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Drug-detecting dog called Boo is hero of the hour after sniffing out around £1500 of fake tobacco at Perth shop

The joint initiative between Scottish Trading Standards services and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tackles the illegal tobacco trade at retail level

Daily Record

Pub landlord's question exposed £1.4m charity fraudster

Nicholas Hughes made £1.4m from thousands of race nights and only donated a tiny fraction of it

Liverpool Echo

Warning issued over Huggy Wuggy toys removed from Amazon which may be a 'choking hazard'

From a chicken and bacon caesar wrap to 11 faulty life jackets, here are the items being called back in after a warning from Trading Standards

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Aldi urgently recalls cheese product which 'may be unsafe to eat'

From a playsuit with a 'high risk of entrapment' to a hair dryer brush that could cause electric shock, a series of items are being called back in after a warning from Trading Standards

Wales Online

Falkirk's trading standards team praised for seizing unsafe children's scooters

The team is leading work with other councils protect people from products that have not passed safety checks

Daily Record

East Midlands Airport seizes hazardous jewellery, toxic cosmetics and unsafe toys in £17m haul

An airport team works in partnership with Border Force on the nationally funded project

Nottingham Post

Shopkeeper in court after illegal haul found stashed in basement

Sardar Mohammed, who runs Timisoara on Ashton Road, was hauled before the courts

Manchester Evening News

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Cord warning issued to parents over hoodies supplied to Ayrshire school pupils

Trading Standards issued the advice on the garments given to kids.

Daily Record

Waitrose, Spar and Lidl urgently recall products over safety concerns

Products have been pulled from sale due to a variety of reasons

Wales Online

North Lanarkshire shopkeepers warned over underage sales by Trading Standards

This follows a recent test purchase exercise where underage customers were able to buy cigarettes or vaping products

Daily Record

Shops caught selling illegal cigarettes ordered to shut

Trading Standards said shops used false walls, false ceilingsand false floors to hide illegal cigarettes

Birmingham Post

New knife rules could see shops fined £1million

Individuals who operate small shops could be fined up to 700% of their weekly income

Wales Online

Retailers could be fined up to £1m for selling knives to children

Currently there are no sentencing guidelines for selling knives to under-18s

The Independent UK

Tesco, B&Q, Decathlon and Co-op products urgently recalled over safety concerns

Products have been pulled from sale due to issues including potential salmonella, undeclared allergens and safety concerns

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Fraudster mum locked up for selling fake Covid certificates to holidaymakers at height of pandemic

Saranjeet Trina Kandola made nearly £5k tricking people into paying for fake Covid 'fit to fly' certificates

Daily Record

Trading Standards called in as fake Apple products seized from North Lanarkshire shops

A number of local punters bought the fake Apple products believing them to be genuine

Daily Record

Fake Apple goods seized from Scots shops as customers call in Trading Standards

Trading Standards Officers targeted the shops after receiving tip offs from local punters who had been conned.

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Rogue traders banned from Newcastle city centre after selling suspected fake aftershave

Police chased the three men through Eldon Square and they were found to be in possession of 150 bottles of aftershave

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Bristol Post

River Island shirts recalled over potentially 'toxic' detailing

The chain said the recall does not affect other products featuring teardrop faux pearl beads

Wales Online

Organised crime timeshare scam sees British money launderers jailed

Complex investigation including a pensioner tip-off and a bag stuffed with £180k of hard cash

Wales Online

B&M, Amazon and eBay products urgently recalled over safety concerns

Products have been removed from sale due to concerns over glass fragments and dangerous bacteria

Daily Record

Glasgow shopkeeper put neighbours at 'serious risk' by storing fireworks in roof void

Amjad Javed, 60, received a visit from Trading Standards officers, who caught him storing the explosives without a licence and in an unsafe manner.

Bristol Post

The law on vape pens and e-cigarettes as children tempted by 'sweet flavours'

"Vapes are becoming increasingly popular among secondary school children," Trading Standards says

Liverpool Echo

Off-licence sold nicotine 'Geek Bars' to children and 'had bongs in the window'

The Ormskirk Super Store was the subject of an investigation by Trading Standards after complaints children in school uniform were sold vaping products

Chronicle Live

Thousands of illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £45,000 seized by police and council in North East

The contraband was seized as part of a joint operation by North Tyneside Council’s Trading Standards team and Northumbria Police

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