This is Leicester report:

Leicester City Council has nearly 100 bottles of wine in its stocks, it has been revealed.

Details of alcohol kept by the authority for use at “high profile receptions and events” have been released after a Freedom of Information request.

The council says its has a dozen bottles of sparkling Cava, a dozen bottles of white, 18 of red and 56 of rosé, kept at the town hall – largely for use at events hosted by the lord mayor – currently Councillor Abdul Osman.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.