The Media

[Fez of Mahrez]

Sweet shop turns sour

A PLAYGROUND sweet shop has been closed down by hardline school bosses after one teenager got so fed up with "over-priced health food" he decided to sell chocolate bars and fizzy drinks to other pupils and even teachers.

Enterprising 13-year-old William Guntrip, whose idol is Virgin billionaire Richard Branson, set up the sweet shop when his dad pledged to give up smoking if he could raise £1,000 through his own business venture.

Sweet-toothed William immediately trawled supermarket aisles and corner shops for cut-price bargains before selling the sweets to other youngsters at Sponne School in Towcester who wanted a change from the daily diet of pasta, fruit and vegetables.

But senior officials at the school, which was among the first to transfer to a healthy-eating policy on the back of Jamie Oliver's anti-obesity television campaign, have now threatened to expel William unless he shuts up shop.

William said: "I can't believe it, I don't see what I've done wrong, it's not illegal.

"Even some of the teachers have been buying from me.

"The food at lunchtimes is rubbish. It's all pasta and vegetables, there's no meat. I don't mind some healthy stuff but it costs too much money and there's not enough choice.

"I got caught selling and now they've taken away all my stock and locked it in a cupboard.

"All my chocolate's going to melt."

William's dad Glyn was called into school on Friday to discuss the row, only to be told his son could be kicked out for good unless he agrees to stop the playground trade.

The entrepreneur had raised almost £1,000 since starting the scheme and was raking in up to £50-a-day before he was stopped.

Last year the Chron revealed how the school had changed the contents of its vending machines, meaning pupils were only allowed to buy health bars and bottled water rather than crisps, chocolate and fizzy pop.

Despite making repeated calls to the school, nobody at Sponne was available to comment.

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Anyone else think this is a rather bizarre stance for the local paper to take? In contrast to the national media's health kick frenzy/selling on school property/use of the word "entrepreneur" etc etc, it all seems kind of weird to me.

[Loake]

I've done the exact same thing at my schools, you can make a fortune, none of the teachers cared.

[Lemon Harpic]

I used to sell crack cocaine to schoolchildren, but the hardline school bosses shut down my enterprising business venture.

[Loake]

I used to sell crack cocaine to schoolchildren, but the hardline school bosses shut down my enterprising business venture.

bloody school bosses

[Janx]

Bloody outrageous, typical nanmby pamby school.

If I was that entrepreneurial young man, I would set it up outside the school gates and tell them to get f**ked!

Wnqas!

[macbeth]

think newspapers are becoming more personality led rather than issue led

for instance if a little old lady refuses to pay council tax the rags back her to the hilt and lambasts any action taken against her whereas if a middle-aged/ class man with similar grievances did the same he would be portrayed very differently

[Janx]

to be frank, newspapers, particularly local rags, will publish absolutely ANYTHING... they are desperate for stories.

see for yourself

Call your local rag, ask for the newsdesk and tell them that someone at work is about to eat his own body weight in outerspacers.... you watch they will be round in a flash!

[Fez of Mahrez]

to be frank, newspapers, particularly local rags, will publish absolutely ANYTHING... they are desperate for stories.

see for yourself

Call your local rag, ask for the newsdesk and tell them that someone at work is about to eat his own body weight in outerspacers.... you watch they will be round in a flash!

To be fair, I would be round in a flash to watch that.

[Janx]

To be fair, I would be round in a flash to watch that.

I ve decieded that Space Raiders are now a preferable cheap snack to perform this trick