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Photographer left baffled by bizarre report to trading standards

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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.

- ELLIE GOSLEY Reporter ellie.gosley@reachplc.com

Photographer left baffled by bizarre report to trading standards

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.”

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