has made carrying a child difficult By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:46 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 18 February 2021 She will soon welcome her first child with her husband, … Read more

Texas stores run out of food, 7 million are under boil water orders and 500,000 STILL without power

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Desperate Texans have been thrown into survival mode as the state is now running out of food and water with seven million people under boil water orders – despite many still having no power – and hungry residents forced to line up for four hours to get their hands on a hot meal. Thursday marked … Read more