FAULTY HOTEL MIX-UP

It was a case of real life imitating art on Monday, when local hotel owner Richard Basildon was shut out of a meeting of local hoteliers. Mr Twist, the Director of the Hotels' Association, explained it had all been a farcical mix-up: 'We had just had a partition wall put up by an Irish builder where a doorway had been, so Mr Basildon couldn't get in. He then went round the back while we went to front of the hotel; it was quite comical, like something out of that iconic 70s sitcom Faulty Hotel, which your editor has asked me to point out was based on the Railway Hotel in Westphalia-on-Sea.' When asked if they had now settled their differences Mr Twist said: 'Oh yes, we're all the best of friends now - he has some wonderful opinions, it's just that we don't want to have to sit in the same room as him and listen to them.' Mr Basildon was unavailable for comment as he was interviewing staff, but that's where the coincidence ended - they were not from Barcelona, but from Poland.