7 h. ago Store owner on shoplifting hell of terrifying knife threats and thefts

A store owner says he fears for the safety of his staff as shoplifting reaches record levels in Scotland

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1 week ago Sick robbers who broke into war veteran's home and threatened him with a knife before taking off with his MEDALS are jailed

Peter Ratcliffe, 48, and Ann Marie Simpson, 38, pushed the elderly man to the floor and threatened him with a knife before stealing his prized possessions.

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1 week ago Thieves drill through derelict building wall into boutique to steal £250,000 worth of WAGs’ must

Helpless owner watched on security camera as mob raid on celebrity store mirrored Hatton Garden heist

Economics

1 week ago Police officers appealing for information following robbery in Hamilton

Around 4.20pm on Monday, June 9, a 45-year-old man was approached by two men on the footbridge near to Birdsfield Street. They threatened him with a knife, stealing his wallet and jewellery, before leaving in the direction of Glasgow Road.

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1 week ago Pensioner robbed at knifepoint in city centre in broad daylight

He had his bike stolen and says he was threatened with a knife

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4 w. ago Waitrose owner wins go ahead for new west London store despite local opposition

Local campaigners objected to the scheme’s “outrageously oversized” towers

Politics

4 w. ago Jewish boy in hospital after ‘racially motivated assault’ at Hampstead Tube station

British Transport Police called to ‘racially aggravated assault and robbery’ after three boys ‘threatened with knife’

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4 w. ago Amputee, 92, sprayed and tasered by police was ‘suffering delirium’, jurors told

The care home called police after Donald Burgess, an amputee and wheelchair user, grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff, jurors heard.

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4 w. ago Police who sprayed and tasered amputee ‘used force first, asked questions later’

A care home had called 999 after Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff.

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