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Caron Lindsay

Argyll and Bute Council backs down on school dinners blog ban

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 15th June 2012 - 3:27 pm

The leader of Argyll and Bute Council has reversed the decision to ban a 9 year old schoolgirl from taking photographs of her school dinners and blogging about them. Roddy McCuish did so live on Radio 4’s The World at One, bringing to an end a morning of social media frenzy which had seen the subject have 3 of highest trending topics on Twitter in the UK.

In my earlier post, I covered the background and Argyll and Bute’s initial statement on the matter. It seemed strange for the Council to say it was taking action against “unwarranted attacks” on …

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Council bans 9 year old’s school dinner photo blog

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 15th June 2012 - 11:02 am

Way back in April, 9 year old Martha Payne started reviewing her school dinners. Every day she wrote on her Never Seconds blog, under the pseudonym Veg, short for Veritas Ex Gustu which means Truth from Tasting in Latin. The blog quickly became an internet sensation and she and her Dad were interviewed on the BBC’s You and Yours in May.

Each day, Martha would rate dinner at her Lochgilphead primary school on criteria such as Food-o-Meter, health rating, how many mouthfuls and  how many pieces of hair were in it. What made the blog were the photos she posted to illustrate …

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