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Photographer left baffled by bizarre report to trading standards
Merthyr Express
|April 24, 2025
A BUSINESS owner has been left baffled after he was reported to trading standards by a member of the public for a bizarre reason.
Wayne Hankins, 71, has owned a photography studio in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, for nearly 40 years but this week he received a surprising visit from trading standards.
Mr Hankins said he was reported by “some low-life” for displaying a photo in his studio window which included a West Ham logo.
The photo was of Mr Hankins’ grandson Zayd wearing a West Ham kit.
The first he had heard of the incident was when an officer visited his studio on April 15.
He said: “Trading standards came around and said, ‘You can’t have that in your window because you haven't got permission from West Ham to display the logo’.
“I was absolutely shocked. I didn’t understand what anyone could have reported me for. It is stupid - all the things wrong in this country and somebody does that.”
This story is from the April 24, 2025 edition of Merthyr Express.
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