New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid reignite debates over how to handle the issue. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report late last month showed more than 1 in 5 U.S. children and teenagers were obese…

Arrests made after teenager killed in crash
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a teenager was killed in Bedfordshire, police said.


