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
An Asda security guard has been hailed as a wonderful human being after his extraordinary act of kindness left customers shocked. Kwabena, from north London, went out of his way to help an elderly shopper at the Edmonton Green store and make sure he got home safely. The security section leader, affectionately known as KK, … Read more
For nearly 150 years, the term ‘bouncer’ has been a byword for the burly door staff who remove undesirables from their premises. But Britain’s first female exponent of the profession is among a growing number who believe the term should be shown the door – and she prefers the name ‘ejection technician’. Delia El-Hosayny, a … Read more
A police officer kicked and punched door staff after his behaviour got him thrown out of a Cheltenham nightclub. Thiry-eight-year-old Mark Bale, an officer with Gloucestershire Constabulary, must now pay £1,500 after being found guilty of two counts of assault and one count of using threatening words or behaviour. Bale, from Gloucester and part of … Read more
Janine Robinson, from Sunderland, had been drinking in Newcastle city centre when trouble flared A mental health nurse punched a bouncer and tried to kick him while out on a hen do in Newcastle. Janine Robinson also called the victim a f****t as he tried to escort her out of a city centre bar and seconds before … Read more