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: Asbestos, Facebook, police cells and sham marriages

10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: 1. Asbestos found at public buildings – Milford Mercury Asbestos, known as the silent killer, is regularly the subject of health and safety campaigns – so an FOI which reveals that the majority of council buildings in an area contained asbestos,