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Grassroots Football, Obesity & Crowd Marshalls

Start your day with the latest news and updates, with Jim and Jo at breakfast.

Jamie Vardy, a former factory worker who got his break playing Sunday league football. He's now a Premier League winner and an England international. For the generation of kids he's inspired, what are the opportunities for them to emulate their hero?

Eating fat does not make you fat, and promoting low-fat food has had "disastrous health consequences". Consider those claims as you tuck in to your breakfast this morning. They're from the health charity the National Obesity Forum. And because they go against the official advice of Public Health England, they are cooking up a storm.

What a day it was a week ago today. The sun shone on the 240-THOUSAND people who came to see their sporting heroes here in Leicester. But what was it like for the hundreds of crowd marshall's working on the day to keep everything going smoothly?

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Mon 23 May 2016 06:00

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  • Mon 23 May 2016 06:00