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Photographer left baffled by bizarre report to trading standards
South Wales Echo
|April 18, 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 Tuesday.
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 18, 2025 edition of South Wales Echo.
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