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England fans warned over Germany's 'Zombieland' where drugs and brothels allowed
SPECIAL REPORT: What England fans can really expect from Bahnhofsviertel, Frankfurt's dangerous station district, that has been dubbed 'Germany's worst slum' ahead of the Three Lions' Group C showdown with Denmark
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Supermarket putting £2 chocolate bars in anti-shoplifter security boxes
The GPS protected cases were spotted on shelves at a Co-op store in a bid to ramp up anti-theft measures. The supermarket has locked away meats, cheeses, chocolate and baby formula
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'Labour a safe pair of hands for workers as it plans clamp down on shoplifting'
Under a Labour government, police will no longer be able to ignore shoplifters who steal products worth less than £200 which will help keep shop workers safe at work
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Moment Sainsbury's 'shoplifter fights security guard before stealing whiskey'
The alleged culprit dressed in an all-black could be seen with the bottles of alcohol in his hands however, things got difficult when the guard tried to take the bottles away
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Dine and dash couple 'ruthlessly exploited' family for £1,000 restaurant spree
Bernard and Ann McDonagh were told they had 'ruthlessly exploited' their children after they were filmed doing a 'dine-and-dash' from a restaurant during a £1,000 spree
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Shopper branded 'thief' and told to leave store after facial recognition error
A woman said she was accused of being a shoplifter after being wrongly flagged by a system called Facewatch. Her bag was searched and she was told to leave the Home Bargains shop
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Shoplifting gangs 'flying to UK to ransack shops', intelligence chief warns
An inquiry into the UK's shoplifting crisis heard a warning from the head of national intelligence unit Opal that criminals are getting cheap flights to target stores
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Houses of Parliament cops seize knives and pepper spray from visitors
All visitors must go through airport-style scanners before entering the building to detect any contraband. Records also show arrests were made for violent crimes, shoplifting and criminal damage
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Sports Direct and JD Sports staff 'punched, headbutted and bitten' in store
Sports Direct and JD Sports, which together have around 4,000 stores in the UK, say retail workers have suffered several assaults per week at the hands of violent shoplifters
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Dine and dash couple admit skipping out on restaurant bills worth hundreds
Bernard and Ann McDonagh have pleaded guilty to skipping out on paying bills cumulatively worth hundreds of pounds at multiple restaurants across Wales - police charged them last month
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Bungling shoplifter caught on CCTV after a knife falls out of his trousers
CCTV footage captured Soma Deasley, 36, stealing wine and sweets from a convenience store and stuffing them in his backpack - but he dropped a knife in the act
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Starmer pledges to crackdown on shoplifting in speech to retail workers
The Labour leader said his party would 'put shoplifters on notice' as he addressed the retail union Usdaw's conference in Blackpool, which is due to host a by-election this week
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Keir Starmer puts ‘shoplifters on notice’ as thieves get off in 250,000 cases
In a speech on the campaign trail in Blackpool, Labour leader Keir Starmer confirmed plans to axe a Tory law that downgraded the theft of goods worth less than £200 to a minor offence
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Shoplifting rises nearly 40% in a year as organised criminals let off the hook
Latest data reveals there were over 430,000 cases in England and Wales last year - up from 315,000 a year earlier as Tories were accused of letting criminals get away with it
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Woman 'pretends to go to ATM before dodging £151 bill' in new dine and dash row
Footage sent to The Mirror by The Yard, a pizzeria in Cowbridge, south Wales, shows the woman "do a runner" after allegedly asking staff where the nearest cashpoint was
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Shoplifter stole 86 Creme Eggs in 3-week spree at Tesco, One Stop and Iceland
Darren McCaul, 32, of no fixed address stole hundreds of pounds worth of items including chocolates across shops in Fleetwood, Lancashire between March and April of this year
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Man and woman arrested after restaurants suffer spate of 'dine and dash' frauds
Police have arrested a man and a woman in connection with a series of dine-and-dash sprees across south Wales - officers are continuing with their investigation
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Co-op locks up meat as Britain's shops hit by thieves every 78 seconds
Home Office figures expose the scale of the shoplifting epidemic sweeping the country as one Co-op near Didsbury in Manchester puts cuts of meat in locked security boxes
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Retailers welcome Government U-turn on new offence of assaulting shopworkers
The new offence will carry a maximum sentence of six months' imprisonment or an unlimited fine, the same sentence for the existing offence of common assault
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Mum of boy, 5, found dead in suitcase calls herself 'princess' in court
Police arrested a woman who has been on the run for two years after she was accused of stuffing a 5-year-old boy into a suitcase and leaving him for dead in the woods - but she claims she had to take off because her name is 'Princess' and 'Space Force' was after her
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Shoplifter had 130 Marks & Spencer eggs in car boot when police pulled her over
Police arrested and charged a woman yesterday with theft and driving offences before officers decided to share the news with a photo - and also indulged in some puns
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Serial shoplifter who broke shopkeeper's eye socket in pie row jailed - again
Ryan Ogilvie from Dundee has been banned from Asda and Sainsbury's after staff said the frequent crimes he's committing in stores is increasing their regular workload
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'Voters can't forget the last 14 years of Tory rule ahead of general election'
As the UK heads for a general election, British voters will need to be wary as the Tories will try their hardest to make them forget the last 14 years with their spring budget on March 6
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Mum dubbed next 'Hot Felon' earns £70k a month after mugshot goes viral
Abbie Newman, 28, from Atlanta, Georgia models on OnlyFans but saw her life 'completely change' around after a drunken shoplifting incident that resulted in a few days behind bars
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Tesco and Sainsbury's boost their security in bid to protect Easter eggs
Supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury's are making the changes to try and ward off thieves as shoplifting rates rise by 25%