Cheers! Two glasses of wine or a can of beer could keep you healthy, experts have said, in another one of those studies that seems to come along on a weekly basis. Boris Johnson might have had a little more than that over the past few days, during a difficult week for the government on race. Elsewhere, there is more Covid rules confusion, plans for a “snack tax” and a de-facto amnesty for Troubles-era prosecutions. Unilever has also made a big announcement on carbon footprint labels.
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