Daily Mirror

Fast food ads near schools are removed

- Tom.pettifor@mirror.co.uk @tpettifor

ADVERTS for Burger King and McDonald’s have been banned after they were placed fewer than 100 metres from the gates of primary schools.

The McDonald’s poster for the Cadbury Flake McFlurry was seen in July at a bus stop just 47 metres from the boundary.

But the fast food giant said that outdoor advertisin­g company JCDecaux was “solely responsibl­e” for the “oversight” after a booking system problem.

The poster for Burger King’s Whopper Jr £2.99 meal deal, featuring a burger, fries and a drink, appeared at a bus stop 96 metres from a school.

Both posters were unspecifie­d locations. in Mr Fellows at Old Bailey yesterday Daughter Nicola Nicola’s pal Karen

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