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Lab-grown foie gras and chicken are being tested by scientists to ensure they are safe for humans to eat, and could hit British restaurants and dinner tables in the next five years.It is the closest any such "cultivated meat" product has yet come to approval for human consumption in the UK, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said today as it published an update on "innovative" foods. Other products like edible insects, 3D-printed chocolate, vegetables with extra vitamins and cheese that…

The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said.John Healey also signalled that British forces needed to be ready in coordination with allies to evacuate UK nationals from the Middle East if the US and Israeli war with Iran worsens. He said he had spoken to his counterparts in the so-called E5 group of European powers, which includes Germany, France, Italy and Poland, on Wednesday to…

Sir Keir Starmer will face accusations he misled the Commons over his appointment of Peter Mandelson if there is not "absolute consistency" between what he told MPs and government files, Harriet Harman has said.The former Labour deputy leader's comments on Sky's Electoral Dysfunction podcast come after the government published documents detailing the vetting process undergone by Lord Mandelson when he was made US ambassador last year. He was subsequently sacked over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Politics latest: Starmer facing…

British fragrance entrepreneur Jo Malone is facing legal action over the use of her own name by cosmetics giant Estee Lauder Companies.Ms Malone set up her self-named Jo Malone perfume brand before selling it to the firm in 1999, in 2011 she launched a new fragrance label called Jo Loves. High Court records show an intellectual property claim was filed on Wednesday by Estee Lauder Europe and Jo Malone Limited against Ms Malone personally, Jo Loves and ITX Limited, which…

A man has been charged with the murder of a court bailiff while he was at work.Former police officer Jeff Blair, 55, died after being assaulted in Shildon, County Durham, at around 1pm on Tuesday. Image: Police cordon in Shildon, County Durham, following a suspected fatal assault on court bailiff Jeff Blair. Pic: PA He sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead after being taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.Robert Davies, 49, has been charged with murder, possession…

Two Ukrainian men who ran a "premium bespoke taxi service" smuggling migrants across the channel in a yacht have been jailed.Vladyslav Cherniavskyi, 38, was jailed for six years and Oleksandr Yavtushenko, 43, for five having previously pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to three charges of assisting unlawful immigration. The pair were arrested after the yacht, Uforia, was intercepted four-and-a-half miles off the coast of Chichester, West Sussex, on 20 July last year, with five migrants onboard.The migrants, four Albanian…

Police will use the River Thames to separate protesters and counter-protesters at the Al Quds Day rally in central London on Sunday.A planned march to the Home Office was banned earlier this week after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to block it to "prevent serious public disorder". The Met added that the organisers, the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), were "supportive of the Iranian regime". It is the first time a protest march has…

A therapist who claimed that the sexual assaults he inflicted on a patient were part of her treatment has been jailed for 11 years.Gerald Peck claimed he was an accredited psychotherapist who could perform Bioenergetic Analysis. But Lewes Crown Court heard that he was not recognised by any umbrella organisation for psychotherapy in the UK.Peck, 77, told a patient that the sexual acts were for genuine therapeutic reasons and would help to ease the pain she was experiencing. Image: General…