All Crime articles – Page 43
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Police have praised the actions of a 75-year-old woman from West Yorkshire who refused to be intimidated by a knife-wielding robber.
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* A Derby-based convenience store manager-owner was told he would be killed unless he handed over cash from his store’s till.
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Sainsbury’s stores unite against crime
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.
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A teenage c-store worker in Leicestershire was forced to the ground and grabbed around the neck during an attempted robbery.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Here’s a scam masquerading as a worthy police campaign.
This is the old familiar drugs awareness publication aimed at schools. Peter Smith, who runs Sutton Benger Post Office near Chippenham in Wiltshire, was approached a year or so ago by a rep selling space on behalf of Wiltshire Police for a booklet to be circulated to schools to prevent ...
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NFRN call for more action on crime
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.
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Shoplifters more likely to be male
Men are more likely than women to shoplift and put their hand in the till, according to new research.
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Staff at a Warwickshire c-store had to be rescued by police after they were left locked in a storeroom overnight by armed robbers.
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Crime toll hits small businesses
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has repeated its call to the government to make business crime a key performance indicator for police, after a new report found that 58% of small businesses fall victim to criminal activity each year.
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New focus on retail crime
Home Office minister Hazel Blears has backed C-Store’s Zero Tolerance anti-crime campaign.
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Co-op police unit trial fits the bill
The number of Co-operative Group c-stores with integrated police offices could increase after the success of the first one, in south-east London.
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ATMs come clean
Shoppers using fee-charging ATMs in c-stores will be told exactly how much they are being charged under new rules that have come into force.
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Report questions crime schemes
Retailers have called on the government to re-think its policy over Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) after a new report said it was not clear how much they contributed to a reduction in crime.
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A Welsh c-store manager has faced down an armed robber, forcing him to flee empty-handed.
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Police close in on ram raid gangs
Police in East Anglia are on the trail of travelling gangs, who they suspect are behind the spate of ram raids on over 100 c-stores since August last year.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: It’s criminal. You try your best and you wind up in court.
Byron Jackson first emailed me in February. He and his wife Nadette, who run a Spar store in South Wales, were about to be prosecuted and were totally shell-shocked.
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A brave c-store owner from South London fought off a pistol-wielding robber by bashing him over the head with his mug.
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Uncovering crime
Mark Wingett reports on retailers’ attitudes towards people wearing hats, caps and hooded tops in their stores
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Serving notice on crime
Mark Wingett reports on a retailer who’s on a mission to combat crime across two local communities
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Report Every Crime, Every Time
A ‘Report Every Crime, Every Time!’ campaign has been launched by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) in conjunction with C-Store’s sister publication Scottish Local Retailer (SLR).