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
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
Disney, Marvel and James Bond films are among the box office successes featuring junk food that would fail UK advertising rules, scientists say. US researchers looked at the 250 top-grossing films in the US between 1994 and 2018, which also included Harry Potter, Avatar, Toy Story and adult films such as Pulp Fiction and The … Read more
US researchers looked at the 250 top-grossing films in the US between 1994 and 2018, which also included Harry Potter, Avatar and the James Bond series.
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
Marks & Spencer to issue its first junk bond after reporting its first loss since joining the stock market in 1926 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 11 November 2020 Marks & Spencer will issue its first ‘junk’ bond in a dramatic sign of … Read more
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
Online adverts containing food high in fat, sugar and salt could be banned under new Government proposals. A new consultation from the Department of Health and Social Care will run for six weeks to try and understand the impact of introducing a total ban on advertising junk food online. It comes as the Government continues … Read more
Children with popular YouTube channels, known as ‘kidfluencers’, are being paid to promote junk food and sugary drinks in their videos, a study reveals. Researchers from New York University School of Global Public Health analysed the five most-watched YouTube kidfluencers, their most popular videos and the presence of branded food in the videos. The kidfluencer videos … Read more
Kids with popular YouTube channels, known as ‘kid influencers’ or ‘kidfluencers’, are being paid to promote junk food and sugary drinks in their videos, a study reveals. US researchers analysed the five most-watched YouTube kidfluencers, their most popular videos and the presence of branded food in the videos. Kidfluencer videos featuring food and drinks were viewed … Read more