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A Calderdale pub has paid tribute to a much-loved doorman who has died. Paul Randall was part of the team at The Blind Pig in Sowerby Bridge, where colleagues have described him as a “beautiful person, inside and out”. He started work at the pub around seven years ago, proving “an instant hit” with everyone. … Read more

A MAN who assaulted a security guard at a toy store when he was accused of stealing Lego has been admonished after he kept out of trouble for six months. Kyle Ferrier was told to be of good behaviour by a sheriff after he pleaded guilty to striking employee Lukasz Guerlinski to the face at … Read more

A MAN who knocked out a security guard as he tried to kick him out of a Kilwinning pub has narrowly avoided jail. David Kirk – also known to use the surname Currie – injured the man’s spleen and kidney by striking him with a pool cue amid an altercation as he was previously barred … Read more

Today (Thursday 3 April 2025) the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – Martyn’s Law – has received Royal Assent. In welcoming the news, Heather Baily, Chair of the SIA, said: This is a watershed moment for public safety in the UK. Martyn’s Law will improve protective security and security standards at venues across the … Read more

UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall was left horrified after seeing a man bite off another man’s nose before swallowing it while working as a bouncer. Tom Aspinall once saw a man bite off another man’s nose and then swallow it. The 31-year-old from Atherton has carved out a reputation for himself in the UFC, … Read more

A ‘VOLATILE’ pubgoer who was on his first night out since turning 18 grabbed a bouncer ‘in an intimate manner’ as he was being restrained. Dalton Charleton, 18, was seen kicking a car outside Joe Bananas pub in Whitehaven at 3am on March 1, Workington Magistrates’ Court heard. Pamela Fee, prosecuting, said one of the … Read more

A SALESMAN has been handed a suspended jail term after threatening to stab pub staff, armed with a screwdriver and a knife hidden in his underwear. Jack Cowan admitted possessing a bladed article and using threatening behaviour at The Crown Hotel pub in Ryde High Street, on July 13 last year. The 32-year-old appeared at … Read more

A DOORMAN with a criminal record that includes violence has admitted a assaulting a man outside a Carlisle city centre bar. At the city’s magistrates’ court, Carl Armstrong, 38, also admitted using threatening behaviour and damaging a police cell by deliberately urinating in it after he was detained. He was not on duty when he … Read more

A former Miss Scotland bit a security guard and branded him “a ni**er” in a shocking racist attack at a rugby tournament in Edinburgh. Disgraced beauty queen Lucy Thomson sank her teeth into the hand of Andrew Okpaje and made the vile racist slur while she was being thrown out of the Edinburgh City 7s … Read more