An Asda in Manchester has banned under-25s from buying kiwi fruit after Harry Styles, a pop singer who was formerly a member of One Direction, was pelted with the fruit at a concert.

A video of the singer, 23, slipping after stepping on a kiwi at the Hammersmith Apollo has spread around Twitter, leading supermarket Asda to restrict the sale of the fruit.

There is a joke among fans, who pelt him with the fruit while he performs the song "kiwi".

He joked to Nick Grimshaw on The Radio One Breakfast Show that he was thankful he had not been “hit straight on with a kiwi yet”.

An ASDA spokesperson said: “We know our customers love Harry Styles and we feel it’s our duty to protect a fellow Mancunian from any ‘bad kiwis’ amongst us.