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Trump statue burned to ground in Slovenia

Ms Trump’s likeness, a life sized sculpture cut from the trunk of a Linden tree with a chainsaw under the direction of US conceptual artist Brad Downey, was unveiled in her home town of Sevnica last year – however the free form representation was not beloved by all, with some saying it bore a cl…

Forty years of fake news has created the obesity crisis

Darren Smith, whose BMI (35) is greater than his age (33) has come to see me about his health. As he squeezes himself on to the chair next to my desk, he puts his fat elbow out for a blood pressure measurement and asks if he can have a general check-up: he wants a thyroid level test, perhaps a c…