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Thumbs down - Salty soupsAlmost half of all shop-bought soups contain more than the recommended 0.6g of salt per 100g, a study has found.

The average salt content per soup serving was 1.6g, according to Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash).

This "hidden" ingredient in soups is important because people are often unaware how much they are eating, Cash warned.

Nearly a quarter of products surveyed had more than 2g of salt per serving - one-third of an adult's daily recommended intake.

The survey included canned, chilled, packet, pouch, ready-made and instant soups across eight supermarket own-brands and 12 other brands.

Thumbs down - Celebrity threadsIs there no end to the celebrity-endorsed clothes lines being launched these days?

Lily Allen's fashion range hit stores late last week - minus the hysteria which surrounded the Kate Moss launch a week earlier.

Only a handful of shoppers gathered outside New Look's shop on London's Oxford Street ahead of the 10am opening.

But the high-street chain insisted it had not expected a "scrum" of fans because the pop star's designs debut in 312 stores today.