29/06/2014 BBC London News

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A 'pop-up' sweet shop in Wimbledon, launched by tennis star

Maria Sharapova has been condemned by nutritionists.

The 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge' is selling treats to tennis fans

But in the week when scientists recommend people cut

sugar levels by half, one expert has said the shop is

If you want chewing gum that looks like tennis balls, or candy shaped

as a kiss, this is the place to come. The Sugarpova Kandi Lounge

opened two weeks ago, run by the world's wealthiest sportswomen.

Nutritionists are outraged. I have always had a sweet tooth and I have

always wanted to make a candy business. In this promotional video,

she is like a kid in a candy store, but as a role model for children, is

Maria Sharapova being irresponsible? I am pretty terrified of this shop.

It is a ruinous thing that she has done. There is no way in my book

that a lady of that kind of personality should be doing

something which is basically a come on for children. Maria Sharapova's

Management team say these are premium products in Norway aimed at

children. The proof, I'd guess, is in the eating. I would not suggest

that children eat that. I think I will not be giving them to my kids.

They are frightfully expensive. But kids are eating them. Yes. Is it a

bad idea? Yes, because they are full of sugar. They say they are not

aimed at kids. They obviously are. They should make ones without sugar.

Would you not eat them? No. That's good.

And that is what the scientific advisory committee wants. A report

this week said that everyone should try to cut sugar intake by half to

lower obesity rates. Exercise helps, and Maria Sharapova plays hours of

tennis every day. Not everyone can do that. The local council says it

cannot dictate what is sold here. The suites are available online and

elsewhere. And much like its owner, at Wimbledon, it will be gone.

-- afterwards. Royal Mail says one

of its competitors is putting Much of TNT's expanding delivery

business has been focused on London. But Royal Mail has told

the regulator Ofcom that the company is getting

an unfair advantage because it only Here's our

Political Editor Tim Donovan. TNT now operates in more than 1

London districts and in those areas, it delivers around one in seven of

all letters and parcels. Sometimes it has been going wrong, as when one

resident found 200 letters discarded in a bush. And a bag of TNT Post was

found by a North London MP dumped in a river. Herself and some supporters

were cleaning up the river and we came across a black sack. We pulled

it out and opened it up to reveal lots of council tax bills and

notifications from banks. And other official documents which had not

been delivered. It is important with counsel and -- council tax

notification, the people who need that are on smaller incomes, and are

probably not in a position to work out what has happened to their mail.

That could put them in difficult financial positions. TNT Post say

that most of their mail is delivered without a hitch and they take any

incident very seriously. Royal Mail says that TNT post are only

delivering the most profitable parts of the country, mostly London, and

that gives them an unfair advantage. The universal service offering is

prescribed by law. From our perspective, we have got to operate

to every address in the UK. If we do not have volumes of mail that allow

us to subsidise, we will effectively get to a tipping point where the

economic s of the universal service does not make sense. Royal Mail has

now complained to Ofcom and a review is promised next year.

It will be cloudy this evening, with the risk of showers. A small chance

of showers. And eyes of 22 degrees. That is it from us.

There's more from us in the ten o'clock news.

Good evening. For some of us, there has been some sunshine but we have

had showers around. Heavier ones during the morning. Starting to lose