A restaurant and hotel in the Peak District was the victim of a malicious prank after almost its entire Sunday service was booked out fraudulently.
Rafters At Riverside House in Ashford-in-the-Water, near Bakewell, which holds two AA rosettes and is listed in the Michelin Guide, could have lost out on almost £4,000.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, owner Alistair Myers said: “We had a no show last Saturday, who we’d tried to call, but it kept ringing out, so we thought that was a bit suspicious.