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Pies recalled by FSA after use-by date error

Some products are incorrectly labelled with the use-by date of 24 June 2026, rather than 2025.

Half a bagel being dipped into a bowl of cheesy liquid

A Father's Day treat for your father figure

Seven individual Jolly Rancher Hard Candy sweets. All are unwrapped except a blue one. In total there are three red, two blue, one green and one purple sweet.

Some Jolly Rancher sweets unsafe to eat, FSA says

The FSA says chemical compounds in the sweets can increase the risk of cancer and damage DNA.

A person with black glittery nails breaks open a bar of Dubai chocolate to show the green filling inside

Watchdog warns allergy sufferers about Dubai chocolate

The Food Standards Agency says the labelling on imported chocolate may not list all ingredients.

Potatoes in soil after being dug up.

Group given £1.5m to redistribute surplus food

Grants of more than £13m will go to 12 UK food charities to feed people in need.

A toddler with blondey-brown hair sucking a pouch of baby food, which she is holding with both hands. She is wearing a burgundy top and dungarees.

Restrict shop-bought baby food, government tells parents

Avoid relying on food pouches for everyday meals, says NHS website for first time.

Small glass jar with label attached showing "Jeyes's Northamptonshire Sauce" with a picture of a pestle and mortar. It is standing on a table on which a white dish can be seen as well as a dark-coloured basket containing food. There is a yellow table cloth and what appears to be a menu on the table.

Find five famous foods from Northamptonshire

We have a nibble at five Northamptonshire foods, from cheesecake to sauce.

Northamptonshire

Leah Sigsworth, in a house, with a stone wall behind her, plants and stones in front of her, holding a small kitten. She is smiling and looking straight at the camera, wearing a green jumper, she has long dark, straight hair.

Lockdown businesses thriving five years after Covid

The pandemic was a "catalyst for some entrepreneurial soul-searching", a business expert says.

A picture of Traditional Welsh rarebit. There are two slices of bread with some green garnish on the side.

Did Welsh rarebit start as a joke by the English?

Welsh rarebit dates back hundreds of years, but its origins are hotly disputed.