Jamie Oliver receives apology from minister over snub

TV chef Jamie Oliver revealed that health secretary Andrew Lansley has apologised to him for rubbishing his campaign to get school children to eat healthier food. Lansley, speaking to doctors earlier this year, used the introduction of nutritious lunches after Oliver's schools campaign in a plea for less "lecturing" on lifestyle and more personal responsibility to tackle public health problems such as obesity and smoking. "He's written to me and apologised and said it was misconstrued," Oliver told John Humphrys in the Radio Times. "I don't want to fight, I just want to work with him." John Plunkett