The Guardian – Johnson’s junk food rules under threat as Truss targets red tape
Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity rules are under threat as new prime minister Liz Truss targets red tape, The Guardian reports.
The paper splits its front page to include the moving picture of the Queen’s coffin arriving at the gates of Buckingham Palace as well as the exclusive story on the UK government potentially scrapping its entire anti-obesity strategy.
The main story says ministers have ordered an official review of the measures currently in place that aim to stop people eating junk food. The review may result in Prime Minister Liz Truss lifting the ban on sugary products being displayed at checkouts and “buy one get one free” deals in shops.
Today's Headlines - Summarised
UK inflation falls to 9.9% after drop in petrol prices
The Guardian says Falling petrol prices pushed Britain’s inflation rate back below 10% in August in the first easing of upward pressure on the cost of living in almost a year.
Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
The Guardian says The World Health Organization (WHO) and almost 200 other health associations have made an unprecedented call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.
Record number of young people in Japan rejecting marriage, survey shows
The Guardian says A record proportion of men and women in Japan say they do not intend to marry, a trend experts have warned will undermine efforts to address the country’s population crisis.
Sané seals Bayern Munich’s win against Barça on bad night for Lewandowski
The Guardian says Perhaps the nicest thing you could say about Barcelona here was that of all their recent humiliations against Bayern Munich, this was by some distance the least humiliating.
King’s NI visit echoes previous high point in Irish-British relations
The Guardian says Helicopters droned overhead, police officers swamped the streets and grief hung in the air but King Charles’s visit to Northern Ireland did not feel like a rerun of the Troubles. Quite the opposite.
The Guardian – Johnson’s junk food rules under threat as Truss targets red tape
Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity rules are under threat as new prime minister Liz Truss targets red tape, The Guardian reports. The paper splits its front page to include the moving picture of the Queen’s coffin arriving at the gates of Buckingham Palace as well as the exclusive story on the UK government potentially scrapping its entire anti-obesity strategy.
