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East London restaurants targeted by ‘senseless’ window smashing attacks

10 March 2023 by

Restaurants in East London have been repeatedly targeted by vandals in a series of “senseless” attacks that are costing businesses thousands of pounds.

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Man guilty for role in £150,000 fraud at chef Stephen Terry's restaurant

10 February 2023 by

A man is facing jail for jetting off on luxury family holidays to Disney World after his wife swindled a TV chef out of £150,000.

London restaurants fined £5,000 for 'grime crime' News

London restaurants fined £5,000 for 'grime crime'

12 January 2023 by
Nightclub licence suspended after Boxing Day stabbing News

Nightclub licence suspended after Boxing Day stabbing

03 January 2023 by
Shrewsbury hotel evacuated after hoax bomb threat News

Shrewsbury hotel evacuated after hoax bomb threat

09 December 2022 by
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Police seek to identify man following assault that left restaurant worker in coma

09 December 2022 by

Brixton restaurant worker in coma following assault outside workplace News

Brixton restaurant worker in coma following assault outside workplace

08 December 2022 by

A London restaurant worker is in hospital in an induced coma after being seriously assaulted outside[...]

Housekeeper admits stealing almost £200,000 of jewellery from room of Park Lane hotel News

Housekeeper admits stealing almost £200,000 of jewellery from room of Park Lane hotel

01 December 2022 by

A housekeeper has admitted stealing nearly £200,000 worth of jewellery from a guest bedroom, while working[...]

Eight jailed after hotel wedding brawl left £15,000 trail of destruction News

Eight jailed after hotel wedding brawl left £15,000 trail of destruction

18 November 2022 by

A group of men involved in a wedding brawl that saw areas of a hotel “completely[...]

Restaurants urged to be wary over ‘rise in booking scams’ News

Restaurants urged to be wary over ‘rise in booking scams’

21 October 2022 by

A restaurant reservation platform has warned of a rise in “deeply concerning” scams targeting hospitality businesses[...]

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Crack down on food-related crime

There is a variety of food-related practices which are forms of fraud. Chancelle Blakey and Zoe Betts share how to act under the law"

20 October 2022 by
Police investigate suspected arson at Torquay hotel News

Police investigate suspected arson at Torquay hotel

03 October 2022
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Police are investigating a fire at the Trecarn hotel in Torquay, which is believed to have been started deliberately.

Businessman stole £800,000 from hotel to pay off debts News

Businessman stole £800,000 from hotel to pay off debts

15 September 2022
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A hotelier has been jailed after stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from a business.

Hospitality businesses report incidents of cooking oil theft as prices rise News

Hospitality businesses report incidents of cooking oil theft as prices rise

05 May 2022 by

Hospitality businesses have fallen victim to cooking oil theft in recent weeks amid fears of further[...]

Chef causes £13,000 of damage to pub in wage dispute 'revenge attack' News

Chef causes £13,000 of damage to pub in wage dispute 'revenge attack'

07 April 2022 by

A chef locked in a wages dispute caused £13,000 worth of damage to a north Wales[...]

Hotel boss jailed for sexually assaulting two members of staff News

Hotel boss jailed for sexually assaulting two members of staff

06 April 2022 by

The co-owner of two hotels who preyed on female members of his staff has been jailed[...]

Attempted murder charge after woman stabbed in east London restaurant News

Attempted murder charge after woman stabbed in east London restaurant

28 March 2022 by

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman in her early 20s was[...]

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Man who stole £8,100 worth of wine from Eataly London jailed

A man who stole thousands of pounds worth of wine from City of London restaurant and food hall Eataly has been jailed."

22 February 2022 by
CCTV appeal follows theft allegation amid claims of 'eating challenge dispute' News

CCTV appeal follows theft allegation amid claims of 'eating challenge dispute'

18 February 2022
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Police have issued CCTV images after a group of diners allegedly left a Marlborough restaurant without paying, in what is believed to be a dispute over an eating challenge.

Milton Keynes restaurant has licence suspended following fatal stabbing News

Milton Keynes restaurant has licence suspended following fatal stabbing

07 January 2022
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A Milton Keynes restaurant that became the scene of a fatal stabbing after Christmas has had its licence temporarily suspended.

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