LUNCHTIME meal deals in supermarkets and high street shops are packed with as many as 30 teaspoons of sugar, according to research.

Health campaigners Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, are calling for all high-sugar drinks and confectionery to be excluded from popular meal deal promotions.

A survey by the group has revealed particular food and drink combinations from WHSmith and Tesco contain 30 teaspoons of sugar, which the group says is the amount of sugar in 79 chocolate fingers and more than four times an adult’s daily maximum intake of free sugars.

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FACEBOOK says a Russian group posted more than 80,000 times on its network during and after the 2016 election, potentially reaching as many as 126 million users.

The company plans to disclose these numbers to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, as part of congressional probes of Russian election interference, according to a source.

Twitter plans to tell the same committee that it has uncovered and shut down 2,752 accounts linked to the same group, Russia’s Internet Research Agency, which is known for promoting pro-Moscow messages.

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WESTMINSTER needs an independent support team able to deal with allegations of sexual harassment or abuse against people working in the Houses of Parliament, a Cabinet minister has said.

Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom told MPs the current system for dealing with complaints is “inadequate” and that failure to respond properly risks bringing Westminster into disrepute.

Speaking in the Commons chamber with Prime Minister Theresa May by her side, Ms Leadsom said there was a vital need for better support and protection for thousands of people working in the Palace and that action was needed “in days rather than weeks”.

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CARBON dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increased at record-breaking speed last year, the UN weather agency has warned.

The World Meteorological Organisation said rapid cuts to CO2 and other greenhouse gases are needed to avoid “dangerous temperature increases” by 2100 that would far surpass targets set in the Paris climate accord.

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The latest WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin said a strong El Nino and human activity contributed to an increase of CO2 concentrations to 403.3 parts per million last year, up from 400 in 2015.