Scottish government likely to approve neonicotinoid insecticide that US termed an ‘environmental hazard’The Scottish government appears ready to Read More
May 27, 2021
Food
Apr 15, 2021
Caterpillars in court as M&S sues Aldi over Colin cake ‘lookalike’
High street chain lodges intellectual property claim and demands grocer stop selling discount sponge rollIt is being billed as the ultimate food fight Read More
Mar 01, 2020
Children as young as eight picked coffee beans for Starbucks
Nespresso also named in TV exposé of labour scandal in GuatemalaHigh street coffee shop giant Starbucks has been caught up in a child labour row after Read More
Feb 26, 2020
George Clooney ‘saddened’ by alleged child labour on Nespresso coffee farms
Brand ambassador pledges ‘work will be done’ after children are filmed toiling on Guatemalan farms believed to supply companyGeorge Clooney has said Read More
Jan 24, 2020
Haribo lawyers bear down on alcoholic sweets firm
Multinational company says Spanish firm’s bear-shaped sweets infringe trademarkSmall, sweet bears with the capacity to inflict a very sore head have Read More
Jan 24, 2020
Haribo lawyers bear down on alcoholic sweets firm
Multinational company says Spanish firm’s bear-shaped sweets infringe trademarkSmall, sweet bears with the capacity to inflict a very sore head have Read More
Sep 23, 2019
Should meat be banned to save the planet?
A barrister has called for new laws against practices that harm the environment – including eating meat. But some experts say criminalising carnivores Read More
Sep 23, 2019
Should meat be banned to save the planet?
A barrister has called for new laws against practices that harm the environment – including eating meat. But some experts say criminalising carnivores Read More
Feb 26, 2019
Potential dangers to the Chagos Islands | Letters
Jonathan Hunt says most of the islands are uninhabitable and Paul Tattam says there is a risk of China playing Britain at its own game of gunboat Read More
Feb 26, 2019
Potential dangers to the Chagos Islands | Letters
Jonathan Hunt says most of the islands are uninhabitable and Paul Tattam says there is a risk of China playing Britain at its own game of gunboat Read More
Jan 15, 2019
McDonald’s loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chain
Supermac strips US food giant of trademark across Europe after landmark EU rulingPat McDonagh earned the nickname Supermac as an Irish teenager after Read More
Nov 07, 2018
Takeaway workers jailed over nut allergy death
Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid given jail time for manslaughter of Megan LeeTwo takeaway workers have been jailed for the manslaughter of a Read More