A family have accused their son's school of infringing his human rights after he was forbidden from eating sweets and crisps at break times at Pinehurst Junior School, which is running an experiment in healthy eating. But Clare Hazle says that her son Samuel, seven, cannot eat fruit and must be allowed to have his choice of mid-morning break. Mrs Hazle, 30, said: "He won't eat meat or vegetables either. I think it all stems from when he choked on a pear when he was two." Sam's grandfather Ron Hazle, 51, said: "We live in a democracy and Pinehurst is not Stalingrad."
Swindon Star (Steve Cann)
A man charged with going equipped for burglary walked free from Stafford Crown Court after it emerged that the evidence - a hand drill, screwdriver and gloves - allegedly found on him had been auctioned off by police.
Guardian (Imogen Forster)
