Ditching music and movies for sweets and stationery has helped WH Smith boost profits, despite suffering a dip in sales.

The group raised profits by £5million to £81m in the year to the end of August, helped by the switch to bigger money-spinners.

Boss Kate Swann, below, who also cut costs by £15m, told the Mirror that CDs and DVDs formed 25% of Smith's High Street sales five years ago, today it's 5%.

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