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Libya to compensate victims of French airliner bombing
Libya to compensate victims of French airliner bombing

Libya has agreed to compensate the families of the victims of the bombing of a French UTA airliner in 1989, which killed 170 people. The deal was announced by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in his televised address to mark the anniversary of his coming to power. UTA flight 772 was blown up over the Sahara… Read more »

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Lunchboxes are 'full of salt, fat and sugar'
Lunchboxes are ‘full of salt, fat and sugar’

A new survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found that children’s lunchboxes are full of salt, fat and sugar. More than half of all school children take their own lunch to school but researchers found that lunchboxes often include twice the recommended amount of sugar, close to half of the daily-recommended salt intake… Read more »