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Chef describes Jacksons' grief Michael Jackson's personal chef has described for jurors the home lives of the pop superstar's children during the final months of the singer's life and their continuing grief over their father's death nearly four years ago. Read more from Belfast Telegraph   New system of food labelling to be rolled out A combination of colour coding and nutritional information will be used to show how much fat, salt and sugar and how many calories are in each product. Read more from BBC News   Michelle Obama and daughters have pub lunch with Bono The Obamas ate in Finnegan's Pub in Dalkey, County Dublin, with the U2 singer and his wife Ali Hewson and others. The menu included smoked bacon and cabbage, cottage pie, salmon and chicken and ham with mozzarella. Read more from BBC News
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Editor 19th June 2013

Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef news from the world's press