The government has warned that there is currently an UK obesity epidemic.

If this is like a 'flu epidemic it made me wonder where I caught my obesity from. In the end I decided it was probably from that fat girl at the bus stop who I walk past every day on my way to McDonalds.

Comedian Alexis Sayle is among celebrities and politicians holding a press conference to denounce Israels bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Perhaps he should release a protest song, "'Ello John, gotta new mortar?"