All Crime articles – Page 23
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Features and analysisRugby retailer caught selling hundreds of laughing gas cannisters
He has been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 240 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to selling nitrous oxide
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Features and analysisCoventry store issued issued with closure order over illicit vapes
A store in Coventry has been ordered to close its doors for six weeks after a Council investigation revealed “persistent sale” of illegal tobacco and vaping products
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Features and analysisPolice hunting couple after convenience store theft in New Forest
The incident occurred between 4pm and 4.45pm on Friday, October 18, atthe Co-op in Station Road, Sway
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Features and analysisLincolnshire Co-op invests £200k into body cameras after 245% rise in threats and abuse
The society has seen a 245% increase in incidents of threats and abuse to colleagues in the past five years
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Features and analysisBRC urges customers to remain patient, kind and considerate this Christmas
The plea comes ahead of the busy shopping period beginning with Black Friday
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Features and analysisRespect Orders welcomed by Usdaw union as a key step to tackle retail crime epidemic
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed proposed action from Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
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Features and analysisACS needs your feedback on crime in stores
The Association of Convenience Stores has this week called on every retailer to fill in its annual Crime Survey
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Features and analysisTwo million fake cigarettes taken off the streets of Hull
Hull City Council’s Tobacco Control Team has seized two million counterfeit cigarettes this year
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Features and analysisPublic urged to respect retail staff during festive period
The Scottish Retail Consortium and trade union Usdaw have urged the public to be ‘kind and considerate’ to all retail workers and fellow customers when doing their shopping this Christmas
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Features and analysisPolicing Minister pledges crackdown on retail crime to protect shop workers
Johnson announced a series of measures at a retail crime summit yesterday, hosted by Usdaw
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Features and analysis11.5 million illicit cigarettes seized in Northern Ireland
Four men have been arrested after the seizure of more than 11m cigarettes in Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Features and analysisJTI undercover operation reveals illicit tobacco and vapes in Leeds stores
An undercover operation conducted by JTI at stores in Leeds has revealed the abundant presence of illicit tobacco and vapes
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Features and analysisRespect for Shopworkers Week 2024: Enough is enough
Usdaw has launched shocking statistics from its annual survey to mark the beginning of this year’s Respect for Shopworkers week
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Features and analysisMassive £1.6m haul of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and vapes taken off Lancashire streets
Haul labelled one of the biggest Trading Standards seizures in Hyndburn to date
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Features and analysisNational Police Chiefs Council asks for smaller retailers’ help on knife crime
The review will explore the effectiveness of current legislation, policy and practice when it comes to knife crime
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Features and analysisLords committee calls for immediate action to tackle shop theft
The ACS welcomes the findings of a new inquiry from the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee
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Features and analysisGovernment to ‘crack down on organised gangs’ and ‘scrap low-value shoplifting’
These decisions were announced today as Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first budget since 2010
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Features and analysisIndies demand tougher police action as shoplifting levels reach all-time high
A new survery from the Fed found that 91% of indies called for more police patrols on streets
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Features and analysisNI Justice Minister to ‘consider assault on retail workers a specific stand-alone offence’
Northern Ireland Retail Consortium and Usdaw met with NI Justice Minister Naomi Long MLA
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Features and analysisNew figures show highest level of shoplifting since records began
ONS figures show a record number of shoplifting offences in the year to June 2024