Home baking banned at charity sale

A 12-year-old girl has been banned from bringing her mother's home-made cakes into school for a charity fundraising sale because she did not have a food hygiene certificate.

Georgie Hippolite, of Cowes, the Isle of Wight, had told her teacher at Cowes Enterprise College that she intended to bring in cakes baked by her mother, Kirsty, which prompted the staff member to phone their home and check on whether they held the safety certificate normally handed to catering professionals.