In a landmark report the British Medical Association will urge Downing Street to take on the food industry. It found that poor diet costs the NHS £6billion a year while claiming 70,000 lives. The BMA's proposed levy on fizzy drinks would raise the price of a one-litre bottle of Coke from £1.50 to £1.80. Professor Sheila Hollins, who led the team behind the report, said: 'If a tax of at least 20 per cent is introduced, it could reduce the prevalence of obesity in the UK by around 180,000 people.'
Flights diverted at a cost of millions as demonstrators stage a lie in protest on Heathrow Airport's north runway in protest at expansion plan
A dozen members of direct action group Plane Stupid got on to the northern runway of Britain's busiest airport at 3.30am after cutting a hole in a fence. Some tied themselves together in pairs and grinned as they posed for selfies as police and airport staff tried to prise them apart and drag them off the Tarmac. One protester said they were campaigning against a third runway and would stay there for as long as possible. Heathrow is set to lose millions after it was forced to divert and cancel some flights this morning, police have said.
- The drinks with up TWENTY teaspoons of sugar: Doctors urge ministers to slap a 20% tax on sugary drinks to fight obesity crisis
- Chaos at Heathrow as flights are diverted after climate change protesters breach perimeter fence and stage a lie-in demonstration on north runway
- Crusading lawyer Michael Mansfield arrested over claim of domestic assault at a friend's party after neighbours heard shouting and screaming from the house
- More cash for drones and SAS to tackle ISIS: Cameron orders top brass to restructure Armed Forces to focus on countering extremists
- 'Please enter your PIN into Sally': Barclays accused of patronising customers by giving NAMES to its cash machines
- One in four watching porn are women: Smartphones and 50 Shades of Grey said to be fuelling rise in popularity
- Carole and Pippa are given starring roles in series of royal baby books on sale at the Buckingham Palace gift shop
- Viva Espana! Thousands of British families turn to Spain for their holidays to avoid turmoil in Tunisia and Greece
- Blue is the colour when it comes to cars: Shade overtakes silver to become most popular among drivers looking to buy a new vehicle
- Chelsea pensioner convicted of sex assault on drunk woman, 29, in his room is kicked out of the Royal Hospital
- Hospital waiting lists at seven-year high as 3.4m need treatment: More than 6,000 forced to wait at least a year for operations
- Hot weather DOESN'T mean you have to get the hosepipe out: Your lawn might be brown but don't worry, say experts - it'll curb plant diseases and send slugs and snails packing
- Violent attacks on pensioners have risen by three-quarters: 14,000 attacks reported to police over the past five years
- Nearly half of female soldiers are harassed: 40% say they have received comments about their looks or sexuality
- Most Britons 'harmed by drunken antics': The majority of Brits have been harassed, insulted, annoyed or kept awake by drunks
- Secrets we keep for 15 years: Three in five people have something they dread their friends and family finding out about
- Mexico's billion-dollar drug lord escapes prison on an underground MOTORBIKE: Eighteen guards are questioned after the bike, oxygen tanks and lights are found in El Chapo's elaborate mile-long tunnel
- 'Yes, my hands are full! Sometimes with glasses of wine': Mummy blogger attaches hilarious sign to her twins after growing fed up with strangers approaching her to make small talk about them
- Stunning Serena proves JK Rowling was spot on! Williams wows at Wimbledon champions' dinner alongside Djokovic after THAT body-shaming row
- Isis's female Gestapo wreaking terror on their own sex: They bite and whip any woman who steps out of line and force girls to become sex slaves. Most shocking of all? SIXTY of them are British
- John Gotti personally executed the real-life Joe Pesci 'Goodfella' on the night he was due to be 'made' - after the victim tried to rape a fellow gangster's wife, new book reveals
- A quickie Vegas ceremony in a blue mini dress vs. a three-day London fete in regal Valentino: How Nicky Hilton's 2004 wedding differed in every way from her 2015 palace vows (except sister Paris who made it to both)
- Hop on board! Raft guide rescues an abandoned bear cub from a river by coaxing her onto his boat and paddling her to safety
- Their sickest video yet: ISIS release footage of their biggest massacre in which prisoners were made to lay in mass graves before being machine-gunned to death
- 'I told you so!': Donald Trump jumps on escape of 'El Chapo' Mexican drug lord as proof of nation's 'corruption' and says U.S. 'is paying the price'
- Trump takes incendiary immigration views to the GOP faithful: Tycoon says he'd fine 'cunning' Mexico $100,000 for every illegal immigrant who crosses border in order to 'take back our country'
- Miami police officer who 'moonlights as a porn star' under investigation after her secret career was exposed
- Bill Cosby's wife claims alleged victims 'consented' to drugs
- Can you solve this antique collector's clues that will lead you to gold-filled treasure chest buried in the desert?
- 'I’m not reading it, I want Atticus to remain the Atticus that I adore': Backlash over To Kill a Mockingbird 'sequel' which turns literary saint into a racist
- King Novak! Djokovic beats Roger Federer in dramatic Wimbledon final for second successive year in front of a star-studded crowd
- BREAKING NEWS: EU leaders strike 'unanimous agreement' on Greek bailout following marathon all night talks after Athens government agrees to 'serious reforms' of its economy
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Carole and Pippa are given starring roles in series of royal baby books on sale at the Buckingham Palace gift shop
Carole (left), Michael and Pippa Middleton - but not her brother James - all have star turns in the Shhh! Don't Wake the Royal Baby! series, on sale in the Buckingham Palace gift shop for £6.99 each. The Duchess of Cambridge's family join the royals (pictured top) to organise Prince George's first birthday party in Happy Birthday, Royal Baby! Wielding a to-do list, Pippa is seen announcing: 'Everything needs to be perfect for the Royal Baby's celebrations' (bottom right). Middleton matriarch Carole - wearing the same floral-print dress she wore to visit George for the first time in hospital - is shown in a headset ordering the 'royal balloon blower' to use 'More puff! More puff! (bottom left). Grandfather Michael, meanwhile, can be seen trying out George's bouncy castle in the palace garden. The only missing Middleton is Kate's bearded brother, James, who runs a business selling personalised marshmallows and fails to get a single mention.
How former Cheltenham Ladies' college pupil 'earned £8million' helping Greece join the euro while working at Goldman Sachs
Miss Loudiadis, 52, was a pupil at the famous Gloucestershire public school back in the Seventies (other old girls include the actress Kristin Scott Thomas and fashion designer Katharine Hamnett) before going on to study maths at Oxford University and pursuing a stellar career in banking. Today, Miss Loudiadis - who is known as Addy - lives in a five-storey stucco-fronted house in West London with her partner and two children and is listed as a financial supporter of Sadler's Wells dance theatre. She has many admirers in the City. 'Addy is a consummate professional,' said a colleague. 'She is smart, thoughtful and highly valued.' The colleague could have also used another adjective: controversial.
Finally, some advice that could save your marriage: How the experts say you should stack the dishwasher
It has been the cause of many a family row, but a home appliance company has come up with a way to eliminate fights over how to stack the dishwasher. In order to bring peace to the kitchens of Britain, Bosch has launched a Tetris-style dishwasher loading game . Appliance manufacturers are now looking for ways that their dishwashers can become the solution rather than the cause of fights, according to the Sunday Times.
King Novak! Djokovic beats Roger Federer in dramatic Wimbledon final for second successive year in front of a star-studded crowd
Novak Djokovic (right) was crowned Wimbledon champion today for the third time, beating Roger Federer (inset) in a nail-biting final. The Serbian 28-year-old soared to victory for the second year running following a four-set thriller. He screamed in delight and pumped his arms after winning his first match point, before eating some of the hallowed Centre Court grass. The World Number One sealed the win - his ninth grand slam title - in the fourth set of the game, with the match ending 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3. The players were welcomed on to Centre Court with roaring applause from the crowd which included Pippa Middleton (top left), Helena Bonham Carter (second from top left), Benedict Cumberbatch (bottom left) and Kate Winslet (second from bottom left).
Stunning Serena proves JK Rowling was spot on! Williams wows at Wimbledon champions' dinner alongside Djokovic after THAT body-shaming row
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- 'Andy, we lost that debate. You may have noticed we lost the election': Harman's stinging rebuke to leadership favourite Andy Burnham amid claims he is 'tacking left' to defeat Jeremy Corbyn
- Cameron demands an opt-out on EU job laws: Prime Minister will seek to scrap maximum 48-hour working week in the social chapter
- Immigration minister claims 'majority' of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean are doing it for economic reasons instead of 'fleeing for their lives'
Just don't let him hug you TOO tightly! Parents let their two-year-old daughter kiss and cuddle Austin the 15ft Burmese python - despite the fact he could swallow her whole
Two-year-old Alisha-Mae loves to have a cuddle the 13 stone Burmese python, one of 19 snakes owned by her parents Rob Cowan and his fiancée Stacey (pictured top left) at their home in Bradford. Burmese pythons, which squeeze their victims to death before eating them whole, have been pictured in the wild swallowing pigs, deer and even alligators.
Fast and Furious comes to Morrisons: How two supercars worth a combined £350,000 spectacularly crashed on SAME NIGHT on streets of small Essex town
The metallic gold Lamborghini Gallardo (right) ploughed into a blue Bentley Continental GT (top left) in Grays, Essex, after it started spinning out of control at about 2am this morning. The stolen sports car then careered through a small wooden fence at the Morrison's car park on Hogg Lane before coming to a stop in the hedgerow with little more than a damaged rear bumper (bottom left), while the Bentley was left with a smashed front grill. Daniel Patch, 36, who lives nearby and called 999, heard the cars roaring down the road and was watching as the Lamborghini came spinning round the corner on what he says was a 'greasy' stretch of road after it had been raining. Essex Police say a 21-year-old man, from London, who was behind the wheel of the Lamborghini, has been arrested on suspicion of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
The sloe route to success! Farmer spends two years converting run-down hen house into wooden gin distillery - complete with piano bar - to win Shed of the Year
Walter Micklethwait, 36, used recycled parts from an old dismantled railway station to build the fully functioning distillery (pictured bottom right) in Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands with the help of his girlfriend Lizzy Westman (pictured together top right). It boasts a Wild West-themed saloon bar, a velour-upholstered piano bar and a farm shop which sells hand carved items, vintage clothing, eggs and other produce. Mr Micklethwait's pride and joy saw off 2,520 rivals with runners-up including a floating beach hut, alpine hut, corrugated cottage and an eco shed. He scooped a £1,000 cash prize along with a giant crown and winner's plaque for his shed.
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The two-bedroom apartment has a 10-metre high ceiling and still contains many of its original 19th century features including wooden beams and an iron staircase. The fifth-floor flat, which offers spectacular views of London, is listed on airbnb and a stay costs £150 for a night. The property forms part of what was once the Midland Grand Hotel, an exclusive establishment designed by renowned architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. In 1996, the music video for the Spice Girls' debut hit Wannabe was filmed in the entrance and main staircase of the building.
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Greece caves in: Athens 'accepts a raft of demands from its EU creditors' in urgent bid to secure deal to avoid banks meltdown - but tense talks go on into the night
The marathon discussions continue in Brussels as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears keen to agree a deal by the end of the evening. The talks are now halfway through the four page draft resolution, which includes a new bailout resolution figure set for between 82 and 86 billion euros. After longstanding resistance to reform, Greece looks set to concede to pressure from European creditors, accepting a significant number of reforms. The last notable item which will be discussed in the draft includes a 'time out from the euro area', an alternative plan whereby Greece would temporary leave the euro area.
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- Cinema legend Omar Sharif is laid to rest at solemn Egyptian funeral after dying of a heart attack aged 83
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