Westfield hungry for success at Merry Hill

Hungry shoppers at Westfield's Merry Hill shopping centre in Dudley, West Midlands need starve no more, as the Australian retail giant has just opened its £24m Eat Central foodcourt within the centre - just in time for the Christmas rush... (fingers crossed).

Yes, fast food heavyweights and restaurants including: KFC, Burger King, Nandos, and Subway have opened outlets to feed the masses.

And who better to open the new foodcourt than celebrity chef James Martin?

Cynics out there may say that it is a tad ironic that the star of BBC1's Saturday Kitchen - who regularly urges viewers to shun unhealthy takeaways, to cook their own healthy meals at home instead - was the star attraction at the opening of the new foodcourt which will house 16 eateries... hmmn...