- Jenny Hudson, a former pastry chef with Claridges, will be making a cake for the first wedding anniversary of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. It will be a chocolate cake decorated with berries and chocolate swirls. Ms Hudson runs her Warwickshire based company, Sweet As, as an on-line operation (www.sweet-as.co.uk). She started the business with assistance from The Prince’s Trust and plans to open a shop in the near future.

- Police are investigating a recent robbery at Kent Bakery shop Mr Pastry. A man wearing a balaclava entered the shop in Ramsgate, just before 8am. He pointed what appeared to be a children’s toy pistol at the woman behind the counter and demanded money. She handed over a small amount of cash.