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Fake Labubu Dolls Flood UK Market as Experts Share Tips on How to Spot One

UK authorities are seizing thousands of fake Labubu dolls posing safety risks to children — here's how to spot counterfeits and protect your collection.

International Business Times UK

Nicotine pouches sold to children mimic sweets, says UK trading standards body

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine product

The Guardian - UK

Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

The Independent UK

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Shops legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.

Evening Standard

Asda responds after £640k fine for selling out of date food to shoppers

TRADING Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda stores ...

The National (Scotland)

Asda fined £640,000 for selling over 100 out-of-date food items

Food safety officers found some items were more than two weeks past their sell-by date in Asda stores in Cardiff

The Independent UK

Asda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food

Trading Standards found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda’s Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff.

Evening Standard

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Martin Lewis warning to shoppers at 30 high street chains he says are 'wrong'

Martin Lewis is reporting high street chains including Monsoon, New Look, Home Bargains, The Range and Harvey Nichols to Trading Standards.

The National (Scotland)

Banned in Britain, Still on US Shelves: Jolly Ranchers Pulled Over 'Cancer‑Causing' Ingredients

Jolly Rancher sweets have been pulled from UK shelves over ingredients linked to cancer risk. Here's why the US still allows them and what consumers need to know

International Business Times UK

Fat injections and Brazilian butt lifts ‘offered in public toilets’, experts say

Trading standards professionals said unregulated products and practitioners may be putting lives at risk.

Evening Standard

Ministers urged to take action over ghost number plates

The plates have a reflective coating which prevents them from being identified by police cameras.

The Independent UK

Disposable vapes ban to come into force in bid to improve health and cut litter

The crackdown on the devices makes it illegal for any retailer – ranging from corner shops to supermarkets – to sell them.

The Independent UK

Trading Standards officers seize £6million haul of counterfeit toys from London warehouses

Toys were packaged as well-known brands including Pokémon, Pepper Pig, Star Wars and Marvel

Evening Standard

Consumers warned to avoid ‘dangerous’ nasal tanning sprays and gummies

The sprays can cause nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure and even changes in mole shape and size, Trading Standards warned.

Evening Standard

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Hammersmith couple who sold illegal vapes with nine times the legal e-liquid limit fined £4k

Himanshu Bhatia and his wife Poona Chandna pleaded guilty to a string of offences

The National (Scotland)

'Invaluable' sniffer dogs help find illegal stashes in raids on Scottish shops

TWO specially trained sniffer dogs have been praised after helping to uncover secret stashes of illegal tobacco in Scottish shops ...

The Independent UK

13% of ‘nicotine-free’ vapes contain the addictive substance – Trading Standards

All 10 products found to contain nicotine were also found to exceed the limit on the amount of e-liquid permitted in vapes.

Evening Standard

Clapham shop fined £13,000 after selling illegal vapes with potentially 'dangerous' chemicals

Clapham Mobile X Vape was ordered to pay more than £13,000 after potentially dangerous illegal vapes were found by Trading Standards

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The Independent UK

Resale ticket prices to be capped after Oasis row in bid to stamp out touts

‘For too long fans have had to endure the misery of touts hoovering up tickets for resale at vastly inflated prices,’ culture secretary Lisa Nandy said

Evening Standard

Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to clamp down on touts

The measures would aim to prevent organised touts reselling a large number of tickets at vastly inflated prices, the Government said

The Independent UK

MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought.

The National (Scotland)

Caravan salesman responds to allegations in £23K dispute

This story follows on from our exclusive joint publication with The Impartial Reporter, revealing how one couple's dream caravan purchase became a…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish couple’s dream caravan purchase ends in nightmare

A Scottish couple, hoping to secure their dream caravan from a Fermanagh car dealer, instead lost their life savings in a transaction that quickly…

The Independent UK

Disabled woman forced to clean with wet wipes for year after ‘cowboy builders’ abandoned renovation

Mary Lukins, 59, could not use the toilet or bath because water would not drain

The Conversation

Dangerous chemicals found in teeth-whitening kits bought online

UK Trading Standards has recently found that up to 90% of home-use teeth-whitening kits shipped through the mail might be unsafe.

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