Exercise ‘not key to obesity fight’
Craig TaylorPhysical activity has little role in tackling obesity – and instead public health messages should squarely focus on unhealthy eating, doctors say. BBC News – UK
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Tories and Labour in SNP election row
Ed Miliband accuses David Cameron of “demeaning” his office by “talking up the SNP” – as Sir John Major warns the nationalists could “blackmail” a Labour government. BBC News – UK
Post Office ‘failure’ over shortfalls
The Post Office failed to discover the cause of large cash shortfalls at sub-post offices before starting civil and criminal proceedings against sub-postmasters, a report finds. BBC News – UK
Six released in Syria ‘terror’ probe
Six people arrested by UK police over alleged terror offences after a group was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border are released without charge. BBC News – UK
Tories push Miliband over SNP ‘deal’
David Cameron urges Ed Miliband to rule out co-operating with the SNP, after the Labour leader rejects any coalition deal during Thursday’s TV debate. BBC News – UK
Remains found in missing student hunt
Police investigating the disappearance of Irish student, Karen Buckley, say they have found human remains at a farm in north Glasgow. BBC News – UK