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North Shields shop ordered to close after fake cigarettes seized in raid by Trading Standards

Ali Baba shop in North Shields has been ordered to close for three months following the raid

Chronicle Live

Two Gateshead shops ordered to close down after illegal tobacco raids

Two shops in Bensham have been ordered to close after being found to be associated with the sale of illegal tobacco

Chronicle Live

Urgent warning issued over kitchen blender after it caused fatal fire

If anyone has one, don't use it and throw it out, say Trading Standards

Bristol Post

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Urgent warning as hundreds of potentially lethal food blenders recalled after man dies in fire

A man died in a blaze in London caused by one of the kitchen blenders

Wales Online

Disposable vape crackdown sees 13,000 ‘illicit’ devices seized in Glasgow

Officers from Trading Standards say the non-compliant vapes have been impounded for various reasons including excessive tank capacity and nicotine strength exceeding permitted levels.

Daily Record

Glasgow trading standards confiscate 13,000 illegal vapes in city-wide crackdown

The vapes were seized for reasons including tank capacity and nicotine strength exceeding permitted levels, with council officials also expressing worry that colourful, sweet-flavoured vapes appeal to youngsters

Glasgow Live

Beware scammers calling at homes trying to rip people off with toxic mould scares

Large amounts of cash of up thousands of pounds have been charged for poor trade skills and work, found to affect the ability of the property to secure a mortgage, say Trading Standards bosses

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They often look and even taste like sweets - no wonder an epidemic of underage vaping is sweeping Britain

Cynical packaging and unscrupulous shops blamed for fuelling teenage vaping scandal

Daily Mirror

Supermarket shoppers issued warning as 'half and half' bread taken off shelves

The Real Bread campaign group has been waging war againt the naming of 'half and half' loaves.

Daily Record

Couple scammed out of £77,000 by cowboy builders for a job that should cost just £1,000

Professor Nigel Wilson and his wife Dr Hanneke Wilson sent £77,000 to rogue builders for roof repairs at their home which usually cost around £1,000, Oxford Crown Court heard

Daily Mirror

Retired professor scammed out of £80,000 for £1,000 job by roofers

"One might say it was a bit of a lapse, but one does tend to take people on trust until one has some reason to doubt their credibility"

Wales Online

Warning over 'toxic mould' scammers targeting households after Awaab Ishak death

Trading Standards say cold-callers have been targeting deprived areas offering work which doesn't get completed

Manchester Evening News

Thousands of vapes seized from Oxford Street shop in police raid

A raid on a “candy store” in Oxford Street has netted suspected fake and counterfeit goods priced in excess of £100,000.

Evening Standard

Fears over significant rise in illegal sale of vapes to children

Trading Standards officers say children as young as 12 are buying vapes

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The Independent UK

Rise in vape sales to children alarms Trading Standards officers

Trading Standards teams across England and Wales reported a significant rise in underage vape sales last year.

Evening Standard

London councils crackdown on illegal vapes

Undercover operations launched across capital to target shops selling to children

Wales Online

Shop worker caught serving alcohol to 15-year-old

Chiragkumar Patel was running Shreeji Stores in December 2021 when a Trading Standards officer visited the shop

Chronicle Live

NHS-used premature baby milk urgently recalled over lead contamination fears

The products have been supplied to 13 NHS hospitals - with all now becoming urgently recalled.

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Wales Online

Fake builder scammed 11 people out of £1 million to fund gambling habit

He left his victims with unfinished homes and carried out shoddy improvement works

The Independent UK

‘A veil of lies’: ‘Builder’ scammed homeowners out of £1m and destroyed homes to fund gambling habit

One of Richard Nicholls’ victims suffered panic attacks while heavily pregnant with her first son, while an elderly woman had to find somewhere else to live for three years while her house was fixed

Daily Mirror

Dangerous kids' toys yanked from shelves as potential risk 'doesn't bear thinking about'

Two years after more than 400 toys were seized from a business in Manchester, director Akmal Habibi has been jailed as parents are warned to be careful about the toys they buy this Christmas

Wales Online

Nestlé, Iceland, Amazon, Wish, and Sainsbury's recall products over safety concerns

Products have been recalled due to the possible presence of silica beads, undeclared allergens, or risk of choking among other reasons

Daily Record

Illicit goods seized by Falkirk trading standards team get a new lease of life

Fake goods will be transformed into everything from air freshener to children's playparks

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of fake listings pulled from Instagram in huge Black Friday crackdown

Brits have been urged to be extra vigilant this Christmas as hundreds of counterfeit listings have been removed on Instagram in a clampdown by the Trading Standards

The Independent UK

Hundreds of counterfeit listings pulled from Instagram ahead of Black Friday

The listings included phone accessories, fake clothing, jewellery, tobacco and car parts.

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