A pot of out-of-date grapes and strawberries, with mould growing on one, found at Tesco Express in Carrs Lane

Tesco fined £7.5m for selling out-of-date food at Birmingham stores as health officers find “visible mould” during visit

Tesco Stores Limited has been fined £7.5 million at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to selling food which was past its ‘use by’ date in three of its Birmingham stores. Birmingham City Council brought the prosecution under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 after inspections by Environmental Health officers found stores…

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Wm Mayor Andy Street says monitoring the state of homeless hostels in the region isn't the responsibility on the WMCA

WM Mayor Andy Street: ‘Monitoring homeless hostels is not our responsibility’

The selecting and monitoring of homeless accommodation isn’t the responsibility the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) task force, according to West Midlands mayor Andy Street. In an interview with I Am Birmingham, the metro mayor highlighted some key successes in support for the homeless in the region, but fell short of criticising Birmingham City Council for providing inadequate…

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