People who exercise at high intensity are less likely to develop cancer and die, research out today suggests.

Jogging, swimming, rowing and games like squash or football all lead to a lower risk of developing cancer and dying from it.

However, the study found people must exercise for at least 30 minutes a day.

Experts followed 2,560 men from eastern Finland with no history of cancer and asked them how often they exercised.

The men, aged between 42 and 61, filled in questionnaires and undertook physical tests to measure the intensity of their exercise.

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A portrait thought to have been painted by a pupil of Rembrandt has been proven to have been created by the master himself after a restoration.

Portrait of Pastor Swalmius, painted in 1637, had been the subject of debate by art connoisseurs for centuries.

But curators at Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts were overjoyed after layers of dark varnish were removed to reveal the Dutch painter’s signature.

The portrait will now go on display at the museum from 8 August.

The painting was once owned by the brother of King Louis XIV and was kept in various art collections before being bought by an art handler, who sold it to the museum in 1886 for 200,000 francs.

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