The celebrity couple from the BBC test card are to split after working together for more than 40 years. The couple’s publicists made the announcement after recent speculation concerning strains in the relationship. It had become a known industry secret that the couple were not getting along privately, each blaming the other for their declining popularity, but they continued to put on a professional face for their many appearances on television.

TV Chef Jamie Oliver has called for the government to introduce healthier alternatives to salt on the UK’s roads. Speaking at the launch of his new campaign, he said it was a ‘crying shame’ that the nation’s children had to walk and drive to school on unhealthily treated roads and pavements which could lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and rusty bike wheels.