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Experts Issue New Warning Over Squishy Dumpling Toy, Parents Are Urged To Throw Away Immediately

The toys have been recalled in the UK for containing cancer-causing chemicals.

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More than 33 million illicit cigarettes seized from UK shops in major crackdown

The haul is part of Operation CeCe, a joint initiative between National Trading Standards and HM Revenue and Customs

The Independent UK

Dad notices strong smell coming from daughter’s toy. Then he finds out she has been playing with something that ’causes acute leukaemia’

"Don't buy these. If you have them, return them."

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Three arrested in immigration and tax evasion raids on London souvenir shops

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Home Office staff made surprise visits to six central London stores that stock royal family and UK-themed gifts

Evening Standard

Half a million viral 'squishy' toys seized at Heathrow Airport

Trading Standard officers have stopped 500,000 potentially dangerous ‘squishy’ toys from entering the UK in the last two months

Evening Standard

New powers to shut down ‘dodgy’ vape shops and barbers for a year

The Government plans to bring in secondary legislation to extend the closure orders by the end of the year

The Independent UK

Report your 'dodgy barber' in London to police if you think it's a crime front, says security minister Dan Jarvis

‘Where people see activity that they believe is criminal, they absolutely should report it,’ says Home Office minister Mr Jarvis

Evening Standard

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UK launches major police crackdown on high street organised crime gangs

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Thousands of businesses ‘to be raided’ amid nationwide crackdown on shops with links to organised crime

Hundreds of arrests are expected to be made and millions in cash seized as a result of the new operation

The Independent UK

Half of convenience and vape stores in some areas linked to organised crime

Trading Standards found that 97% of its officers are aware of suspected organised crime groups operating on their local high streets.

Evening Standard

Organised crime gangs using staggering number of UK vape and candy shops as fronts, warns report

In some parts of the UK, the groups may be operating through as many as half of all vape retailers

The Independent UK

How ‘easy’ it is to buy vapes and lip filler underage on UK high street

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The Independent UK

Teens can ‘easily’ buy vapes and lip filler on the high street, investigation finds

Teenage girl given consultation for cosmetic surgery during research by Which?

The Independent UK

The UK is about to start an experiment that could end smoking for good – but it won’t be easy

Anyone born after January 1 2009 will never be able to legally buy tobacco in the UK thanks to the tobacco and vapes bill, which is expected to become law in March 2026. When it does, it will mean that the legal age for tobacco sales will rise by one…

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Asda fined £500,000 for selling out-of-date food in UK store

The retailer pleaded guilty to five food safety offences after expired products, some weeks old, were repeatedly found on shelves

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets retailers fined over £13,000 for selling alcohol and dangerous chemicals to children

The businesses were fined for their ‘deeply irresponsible’ actions

Evening Standard

Thousands of counterfeit viral dolls seized over safety concerns

Labubu dolls have been promoted by celebrities across the globe.

The Independent UK

How to spot a fake Labubu doll as warning issued over ‘Lafufus’

Thousands of counterfeit Labubu dolls have been seized from shops across the country amid safety concerns

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Surge in counterfeit Labubu dolls 'serious safety risk to children' after hundreds seized in south London

Trading Standards said poor quality dolls have loose parts and poor-quality stitching that are a choking hazard

Evening Standard

Men who conspired to sell meat meant for pet food to south London shoppers are jailed

Anthony Fear and Azar Irshad have been jailed for their role in a conspiracy to sell meat meant to be used in pet food to customers

The Independent UK

Two men jailed over plot to sell meat meant for pet food – including lambs’ testicles – to shoppers

Anthony Fear and Azar Irshad have been jailed for their role in a conspiracy to sell meat meant to be used in pet food to customers

International Business Times UK

Fake Labubu Dolls Flood UK Market as Experts Share Tips on How to Spot One

UK authorities are seizing thousands of fake Labubu dolls posing safety risks to children — here's how to spot counterfeits and protect your collection.

The Guardian - UK

Nicotine pouches sold to children mimic sweets, says UK trading standards body

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine product

Evening Standard

Shops legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.

The Independent UK

Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

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