FOUND: 6 | Mind Blowing Facts

Mum 'spent week crying' over 'wonky conservatory' and 'bombsite' garden

Rebecca Jordan claims she paid £3.5k instead of £2k for the 'unlevel' building. Trading Standards were unable to intervene as they have no powers to require traders to put work right or refund money.

Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022

Fake U2, Foo Fighters and Nickelback t-shirts sold by Merseyside firm

Trading Standards found T-Shirt Subway sold tens of thousands of pounds of counterfeit tops

Liverpool Echo · Oct 15, 2022

Tesco and Lidl recall food items due to small pieces of metal and allergy concerns

Supermarkets Tesco and Lidl have had to recall a number of food items due to health and safety concerns - including one item that may contain small pieces of metal

Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

Criminal case into allegations of fraud and aggressive sales practices dropped after Fischer Future Heat strikes deal with Trading Standards

Electric heater company agrees to number of conditions and financial redress for complainants

Birmingham Post · Sep 30, 2022

Child killer, 'promising' footballer and hotel owner among crooks jailed this week

These are the criminals from our region who were locked up over the past seven days

Liverpool Echo · Sep 19, 2022

Woman bravely fought back when carjacker attacked her with a pair of scissors

Robber then stormed a shop brandishing a fake gun while claiming to be from Trading Standards

Liverpool Echo · Sep 17, 2022

Shopkeeper caught selling 47,000 illegal cigarettes tries to run away

Salih Ali tried to run away from Trading Standards officers when they visited his shop

Liverpool Echo · Sep 14, 2022

Lanarkshire neighbours in dark as to whether work on homes can be complete despite spending thousands

The three neighbours iclaim they have wasted £15,000 between them due to the unfinished work, which started back on June 24

Daily Record · Aug 31, 2022

Packaged goods in almost half of stores weigh less than claimed, tests find

SCOTS not getting what they have paid for could be contributing to the cost-of-living crisis, Trading Standards officers have warned, after stores…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2022

Trading Standards issue urgent reminder for people to collect free SIM cards amid rise in scams

To date, trueCall devices provided through Trading Standards Scotland projects have blocked almost one million nuisance calls to Scottish landlines and prevented over 1,300 scams.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 9, 2022