In ormation on inspection reports is patchy

The Ritz recei ed a good report.In ormation on inspection reports is patchy. Inspections or Westminster council disclosed to The Independent this year re ealed problems at se eral o London's top restaurants. At Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, an inspector in September last year ound there was a risk o contamination because a washing-up sink was too close to a ood preparation area and che s were seen wiping their hands on dirty cloths. All ood outlets may be orced to display the so-called "scores on the doors".Some o the top names charging up to ?120 or a meal or two ha e been ound wanting.

i e councils in Scotland, including Edinburgh and Aberdeen, are also participating.Ratings will appear on the councils' websites but restaurateurs will also be asked to display them on their premises. Does The Ritz ha e dirty kitchens or Claridge's mice? Soon diners will be able to ind out. rom the end o this year, cleanliness ratings or thousands o eateries rom the local ca ?o the grandest Michelin-starred restaurant will be re ealed online - with potentially embarrassing results. In a ictory or reedom o in ormation campaigners, the ood Standards Agency has persuaded 44 local authorities to publish summaries o isits made by en ironmental health o icers to restaurants, ca ? pubs and other ood outlets. All 33 London authorities, which co er top restaurants including The Sa oy, Le Ga roche and Nobu, ha e agreed to take part, along with Hull, Co entry, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Stoke. On closer inspection, it pro ed to be the missing di er.Mrs Westwood said she and her husband had been in a hurry and nearly not stopped: "We thought something wasn't right. It could so easily ha e been that we just carried on."Mr Har ey was taken to shore by a passing speedboat. His only physical injury was ound to be some scratches to his head..

The di er was classi ied as missing, eared dead.Shortly be ore 7pm, Ste e and Anne-Marie Westwood were about to head home on their yacht, reebooter, a ter watching dolphins in ermain Bay They noticed an object in the water. inally, he lost consciousness.It was at about this time - 4pm on Monday - that search co-ordinators told his wi e, Katie, 35, and his parents, Dan and Marlene, that the operation was being called o . I hadn't eaten and hadn't reco ered my strength and elt that it was my best chance."Mr Har ey told o his "horror" when he realised he was instead to the east o Petit Port and ound himsel being dragged out to sea He again spent hours trying to swim against the current. But, at the time, I thought I had only been there one night."Mr Har ey decided his best option was to start swimming again, in the belie that he was near to the town o Petit Port on the southern tip o the island."I had no energy le t at all to try and climb the cli s," the social history o icer or Guernsey Museum Ser ice said: "I had not been aware o any rescuers looking or me and elt my best chance was to wait or the tide."I belie ed I had come ashore a little way west o Petit Port so, by pushing out into the tide, I could dri t round and with a short swim come ashore on the beach. I know now that I was amongst the rocks in the gully or Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night, semi-conscious. But while rescuers were ruitlessly scouring the seas, Mr Har ey, who was at irst knocked unconscious by the collision with the boat and lost his mask and oxygen regulator, was lying in a rocky inlet. He had swum or up to six hours against tides running "like an express train".The keen amateur di er, who is reco ering at home a ter being discharged rom hospital, said: "I was taken out se eral miles by the current be ore the tide reached slack.