Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after a security guard was left bloodied during a protest outside a hotel housing migrants. Two members of staff at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex were left seriously injured as anti-immigration protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators on Sunday. It came after an asylum seeker who was staying at … Read more
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
A person has been injured during an incident that sparked a late-night 999 response in Bishop Auckland. Newgate Street was taped off last night and remains taped off today (June 29) following a reported incident between two members of the public and a member of staff from the Tap and Tun pub at around 9.30pm. … 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