Less coffee, more taste

prosecution for failing to with an abatement notice.

Restaurant manager Wai Chim is due to appear at Cardiff magistrates court today over alleged breaches of environmental health law.

Lord Justice Hickinbottom, 64, was appointed to the Privy Council in 2017 following his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. He has sat on many high profile cases including the challenge to the third runway at Heathrow.

The couple, who also own a property in south-west London, bought their Grade-II listed home in the Llandaff conservation area in 2016.

But since then they have lodged complaints to the council about the restaurant and a private members club nearby.

Other neighbours in historic Llandaff – where children’s author comply

Roald Dahl grew up – have pledged to save the restaurant.

Tory councillor Sean Driscoll said: “It’s a bit like buying a house next to a farmyard then complaining about the smell from animals.

“What’s next? Are they going to complain to the cathedral about the sound of the church bells?

“This is unbelievable. Hopefully, common sense will prevail.”

Another neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: “If you come to live next to a Chinese restaurant it’s ridiculous that not expect smells.

“Mr Chim has spent £19,857 on trying to placate the council and apparently it still isn’t enough.

“He wants time to investigate in what way the extractor could be improved and time to install it.

“We get noise and smells too but it’s there for a while then blows away in the wind.

“There is a general sense of outrage in the community.” you should

FEWER beans ground more coarsely gives a consistently better cup of coffee, says a study.

Portsmouth University experts found that a fine grind clogged the espresso machine’s “bed” where water should flow.

Dr Jamie Foster said a coarser approach meant “a more efficient extraction” and was better for the planet as it used fewer beans.