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Ireland Increases Minimum Pay for Security Workers, UK Faces Challenges in Following Suit The Republic of Ireland has announced a significant boost to the minimum pay for adult workers in the security industry under a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO). The move, which raises the hourly rate from €14.50 to €15.41, has been hailed as … Read more

A dealer was caught after he ended up on the floor in a nightclub and drugs fell out of his pocket. Callum Harrison was “apparently intoxicated” at Digital in Newcastle in February 2023 and a bouncer was told that he was on the floor so went to help. Newcastle Crown Court heard as the doorman … Read more

A County Derry man who worked as a security guard at Meadowlane Shopping Centre in Magherafelt has been remembered as ‘a quiet man with a genuinely kind heart’. TJ Cudden passed away peacefully at hospital surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 5. The Magherafelt man had worked as a security guard in the … Read more

A Worksop woman beat a security guard over the head with a bicycle seat during an attempted theft at a sandwich factory, a court has heard. Jamie Corby and her male accomplice used a staff fob to enter a bike shed at Greencore Sandwiches, on Manton Wood Enterprise Park, in the early hours of April … Read more

A drunken university student who was banned from every pub in the country due to his habit of biting bouncers has avoided jail. University student Jack Higgins-Burnett was prohibited from entering any pub, bar or nightclub in England and Wales for six months after a spate of assaults using his teeth. Within weeks of the … Read more

A DRUNKEN woman jumped on the face of a town centre pub doorman, knocking out part of his tooth. The culprit – a former Berkshire homelessness project boss – was angry because her friend had been tackled by door security, Reading magistrates heard on Wednesday, July 2. Victim Chris Packham suffered a broken tooth as … Read more

A man drew blood when he punched a bouncer outside a pub as he was being removed Jack Skinner, 20, of Wilton Avenue, Southampton, admitted causing actual bodily harm to a woman and damaging her glasses. He appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on Monday, June 23, following the incident on May 4, 2025, outside The … Read more

Conran Morgan’s desperate actions turned his stash of drugs into ‘mush’ after he was caught ‘spinning pills’ at a rave A teenager attempted to destroy the evidence after he was caught “spinning pills” at a rave. Conran Morgan’s desperate actions turned his stash of ecstasy tablets into “mush” as he “tried to get rid of … Read more

A knifeman who threatened a store security guard with a knife was jailed at Plymouth Crown Court this week. Aaron Williams was high on Spice and alcohol when he went with two other men to an Aldi store in Union Street, Plymouth, in June and stole a box of beer. On Monday, June 16, Plymouth Crown … Read more