Daily roundup 4 October: Acid attacks, pesto, and sepsis

The sale of acids to under-18s will be banned, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. The BBC reports that Rudd's pledge comes as more than 400 attacks using corrosive substances were recorded in the six months leading up to April. The laws to target people caught carrying acid include a maximum sentence of four years in prison, a fine, or both.


Feeding children pesto pasta could be worse for their health than letting them eat McDonald's hamburgers, a salt action group has warned. The Telegraph reports that a serving of pesto now contains 1.5g of salt, which is equivalent to half of a child's 3g daily salt allowance according to the NHS.


Guidance has been published setting out what health visitors and school nurses need to know about sepsis. Public Health England said it has published the guidance to raise awareness of sepsis, a rare but serious medical condition that results from the body's overwhelming response to an infection, amongst health visitors and school nurses and their teams.


The mother of a 14-year-old boy killed with a shotgun was trying to move him out of London because she feared he was being "groomed" by gangs. The Evening Standard reports that Corey Junior Davis, from Newham, was shot in the back of the head in a playground on 4 September in what is believed to be a revenge attack over a stabbing at the Westfield centre. A serious case review is being launched by Newham Council after his mother Keisha McLeod raised concerns with police and social services for 18 months.


Children are having their careers blighted because more than a third of exam grades in certain subjects are "inaccurate", a head teacher has warned. The Telegraph reports that Chris King, chairman of the Headmasters' & Headmistresses' Conference said that there is "great uncertainty" that students are receiving an accurate grade in their GCSEs and A-levels.