Ah! the smell of bacon.

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/36qm3uv

When I first spotted this story, I was at first angry because some complaining Muslims had got their way again.

But then reading further I thought, well they have got something there, I don't think I would be too pleased at obnoxious smells coming from next door.

That was before I discovered that the cafe was there before the Muslims moved next door, so they must have taken the decision to ignore it and move in.

There is another point also, which was pointed out by a reader, what if it had been a curry house, would the council have acted in such a way, in case they offended the owners of the curry house?

[Zeuhl]

I think Mattesons Turkey Slices could count as Halal Bacon
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[McMouse]

Muslims and Jews circumcise boys and I though the snipped bits were turned into pork scratchings. Surely they would be halal or kosher?

[trt]

If I was the cafe owner, I would go all the hog and cook gammon instead! :-)

[Davethedog]

My vegatarian wife is very fond of a quorn rasher. Not that I like to gossip you understand

[fredpuli47]

Had it been a curry house causing offence the Daily Mail would not have been writing the story up AOG. It would have remained a small local story for the local paper, wouldn't it, if it made news at all? This type of complaint of nuisance is common in towns, whatever the source of the smell. And anyone who's dealt with planning applications for restaurants and the like is familiar with the need to satisfy the authority that no such nuisance will be caused.

The Daily Mail seems to like stories with a Moslem angle, for some reason. I bet every stringer in the country is out looking for any story that can be written with such an angle, however irrelevantly, just to sell it to the Mail