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The Latest Breaking News from Trading Standards

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.

The Independent UK

London councils crackdown on illegal vapes

Undercover operations launched across capital to target shops selling to children

Evening Standard

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

Wales Online

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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.

Chronicle Live

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

Wales Online

‘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

The Independent UK

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

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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

Wales Online

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 Record

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

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of counterfeit listings pulled from Instagram ahead of Black Friday

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

The Independent UK

US candy shops on Oxford Street ‘drop by third’ after raids and legal action

Westminster Council says some of the candy and souvenir shops have evaded up to £8m in business rates

Evening Standard

East Kilbride police raids uncover counterfeit merchandise haul worth an estimated £1m

Police and Trading Standards officers have recovered a haul of counterfeit merchandise mimicking luxury brands in storage units in East Kilbride with an estimated worth of £1m.

Glasgow Live

Fake designer goods worth £1m seized by cops from Scots storage unit as man arrested

Cops and Trading Standards raided storage units in East Kilbride.

Daily Record

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North Lanarkshire Trading Standards review work in lead-up to Bonfire Night

Illegally stored fireworks worth between £6000 and £10,000 were seized from an unlicensed premises in Wishaw last Friday.

Nottingham Post

Toys, make up and hair straighteners seized from Ilkeston shop

More than 750 products were seized by Trading Standards

Daily Mirror

Great-gran, 91, left in home from hell after 'cowboy builder runs off with £9,000'

A great-grandma has been left "devastated" after taking out a lifetime mortgage to pay for a disabled-accessible kitchen and shower room - only to be left £9,000 out of pocket and her home in disarray

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian Bonfire Night safety concern as people urged to report hazards

Blackburn has become a national model for how to tackle thuggish behaviour around Bonfire Night and the community approach has been backed by a partnership of council and the emergency services

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Bensham and Newcastle police raids uncover £70,000 worth of suspected illegal tobacco and vapes

Northumbria Police raids saw almost 80,000 cigarettes, 35kg of hand rolling tobacco and 180 non-compliant vapes seized from convenience stores, a disused barber shop, a self-storage container and a car in Bensham and Newcastle

Daily Record

Strict firework rules in place ahead of Bonfire Night in bid to avoid 'war zones'

Trading Standards officers will be checking stores aren't selling fireworks to under-18s

Daily Record

Hundreds of fireworks seized from Scots barbershop during tenement block raid

Around 250 rockets were seized by Trading Standards officers who received information the pyrotechnics were allegedly being sold from within the premises.

Wales Online

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.

Liverpool Echo

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

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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

Products have been pulled from sale due to issues including potential asbestos poisoning, allergies and choking hazards among others

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