Dog Days Over

The TV food world's best-known dog, Chalky the Jack Russell, has died at 17.  Chalky rose to stardom on the coat-tails of master Rick Stein's many television series.

Tory MP Andrew Pelling, for Croydon Central, tabled a House of Commons motion saying Chalky was a character that would be missed.  The dog's antics included biting a microphone, attacking crabs and jumping onto boats.