All Crime articles – Page 11
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Features and analysisHome Secretary praises retail industry in Second Reading of Crime and Policing Bill
Home secretary Yvette Cooper outlined the details within the upcoming bill to MPs
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Features and analysis80% of stores caught selling corrosives to minors in Gloucestershire undercover sting
The products sold included brick and patio cleaner, plughole unblocker and caustic soda drain unblocker
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Features and analysisLocal shops lost £316m to retail crime in 2024
The ACS’s latest 2025 Crime Report found that shop theft has reached a record high
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Features and analysis‘Nicotine free’ vapes found to contain nicotine
National Trading Standards has issued a warning following a study on nicotine free vapes
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Features and analysisImperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to protect retailers
Imperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to help protect retailers from theft and illicit trade
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Features and analysis66,000 illicit nicotine pouches destined for UK seized in Kent
66,000 tubs of nicotine pouches have been detained by the Kent Trading Standards’ ports team
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Features and analysisACS ‘strongly’ encourages retailers to host local MPs in their stores
A recent store visit saw retailer Amit Puntambekar discuss his experience with retail crime
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Features and analysisSouth West operation seizes over £37,000 of illegal tobacco and vapes
13 out of 14 stores visited were found to be selling illegal products
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Features and analysisWhich new penalties are being introduced in the Crime and Policing Bill?
What do the new measures mean for retailers?
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Features and analysisDangling burglar drops straight into jail
A burglar was spotted dangling from the ceiling by staff at Sainsbury’s Local in Radford last Friday
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Features and analysisTrade bodies welcome government measures to protect retail workers and high streets
Trade bodies has praised the announcement of measures to protect retail staff
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Features and analysisRetailers call for more resources to support new Crime and Policing Bill
The Crime and Policing Bill aimed at tackling retail crime and helping communities will be introduced in Parliament today
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Features and analysisGovernment’s new Crime and Policing Bill aims to tackle retail crime and help communities
The Crime and Policing Bill sets out new measures aimed at tackling shop theft and anti-social behaviour
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Features and analysisLincolnshire operation seizes ‘biggest retail haul’ of illicit cigarettes and vapes yet
More than 90,000 cigarettes, 300 vapes and 10kg of tobacco have been seized from seven stores in Lincolnshire
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Features and analysisMan who smashed wine bottle over shopworker’s head jailed for over 15 years
Zach Porter also held a screwdriver to the ribs of another shopworker
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Features and analysisScottish retailers fall victim to fake £20 Bank of England notes
The counterfeit notes pass UV note checkers, said What Every Wants in Hamilton
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Features and analysisSwindon store’s rat infestation leads to closure and £30k fine
A court has fined a shopkeeper just under £30k after discovering his store was home to countless rats
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Features and analysisIllegal cigarette and vape crackdown sees 68 Lincolnshire stores served closure orders
More than 670,000 illicit cigarettes were removed from the streets of Lincolnshire last year
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Features and analysisDuo jailed for armed robbery in Suffolk
A woman and a man have been jailed for a combined total of more than six years
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Features and analysisIllegal vape and cigarette seizures sweep across the country
Recent operations across multiple counties have seen hundreds and thousands of illegal vapes and tobacco products seized from stores