A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, according to a newly declassified US document.

Fast Food Nation (Tartan, €24.99) should turn you off burgers, or else cause you to reassess your diet.

Avril Lavigne has signed up to make her acting debut in a screen adaptation of Eric Schlosser's bestselling expose Fast Food Nation.

MCDONALDS could be losing its title as burger king.