Salt shake-up to improve health

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are hoping to improve the health of people in the borough by encouraging them to put less salt on their chips.

Health officials have been trialling a new salt shaker at chip shops in the town which only has five holes in it, instead of the normal 18. Salt intake in Rochdale's chippies fell by a quarter during the trial period.

The new shakers are set to be rolled out across Greater Manchester after research revealed that people give the salt shaker three shakes no matter how many holes there are.

It is estimated that 28 tonnes of salt per year will be saved if the scheme is rolled out to 1000 chip shops across Greater Manchester.