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An agency report on May 21 said that a Canadian study about low salt intake had warned of the risks that may be associated with consuming less than three grams of salt a day.

Techniques backed by tech billionaires like Bill Gates and bosses at Google, mean plants can effectively be turned into convincing versions of beef or chicken.

More than 30,000 officers at the Metropolitan Police are being polled on their views over being routinely armed both on and off duty.

This failure, which can lead to a lifetime of regret, is blamed on unfairly strict criteria for 'fertility preservation' treatment, as well as a lack of information to help women choose.

Millions of eggs marketed as free range are being laid by hens that have not been outside for a month because of strict rules that force poultry to stay inside to counter a bird flu outbreak.

Prime Minister Theresa May (pictured) will use a wide-ranging speech on social reform to unveil a new fight against the 'burning injustices' suffered by those suffering mental health problems.

The Foreign Secretary is expected to meet Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the president-elect's strategist Steve Bannon in New York.

Britain's first woman consul-general in New York has been appointed to one of the Government's most high-powered posts to help strike post-Brexit trade deals with the rest of the world.

Harris Hawks and Falcons are set to be hired to tackle a seagull 'mugging' problem in Scarborough. Since last March there have been 36 reports of seagulls stealing food from children to the local authority.

Fans of detective dramas were left with their own mystery to solve on Sunday night - which hit show to watch, Sherlock on BBC One or Endeavour on ITV1.

The Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund announced a £33million grant to restore and revitalise 13 public parks across the UK, from Great Yarmouth to Brighton.

The secret to a line-free complexion could come from within your own cells, according to research carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania in America.

Young people with fewer than five A*-C GCSE grades are unhappier and less confident than those with better grades, according to the Prince's Trust.

Government sources say new housing, education and economic policies will help millions of struggling Britons. Mental health will also be a key focus.

Edith Newman cleared soot and ash from the chimneys of the Metropole Hotel, the Grand as well as actor George Robey's house.

Peter Sarstedt's most famous song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?, about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, topped the UK singles charts in February 1969.

Kelsey Price, 13, who was last seen on Twelvetrees Crescent in Bow, east London, has now been found after a three-day police hunt.

Fairytale Of New York singer Shane MacGowan today joined family and friends at the funeral of his mother after her death in a car crash in Co Tipperary, Ireland.

Former Asda worker Hayden Cross, 20, became pregnant four months ago. He found a sperm donor on Facebook and decided to pause his gender reassignment process.

Jj Mcmenamin, 30, of Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, published an image of him as 'Where's Wally?' on Facebook yesterday after officers failed to find him.

Counter-terror police raided an airport-turned migrant centre in Berlin (pictured) after Christmas market massacre and are said to have found memos detailing chemicals and English towns.

Colin Pitchfork, 55, was jailed for life after murdering two schoolgirls in Leicestershire in the 1980s. One victim's relatives have criticised the decision to move him to an open jail.

The annual road trip led keen Citroen 2CV drivers from Leeds, through the Yorkshire Dales National Park, along the Wharfedale Valley and to the Tan Hill Inn - the highest pub in Britain.

A piece of fabric which was draped over the altar in St Faith's church in Herefordshire is now going to be displayed in Hampton Court after experts concluded it once belonged to Elizabeth I.

The experimental coin was manufactured in 1942 when the US Mint tried out other materials, such as plastic and rubber, so the country's copper supply could be used for ammunition.

Witnesses claim the group, from Alvechurch in Worcestershire, were heckled and threatened by a minority of onlookers during performances near the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham.

Two lions and three tigers are still being kept in 'cramped' cages on a trailer near the M6 motorway in Cannock, Staffordshire, where they have been living 'for months'.

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has admitted to downing shots of whisky before school with friends although he claims he avoided punishment for owning up to his wrongdoing.

A Sikh shop owner has reportedly been forced to take down his Singhbury's Local store sign in Aylesbury, Bucks, after a complaint from supermarket giant Sainsbury's.

Robert Horscroft, right, who received the longest jail term for the 1986 attack on the Ealing vicarage has also died, it has emerged. Horscroft did not rape Jill Saward, left, and she forgave him following his release from jail.