A patriotic The Who fan has claimed he was told by a jobsworth in a hi-vis jacket to take off his Union flag jacket to prevent it "offending" people. Jason Mawer said he was given the red ...

Then I spotted Nick Jones, a journalist with Melody Maker, walking around in Townshend's Union Jack jacket. I went backstage and demanded to know from Pete why he hadn't held on to it for me to wear.

A pub landlord in Yorkshire says council officers have repeatedly told him to stop wearing his 'Union Jack' jacket in public because it could be considered "offensive". Jason Mawer, who runs the ...