USA: A mother duck has grown attached to a Michigan primary school’s courtyard, returning each year to lay her eggs and then walk the hallways with her ducklings — with the help of students and staff — to get to a nearby pond.

Increased exposure to images of celebrity bodies is behind the large rise in the number of young girls admitted to hospital with an eating disorder, a leading paediatrician has said.

As many as 74 children have been put into care in the last five years in the UK because they are morbidly obese, it was reported.

Experts conclusively rejected any suggestion that the triple measles, mumps and rubella jab was linked to disorders including autism.