BBC News | Latest News | Leading soft drinks withdrawn (#)
„Suspect batches removed Coca-Cola Schweppes said it had identified some canned drinks containing traces of benzene, but was only withdrawing specified batches from sale. These include some cans of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Lilt, Diet Lilt, Lilt Mango Mandarin, Sprite, Sprite Lite, Fanta, Dr Pepper, Schweppes Shandy and Schweppes Slimline Shandy. It has also recalled stocks of Malvern water. Malvern water: off the shelvesA company spokeswoman said the problem had only affected a small proportion of its total output, but she said they were taking the action "as a responsible manufacturer".“
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BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Perfect festive wine
„"It needs to be kept airtight then you can pour it off through a coffee filter - you can't make a mistake, just do it," he said.You can't keep it in a decanter for too long, just one week means it loses a lot of its flavour complexities, so you do really need to have a decent amount of people around.Even though Christmas is now dominated by cream liquers after dinner, Phil urged that whisky should not be forgotten - and there are few things better than a decent single malt.As an after dinner malt, Laphroaig is a top selection (and a nice present, if the family are reading), which starts at £22, and The Glenrothes is another excellent Scotch - the 1989 bottle is particularly recommended.“
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BBC News | Americas | Flaw found in Boeing 767
„And the aerospace giant will carry out changes to hundreds of planes already in service to correct a flaw in a cockpit shield that failed federal flame tests, said Jeff Hawk, director of aeroplane certification at Boeing's commercial division. Thirty-four new 747, 757, 767 and 777 model planes will be delayed for "a few days" to ensure their drip shields, which keep moisture from seeping into the cockpit, are assembled according to the design approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Unrelated to crash "This is not related to any accident, incident or in-service event," Mr Hawk said. The announcement was not related to the investigation into the cause of Sunday's crash of an EgyptAir Boeing 767-300ER passenger plane off the coast of Massachusetts, he said.“
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BBC News | HEALTH | Coffee linked to arthritis
„The findings are published in the latest issue of the medical journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. But a spokeswoman from the Arthritis Research Campaign said: "When you consider that rheumatoid arthritis is a complex disease with a large genetic element, and that environmental and genetic factors interact to play a part in its development, to link the disease with coffee consumption is rather simplistic." A spokesman from the Coffee News Information Service, which represents the coffee industry, said the study had shown an association but not a cause and effect relationship. "Most importantly when the data was collected 20 years ago, very strong boiled coffee was heavily consumed in Scandinavia, and does not represent normal UK consumption, which is primarily of the instant variety. "Coffee drinkers should rest assured that coffee consumption in moderation is perfectly safe."“
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BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | Al-Qaeda note suggests 'attack on London'
„The notebook is said to have contained plans to detonate a 480kg remote control device "to be left in a van parked preferably in Moorgate, in the City of London". The planned attack is reported in both The Observer newspaper in London and the Expresso newspaper, based in Lisbon in Portugal. UK special forces have played an active role in the Afghan campaign Expresso said neither the author of the notes nor the time they were written were known, nor was it known whether the document was "simply a hypothetical exercise". But The Observer says the author of the notebook may have been a British fundamentalist.“
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BBC NEWS | Health | Green tea 'can block cancer'
„Dr Julie Sharp, a science information office at Cancer Research UK, said: "This research describes additional properties of green tea that may be beneficial but which have yet to be tested properly.“
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