Month: January 2026

University researchers say growth of the hidden fast food industry may pose risks to public healthOne in seven food businesses on major delivery platforms, including Deliveroo and Just Eat, is now a “dark kitchen”, a university study shows.The findings, which shine a light on the scale of the hidden takeaway industry, found that 15% of all online food retailers in England were dark kitchens. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Exclusive: Formal validation for claret reflects hotter conditions, falling consumption and shift towards chillable redsBordeaux’s wine industry has historically adapted to consumer habits. In the 1970s the region leaned towards white, but by the 2000s was famed for powerful oak-aged reds.Now it’s turning to a much older form of red with a name familiar to anglophones: claret. With origins in the 12th century, when it was first shipped to Britain, […]

Statement from 20 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse say victims’ ‘identifying information’ is exposed while those ‘who abused us remain hidden’US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein filesAmong the files released by the US justice department today is a copy of Ghislaine Maxwell’s police booking intake form from July 2020.It includes a picture of Maxwell in what looks like a prison orange jumpsuit, along with […]