Today Programme

2013 harvest already ‘written off’?

The National Farmers Union has confirmed that for the first time in a decade Britain will become a net importer of wheat.                     NFU president Peter Kendall said more than two million tonnes of wheat had been lost  because of last year’s poor summer.   Peter [...]

‘The Obesity Games’

JUNK FOOD brands should be excluded from sponsoring sporting events, according to the Children’s Food Campaign.                       London 2012 sponsors attacked in new report   In a hard-hitting new report, the campaigning group claims that the power of corporate sponsors like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola has [...]