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  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Rebecca Whittaker

    Supermarket warns of allergy risk that could trigger symptoms such as diarrhoea and stomach pain Iceland has issued a ‘do not eat warning’ for a popular lunchtime snack after failing to mention the product contained barley. The supermarket has recalled its Daily Bakery 4 Sub Rolls over fears the cereal grain poses a ‘significant risk’ to those with an allergy or intolerance.

  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Rebecca Whittaker

    Researchers say study of insects in Sussex first to find plastics ‘consistently turning up across an entire community of land invertebrates’Plastic pollution is harming slugs, beetles, snails and earthworms, new research has found, raising fears Britain’s entire food chain has been contaminated. Researchers found more than one in ten bugs had fragments of plastic in their stomachs, causing harmful chemicals to be passed on to larger animals that feed on them, like birds and hedgehogs.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Rebecca Whittaker |Jabed Ahmed

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Rebecca Whittaker |Jabed Ahmed

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Rebecca Whittaker |Jabed Ahmed

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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Rebecca Whittaker
Rebecca Whittaker @rebecwhitt
18 Apr 25

‘I thought my son’s rugby injury was a concussion – but doctors found a brain tumour’ https://t.co/8QinRin86Y

Rebecca Whittaker
Rebecca Whittaker @rebecwhitt
2 Apr 25

Breast cancer drug Enhertu is only available privately in England but is offered on the NHS in Scotland. Forcing a grandmother to consider relocating. https://t.co/1QeZArZDNi

Rebecca Whittaker
Rebecca Whittaker @rebecwhitt
22 Mar 25

Repoting for @Independent on the Heathrow airport closure. Watch here: https://t.co/1WExhzqYcm