English City Council "Not Ready" for Zombie Attack 121
Unlike the CDC, a freedom of information request submitted to the Leicester City Council has revealed that the council is not prepared for an unexpected zombie invasion. From the article: "'We've had a few wacky ones before but this one did make us laugh,' said Lynn Wyeth, head of information governance. The Freedom of Information Act allows a right of access to recorded information held by public authorities. Ms Wyeth said she was unaware of any specific reference to a zombie attack in the council's emergency plan, however some elements of it could be applied if the situation arose."
Re:Stupid Question (Score:4, Informative)
About FOIA... I thought it was American legislation, but this is definitely a UK city. Is it called the same thing across the pond?
It is not a stupid question. In fact it is the most serious post here that I have read. The UK has the Freedom of Information Act 2000 [legislation.gov.uk]. In my own country of Australia we have the Freedom of Information act 1982 [austlii.edu.au]. There are plenty of other countries [wikipedia.org] that have something similar.
And this has been an entirely frivolous and annoying use the act.