All Crime articles – Page 63

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    A retailer remains critically ill in hospital after he was shot outside his c-store in Whitehall, Bristol.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime is slashed

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Robbery prevention initiative Raid Control has had a dramatic effect on crime at participating stores, resulting in a 90% drop in robberies – from 184 to 16 – in the past year.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    A security box containing a large amount of cash was stolen from a Hampshire c-store when a store assistant was distracted.

  • Features and analysis

    Home Office to end crime figure chaos

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Crime figures could soon be easier to understand following a major parliamentary cross-party review.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    A retailer from Shropshire was assaulted by a gang she disturbed robbing her store.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2006-01-27T00:00:00Z

    A Leicestershire sub-postmistress was subjected to a terrifying attack by a robber wielding a knife.

  • Features and analysis

    Police seek witnesses after murder

    2006-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The Metropolitan Police are calling for witnesses to come forward after a c-store owner was found dead in his London store on Thursday, January 5.

  • Features and analysis

    Co-op opens crime clinic

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Southern Co-operative is to launch a drop-in centre above one of its c-stores in West Sussex to help locals voice concerns about anti-social behaviour.

  • Features and analysis

    Yob culture fuels crime

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Retailers say yob culture is the biggest reason for crime in today’s society, according to a new survey.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    A c-store customer was left seriously injured after trying to tackle two armed robbers at a store in Shropshire.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    * A Berkshire retailer is recovering after being stabbed during a vicious attack.

  • Features and analysis

    C-stores lead crime fight

    2005-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Latest statistics show crime is still increasing. However, c-stores are leading the way in bucking this trend

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-11-04T00:00:00Z

    A West Yorkshire-based c-store manager was hit around the head and face with a gun during a robbery at his store.

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-10-21T00:00:00Z

    * A masked gunman opened fire on a sales assistant at a North East c-store while his female getaway driver waited outside.

  • Features and analysis

    Bid to heal crime scars

    2005-10-07T00:00:00Z

    A campaign has been launched by the British Retail Consortium to push retail crime higher up the political agenda.

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-10-07T00:00:00Z

    A Birmingham-based c-store owner and his wife received screwdriver stab wounds to the face as they beat off armed raiders.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Police have praised the actions of a 75-year-old woman from West Yorkshire who refused to be intimidated by a knife-wielding robber.

  • News

    Sainsbury’s stores unite against crime

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s at Jacksons and Sainsbury’s at Bells are to pool their security resources to combat crime across their stores and Sainsbury’s Locals in the Midlands and North East.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    * A Derby-based convenience store manager-owner was told he would be killed unless he handed over cash from his store’s till.

  • Features and analysis

    NFRN call for more action on crime

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has called on the government to do more to protect small businesses after a survey showed that 28% of small stores had suffered at least one crime.