I find it alarming that millions of dodgy pounds can be donated to the three main parties with little noise or action from the Electoral Commission yet, mention donations of £360,000 to UKIP and the commission arrives with all guns blazing.
It's never too early to think about your office Christmas do, writes News Blogger David Burrows. But this year I think we may have the perfect spot. Somebody has decided to submit a bid for a lapdancing club in Shrewsbury...and just a stone's throw from our Shropshire Star office!
The owner of a dirty Black Country Chinese takeway has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 in fines and costs by magistrates after mice were found there. The owner of a dirty Black Country Chinese takeway has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 in fines and costs by magistrates after mice were found there. Mouse droppings were in the hallway and behind the fridge and chest freezers as inspectors did a routine check at San Wah, Old Birchills, Walsall, on March 29, magistrates heard. Mr Dave Abel, prosecuting forWalsall Council, said inspectors shut the takeaway owned by Tin Loi Sin. It was allowed to re-open on March 31. There were still some signs of rodent activity but no evidence to suggest a mouse infestation. Regular inspections were carried out and a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order shutting it down with immediate effect issued on April 26 after a mouse was seen running across the floor and droppings found throughout the building. Read the full story in the Express & Star
Mouldy food and flies were found in a Chinese restaurant kitchen in Telford when food inspectors made a surprise call.
Housewives are going back to buying dirty vegetables instead of the pre-washed and scraped ones sold in supermarkets - and farm shops across the Midlands are benefiting from the boom.
West Midlands Police officers raked in more than £500,000 in bonuses for doing "dangerous and gruesome" jobs last year, it was revealed today. Thousands of officers and civilian staff were paid between £50 and £500 for "outstandingly demanding, unpleasant or important" work.
