Tesco has removed sweets and chocolates from checkouts at its stores.

The firm's 12 branches in the borough are part among 500 in London to have removed the sweets to promote healthy living.

David Wood, managing director of health and wellness for Tesco, said: “We hope this will make our customer’s lives easier, as taking sweets and chocolates off the checkouts will really help parents with young children.

“As a parent of two young children myself, I know how challenging it can be to navigate the checkouts with children in tow. The response we’ve had from parents has been overwhelmingly positive, so it’ll be interesting to see if other supermarkets follow our lead and do the same thing.”