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John Hogg has accused the local authority of “punishing” low income workers with a cash grab that will extend fees to 10pm in all city zones. The 60-year-old, from Govan, has launched a petition which has gained more than 10,000 signatures slamming the plans. Glasgow City Council made the decision after their budget required £107m … Read more

The Work Relations Commission (WRC) has dismissed a claim by a former doorman at The George that he was fired after supposedly pushing a trans woman down the stairs. Ellison Silva dos Santos asserted that he was sacked by the Dublin LGBTQ+ bar’s general manager two days after an altercation had taken place between him … Read more

AN INTOXICATED man made chilling threats to stab a bouncer outside a Workington bar while he had a key lodged between his knuckles. Daniel Irving, 36, had taken half a gram of cocaine and half a gram of ketamine prior to the incident near Padua’s Bar on Washington Street in the early hours of October … Read more

A security guard said he was “in training” after being caught carrying 11 knives and circular saws in his rucksack. The bounty of weapons was revealed after Stefan Marin was spotted waving the blades around on a busy street in Maghull. The incident unfolded in front of shocked motorists, who had been stopped at a … Read more

Four Worksop men who “should have known better” attacked security staff in “an appalling piece of street violence” when they were refused entry to a nightclub. The brawl outside Rewind, on November 13 2021, was ignited when Daniel Simpson, aged 46, got in a doorman’s face and was shoved over, Eddie Leonard, prosecuting, told Nottingham … Read more

A shoplifter who smiled at security as she walked out of a store with a bottle of wine has been jailed. Claire Wood, 49, stole several bottles from shops across Chelmsford, Essex, and showed “no remorse” as she gave a security guard a thumbs-up while leaving. Wood, of Searle Place, Great Leighs, was arrested by … Read more

A security guard at Tesco was hospitalised after being struck in the face by someone trying to leave the supermarket without paying for everything in their trolley. An offender acted “aggressively” towards two security guards at a Tesco supermarket in Bletchley at around 2:25pm on Saturday, January 6, after they were caught leaving without paying … Read more

Touching tributes have been paid to a much-loved Bracknell doorman and father who passed away suddenly at the beginning of 2024. Steve Whittaker – also known as Rhino – is known for his work at several of Bracknell and Ascot’s old hotspots including Frisco Jacks and Club One. After suddenly passing away on January 18, … Read more

A WOMAN has been spared detention after being racially abusive to a doorman. Angel Barnes also appeared before the courts for assaulting two people, with all offences occurring in Warrington. The 22-year-old was charged with racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words and two counts of assault by beating. She pleaded guilty to the … Read more

A University of Glasgow student who attacked bouncers at Glasgow University Union (GUU)’s Hive nightclub has been ordered to pay them £400 in compensation. Third year engineering student Archibald Watters pled guilty to assaulting door staff outside Hive on 4 February 2022 after they refused him entry. The 19-year-old student, originally from Edinburgh, was told … Read more