Chocolate CAN be good for you...

...but before you start celebrating, there's a catch.

In the study, the benefits came to those consuming only one measly chunk per day, or one bar a week.

And then only if it's used to replace a similar number of calories of other snacks. Nutritionists are such spoilsports, aren't they?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8593887.stm

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Meanwhile, The Daily Wail has discovered that "Booze Britain" isn't a new concept - they've published a rogues gallery of police photos of Edwardian era drunks (although perhaps more puzzling is why a private website is slapping copyright notices on public domain images...)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260872/Ancestry-Edw...

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And talking of puzzling, a Guardian columnist has decided that the most dangerous drug in the UK is...
...newspapers!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/22/charlie-...