School bans sugar in tea

Children at a secondary school have been told they cannot have sugar in their tea because of concern about healthy eating.

Sixth-formers at the 1,180-pupil Tonypandy Community College, in Rhondda, South Wales, have protested that their freedom of choice is being taken away from them.

"We should have a right to choose what we eat," said Emma-Jayne Morgan 16, chairman of the student council.

"I was amazed to be told I could not have any sugar in my tea. If you were told that at a local cafe you would walk out in disgust."

The school said the sugar and sweeteners ban was a result of new guidelines from the Welsh Assembly to promote health eating.

Marmite and tomato ketchup have been banned by other schools in Wales as part of the same drive.