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SUGAR taxes can help get Brits back to work, a Government adviser claims.

Welfare reform guru Paul Gregg wants high-sugar products treated like ciggies and booze in a bid to cut obesity.

Stats show 9.4million working-age Brits are not in employment, with 2.8million on long-term sickness.

Professor Gregg is among experts advising ministers ahead of a “Get Britain Moving” plan due this autumn.

He warned that tackling diet-related obesity requires “far more than public health campaigns”.

He added: “Progress means engaging with food manufacturers.

“However, given past challenges in this regard, regulatory measures such as taxing high-sugar products are needed.”

Prof Gregg also calls for more protection for ill workers beyond 28 weeks’ sick pay.

He argues for a “clearer right to return to work,” similar to maternity leave, where mums can take off up to 52 weeks.

The Government said there are “plans to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay so it provides a safety net for those who need it most”.

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A FORMER Premier League star was incredibly sent off in a bizarre optical illusion.

And it proved crucial as his side fell to a shock defeat in their Champions League opener.

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Eric Garcia appeared to only be shown a yellow card despite his blatant foul[/caption]

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The official Champions League graphic indicated he had received a straight red card[/caption]

Eric Garcia started in midfield for Barcelona as they took on Monaco.

However, his game lasted just TEN minutes before he was given his marching orders… or was he?

Garcia was put under pressure by a sloppy pass from goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

And that allowed Takumi Minamino to pick his pocket.

Ex-Manchester City man Garcia then brought down the former Liverpool forward in a cynical foul as Minamino closed in on goal.

It was a blatant goalscoring opportunity and with the incident taking place outside of the penalty area, the offence warranted a red card.

But did the referee agree?

Well, it was not immediately clear.

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That is because official Allard Lindhout blew his whistle to award the free-kick and sprinted over to the two players sprawled out on the turf.

He then reached for his back pocket and produced a card.

However, on first viewing on the TV cameras, the card looked yellow.

The commentator clearly thought so, too.

Sam Matterface, calling the action for TNT Sports, said: “It’s just a yellow card. That’s a massive let-off for Eric Garcia.

“Well, it looked like the yellow card came out. I was almost convinced the red card was incoming. The VAR will certainly check it.”

Interestingly, as soon as the referee brandished the card above his head, it was the Barcelona players – rather than the Monaco stars – who immediately surrounded him and protested.

That would therefore imply they were not happy with the decision – and surely would not have done so if Garcia escaped with only a yellow.

Then the official Champions League graphic flashed up on the screen stating Garcia had received a direct red card – as he trudged off the pitch towards the tunnel.

Matterface added: “Well, I wonder if the referee has brought out the wrong-coloured card because there’s absolutely no intention to win the ball and that would ordinarily be a red card.

“We are being told on our information system it’s a yellow card but I think he’s walking here.

“That’s a red card, a direct red card, that’s the right decision.

“I think the referee pulled out the wrong card.”

However, on further investigation, although the card seemed to be yellow on the screen, that actually appeared to be another footballing optical illusion due to a reflection of light.

In fact, the referee DID pull out the red card.

That was confirmed by photographs from the scene with Garcia and Minamino lying on the floor as the referee held up the card.

The video footage also showed him putting the red back into his shorts during the commotion on the field.

And Garcia’s early bath clearly had an impact as Maghnes Akliouche put Monaco ahead six minutes later.

Lamine Yamal equalised just before the half-hour mark with his first Champions League goal.

But George Ilenikhena grabbed the winner for the Ligue 1 side 20 minutes from time to hand Barca the nightmare start to the new campaign.

It was the 18-year-old’s first Monaco goal – and prompted hilarious scenes in the CBS Sports studios as Jamie Carragher butchered his attempt to pronounce Ilenikhena’s name.

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Referee Allard Lindhout clearly brandished a red card[/caption]

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The Barca stars complained as he put the card back in his pocket[/caption]

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A SEVEN-year-old boy complained of itchy raised lines on his foot – which turned out to be worms inside him.

The child developed the symptoms after playing barefoot on the sand with friends.

Parasitic worms had burrowed beneath the boy’s skin, leaving his left heel with the raised lines.

The child, from Namibia, contracted the parasites after stepping on faeces from an infected animal which bore the larva.

According to the case study, published in Scientific Research, the child told doctors that the lines on his foot became more pronounced when he scratched them.

Medics asked about the boy’s home, and learned he was from the desnsely populated are of Rundu in Northeast Namibia, and had been playing barefoot in the sand.

They diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans.

Hookworm eggs can be passed on through animal faeces, burrowing into human skin when stepped on.

In 2018, a woman described the horror of feeling hookworms moving under her skin after contracting them on a Vietnam beach.

The unnamed victim revealed medication only made it worse, leaving her in agony as the parasites tried to flee her body to escape what was killing them.

The 42-year-old, who did not want to be identified, caught the bugs during a three-day holiday at Anh Bang Beach in Vietnam.

Microscopic hookworm larvae – believed to be from animal poo – burrowed into her foot as she strolled across the sand.

She told ABC she had no symptoms for a week – until she awoke in the night in excruciating pain.

The Aussie recalled: “It was the worst feeling I have ever had, they were swollen, the most intense itching I have ever experienced in my life, swelling, my veins were poking out.

“I had patches of pin prick-looking blisters all through my toes and that was obviously the point of entry — it was just horrific.”

She added: “I could actually feel movement in my feet.”

The woman said she was baffled by what could be causing the pain until her mother-in-law sent her an article about another couple who had contracted hookworm on holiday in the Dominican Republic.

She booked an appointment with her GP and showed him the article – prompting him to confirm the stomach-churning news and prescribe her medication to kill off the parasites.

But if she thought that was the end of the matter, she had another thing coming.

The unlucky tourist said the dying worms started trying to escape her body – causing her symptoms to intensify.

She recalled: “I was crying, like literally crying and could not sleep. It was just horrific.”

The next morning her feet were covered in track marks – which look like veins – where the worms had been burrowing around trying to get away.