Jamie Oliver Must Have A New TV Show Or Book Out...

Why do you say that, Ambush? 

Three-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rules on food offered to pupils by serving chips, burgers and hash browns too often – and sweets and crisps at breakfast time, according to a report. “Shocking” breaches of school food standards have been exposed on Monday, in a new analysis of the food provided at almost 400 state secondaries undertaken by Bite Back, a food charity set up by the chef Jamie Oliver.

Yup, Bound to want some publicity for something... 🙄

Three out of four menus it analysed at 391 state secondary schools in England contained at least one breach of the standards. Most involved schools offering unhealthy foods more often than is allowed. At 206 schools (53%), products high in fat, sugar or salt that are meant to be banned altogether – such as crisps, Oreos, Mini Cheddars, chocolate bars and pastries – were being offered to pupils to buy as snacks, including at breakfast time and at lunchtime.

The horror! Children allowed to buy sweets! Whatever next? 

“These findings are very alarming and expose a system that is fundamentally failing our children,” said Williams. “It is shocking to find crisps and chocolate being pushed at breakfast time or processed meats like sausage rolls and bacon baps being served far more frequently than the rules allow. 

In most schools in inner-city Britain in 2026, there won't actually be a lot of takers for pork and bacon... 

“Young people have been telling us for years that their school food is ‘beige, bland and boring’ and now we have more evidence that they are being surrounded by unhealthy food throughout the school day. 

If they are telling you one thing amd doing another, you've been had! 

“Schools should be a sanctuary for health and learning, yet the current postcode lottery of food quality is undermining that mission.”

Shame - go find something else to do. Something worthwhile, rather than free publicity for a multi millionaire.

'Something Must Be Done...' Pt78017895

A coroner has called for 'life-saving' health warnings to be added to supermarket bought protein shakes after a 16-year-old schoolboy suffered 'irreversible brain damage' triggered by a rare genetic disease after drinking one.

'...and this is something, so let's do it! Hang the cost!'

The disease is a type of urea cycle disorder - a group of genetic disorders caused by a deficiency of one of the six enzymes in the urea cycle, which is responsible for the removal of ammonia from the blood stream.The deficiency is extremely rare and is estimated to affect one in 50,000 to 80,000 people.

Speaking on Tuesday, Coroner Tom Osborne said: 'Concerning these protein drinks, my preliminary view about them is that I ought to write to one of the regulatory authorities that some sort of warning ought to be put on the packaging of these drinks because, although OTC is a rare condition, it can have harmful effects if someone drinks (one) and it causes a protein spike.'

Might as well demand the government buy metal head shields for us all in case of asteroid strike... 

Finbar O'Callaghan, professor of paediatric neurology at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, agreed intervention was needed, describing it as 'potentially life-saving'.

Of course he does. It's not his money, either, is it? But you know what else is 'life saving', prof? The NHS doing its job...

Professor O'Callaghan told the inquest on Tuesday that if an ammonia test had been carried out on the day Rohan was admitted to hospital, it was 'probable' he would have survived, agreeing with a suggestion by the family's lawyers that it was a 'missed opportunity'.

He was also critical of the decision by a specialist hospital - known as a tertiary centre - not to accept a referral for the 16-year-old to their paediatric neurological team because the West Middlesex Hospital had classified him as an adult patient.

Sadly, NHS red tape fuck ups aren't as rare as this deficiency. We'd all be better off if they were.