In July 2018, Arfan Aslam, trading as Adeez Motors, sold a Mazda RX-8 describing the vehicle as 'mechanically perfect with no issues'. He also stated that the vehicle was a ‘stunning example – drives perfect’. Following a complaint...

The DVLA has issued updated guidance on which medical conditions motorists should be making it aware of. These are medical conditions which the DVLA consider may affect the way you drive and a list can be found at ...

In December 2018, Dudley Council applied for a closure order under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 against European Food Express in Dudley High Street. The application was successful. Counterfeit and illegal cigarettes and tobacco had...

Trading standards officers visited Mozalicious in Langley, Oldbury at the end of 2017 as part of an investigation into 40 local restaurants. The officers conducted test purchases of ‘peanut free meals’ having stated to restaurant staff that...

A number of restaurants and takeaways across the Black Country have been given a food hygiene rating of zero following recent food hygiene inspections by Environmental Health Officers . The zero rating for food hygiene means urgent improvement is...

Spar Groceries, in Raglan Terrace, has lost its licence to sell alcohol. The shop in question sold alcohol to a 16 year old test purchaser who was sent in to the property by North Yorkshire County Council’s   Trading Standards officers . 18 days...

Reza Ul-Islam, the former director of B68 Indian Cuisine and Takeway on Hagley Road West, Oldbury was prosecuted after a ‘peanut free’ lamb korma and rice dish was found to contain enough traces of nuts to trigger an anaphylactic reaction that...

The Taste of Khyber Restaurant and Takeaway of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham was fined £20,000 and owner Zahoor Khan, who had previously admitted 12 breaches of food hygiene regulations , was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 12 months,...

An employee of Croudace Homes Limited suffered severe multiple injuries including a punctured lung, six fractured ribs, a fractured vertebra and a fractured shoulder after he fell through a plasterboard ceiling onto a staircase below whilst working...

A landlord, Paul Edward Harris, and a company in which he is a director, Clockhouse Partnership Limited, have been ordered to pay £3,500 in fines, £1,069.26 prosecution costs and a £320 victim surcharge after both admitted four...

Austin Jackson, from Wolverhampton, received over £3,700 from a woman in Great Barr after agreeing to carry out work in her loft and fit a brand new kitchen which he then failed to do. The victim was left without funds to employ another contractor to...

Mint Limited, in Telford, has been fined £2,800 after the takeaway was convicted of food hygiene breaches. The takeaway was visited in February 2018 by Inspectors from Telford & Wrekin Council, after being given a Food Hygiene Rating of one in...

The owners of the Rose of Kashmir (Dudley) Ltd and Balti 4 U Ltd, both based in Dudley, were found guilty of numerous hygiene offences at Dudley Magistrates’ Court. During an inspection in August 2017, environmental health officers found dirty...

Sandra Hawkins of Family Bakers has received a £1,240 fine for failing to correctly label products to protect customers with allergies. In total, Ms Hawkins pleaded guilty to seven food safety , hygiene and regulatory offences at Mansfield...

Maqsood Ahmed and Mohammed Saghir, former owners of the Mamaz takeaway, have been ordered to pay £11,000 each as well as £410 costs and a £100 victim surcharge. The pair pleaded guilty to 11 food safety and hygiene charges at Dudley...

Sandwell Foods Ltd, which trades as Halal World, was also ordered to pay costs of £7,190 and a victim surcharge of £170 at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. The owners of the meat cutting plant on Garrison Lane, Birmingham, pleaded guilty...

Over half of outlets rated as 0 for food hygiene by the Food Standards Agency in Birmingham are listed on Just Eat. 20 out of the 31 takeaways rated 0 are listed on Just Eat, but their food hygiene score is not displayed. Other major cities such as...

The owner of Desi Roti and Khana in Smethwick has pleaded guilty to four food hygiene offences at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court. The owner was ordered to a pay a fine of £8,000, costs of £1,439.59 and a victim surcharge of £170. ...

Kent County Council has pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 10(1) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 after an asbestos rope was found hanging from the ceiling of a primary school. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...

Following research into 390 local authorities across the UK, Birmingham City Council was top of the rankings, for a second successive year, as one of the worst areas in the UK for food hygiene compliance. In Birmingham, 43 per cent of high and medium-risk...