Prof John R Ashton responds to an obituary of the Northern Foods businessman The fight for social justice has lost a real champion with the death of Chris Haskins (Obituary, 3 April). As a junior public health academic, I experienced first-hand his openness and willingness to embrace and support insights into the conditions of the left behind in the north of England. In his response to my cold-calling letter drawing attention to the problem of food deserts in inner-city Liverpool, I was privileged to attend the famously relaxed and open Northern Foods directors’ meetings above the dairy in Hull and provided with generous funds for research into this hidden injustice. With Lord Haskins’ support, we were able to reveal how poverty-stricken communities had access only to overpriced processed and tinned food from corner shops whose owners left each night for their homes in the affluent suburbs. The battle for universal access to wholesome, affordable food continues, but Haskins will remain a beacon of ethical and sustainable capitalism.Prof John R AshtonFormer north-west regional director of public health Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us yo
Apr 9, 2026 → Apr 9, 2026
Prof John R Ashton responds to an obituary of the Northern Foods businessman The fight for social justice has lost a real champion with the death of Chris Haskins (Obituary, 3 April). As a junior public health academic, I experienced…
Read original at The Guardian →1 updates from 1 source.
Prof John R Ashton responds to an obituary of the Northern Foods businessman The fight for social justice has lost a real champion with the death of Chris Haskins (Obituary, 3 April). As a junior public health academic,…
Read original at The Guardian →What this story stands on. Tier 0 is a primary record or the subject's own words; higher tiers must be attributed, never stated as bare fact.
Prof John R Ashton responds to an obituary of the Northern Foods businessman The fight for social justice has lost a real champion with the death of Chris Haskins (Obituary, 3 April). As a junior public health academic, I experienced…
View source →Tier key: T0 = Primary source · T1 = Wire · T2 = Outlet report · T3 = Commentary
A film capturing the personal journey of the father of Elle Edwards as he deals with the trauma of her murder has won an award at an American festival. The 26-year-old was shot…
An artist is planning to take legal action against Sunderland after the Premier League club printed what he claims is an image of one of his sculptures on its away kit without his…
Warning: This article contains details some people may find distressing An "unforgivable scene of entirely human making". That is how Kevin Curreri, managing director of Kenyon…
It may be world famous as a city of music, but music is now being used in Liverpool as an unlikely weapon in the fight against troublemakers. Classical arrangements have been…
Euro 2028 will be held across nine stadiums in the UK and the Republic of Ireland Uefa will broadly freeze ticket prices for Euro 2028 - meaning supporters will be able to buy…
A mother whose teenage daughters were killed in the Hillsborough disaster said it was painful to still be arguing over a law designed to prevent cover-ups 37 years on. Victoria,…
