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Two security guards have been praised for their quick thinking and actions to protect customers inside a pub after disorder following a football match. Videos circulating on social media showed confrontations between fans in Wolverhampton city centre after the city’s team beat Stoke City 4-1 at Molineux Stadium on Saturday. Scores of supporters could be … Read more

More than 20,000 security guard licences have been revoked over the past three years because the holder had no right to work in Britain. Figures obtained by The Telegraph reveal a sharp rise in the number of migrants being stripped of licences to guard shops, clubs and hospitals. The vast majority of those who have … Read more

Police have praised the actions of security staff from a Leeds pub after they stepped in to help a woman who was being attacked by a man armed with a broken bottle. The victim was on her way home from a meal out in March 2024 when Ibrahim Albashir grabbed her and launched a “frenzied” … Read more

A pub doorman says he was left with “horrific” injuries and then “robbed” of the chance to face his attacker. Craig Rimmer, 39, of Folkestone, assaulted Jonathon Proctor while on duty at Folkestone’s Old Cigar and Olive on November 23, 2024. Mr Proctor says the incident left him with multiple leg injuries, forcing him onto … Read more

A racist thug in Leeds has been jailed after subjecting a security guard and a police officer in Leeds to “truly foul abuse.” Antony Caton, 57, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today after pleading guilty to a number of offences, including two counts of racially aggravated harassment. Prosecutor Miah Nath told the court how … Read more

A man cycled to RAF Valley with a knife and an axe after threatening to stab a security guard. David Mottershead said if he did so “people would have to listen” to what he had to say, a court heard. Mottershead had phoned the guardroom at the Anglesey airbase before delivering a “rambling” speech during … Read more

A man has been charged after trying to enter a Preston city centre pub armed with a knife. Police were called to the Bears Paw in Church Street after doormen detained a man in possession of a ‘large knife’ at around 9pm on Sunday (August 2). The pub said “the situation was dealt with immediately” … Read more

A shoplifter tried to headbutt a store’s security guard after he was recognised as a regular thief. Romer Stephens stole from Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda stores in the Folkestone area over a 10-day period. After pilfering booze and other groceries from the Asda store on two occasions, the third time the 47-year-old entered the store … Read more

Rachel Cousins is accused of leaving the victim with a ‘puncture wound’ to her hand after whilst robbing steaks from Tesco Express A woman has appeared in court accused of stabbing a security guard with a needles during a shop robbery in Newcastle. Rachel Cousins allegedly targeted Tesco Express, on Chillingham Road, Heaton, on July … Read more

MPs from across the South West are among those leading calls for urgent, increased security following Ann Widdecombe’s death. Several MPs have told the BBC about the threats they face in every day life in the form of abusive emails, death threats on social media and encounters in the local pub. Now, Ms Widdecombe’s death … Read more