An Announcement from the Welsh Fashion Police

Fresh from promising to have a word with Westminster about plastic bags, the Welsh Assembly has now got down with the youth and moved onto delivering them some timely fashion advice:

Pupils should be allowed to wear trainers as part of their school uniform, according to new Welsh Assembly Government guidelines.

The document said banning trainers might force poorer parents to buy cheap shoes that could damage feet.

The document said: "Trainers are often made out of healthy materials and may be quite reasonably priced in comparison to leather shoes.

"Not permitting trainers might leave less well off parents with no alternative other than to buy non-leather shoes that are not properly fitted and which might lead to severe foot problems in later life."

Wearing trainers might also encourage children to take "active breaks", it added.

It might.