FOI Friday: What gets stolen from shops, dangerous animals in Chester, zero hour council contracts and finds by police diving teams

What is being stolen in shoplifting incidents? < Exeter Express and Echo A £22,500 shotgun has been stolen from an Exeter store and was never returned, it has been revealed today. The vintage weapon was stolen in March this year according to new information about shoplifting in the region from Devon and Cornwall Police. The

FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act

A council with 100,000 unsuitable images on its computers, a police force revealing it doesn’t investigate almost a quarter of reported crimes and the rising cost of parking fines – here are 10 stories made possible this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Buying British Councils up and down the country are