Barack Obama is using his record levels of fundraising and grassroots organisation to take the fight to his Republican rival John McCain’s home turf in the final week of the race for the White House, US political pundits said today.

John McCain officially became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee today and will be the oldest first-term US president if elected in November.

The fattiest and saltiest ready-made meals were named and shamed in the UK today – with some oozing three times as much fat as their competitors.