Real? Or Hoax?

A customer who claims she was turned away from the tills at Asda for wearing a Help for Heroes charity wristband has been assured by company bosses that those responsible will be dealt with.

She also received a bunch of flowers and an apology from the supermarket giant.

Interesting...

I didn't comment on the story when this first appeared in the paper as, after the puppy/hoodie story, it seemed a little doubtful, and certainly some of the comments pooh-poohed the incident (though others had their own stories to tell).

But with the apology, it takes a different tack, and seems more plausible. As does the local politician rushing to ensure no 'advantage' is taken of it by, well, shhhh! you know who:

Whitworth councillor David Chorlton, a friend of the Hoyle family, said: "Beth has been very upset by all of this so I'm happy that she’s received her apology, which is all she ever wanted."

Mr Rowen added: "This incident should not have happened but I would not like to see it getting out of hand.

"We don't want extremism from any source manipulating the situation.

"Rochdale has a good reputation for people of all backgrounds working together."

The comments say otherwise...