Nzar Hassan, 47, was banned from owning a food business for life after inspectors found ‘appalling’ conditions at his takeaway in Oldham, Greater Manchester

Wetherspoons are famous for cheap pints, decorative carpets and historic buildings, but they are less well-known for being the cleanest place for food in Britain.

People from across the globe have taken to confession-sharing app Whisper to reveal their partners’ worst habits – including re-using floss and leaving ear wax to build up.

Some commuters are turning to extravagant face masks which the World Health Organisation suggests can protect others if you are coughing and spluttering.

Dentist Aileen Hopkins has been struck off after one of her three dogs which she kept at her surgery bit an inspector’s leg at the South Way Surgery in Newhaven, East Sussex.

Watchdogs are failing to carry out vital food sampling and hygiene sampling in restaurants, takeaways and other outlets, putting the public in danger.

A ground floor flat in East London may seem an unlikely place for a makeshift butchers. But one family were filmed chopping up animals in their back garden in Dagenham.

Back in 2013, Yelp introduced an attribute that someone who values hygiene

Birmingham or Hyndburn in Lancashire have been named as the UK’s worst areas for food hygiene – for the second year running – after a study by consumer group Which?