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Would-Be MP Jailed For Defrauding Students Thousands Of Pounds

PA | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Trading Standards, Fraud, UK Students, UK Exams, UK News, UK Crime, Vincent McKee, UK Universities & Education News

A would-be MP has been jailed for defrauding students and their families out of more than £20,000. Vincent McKee, 54, was sentenced at Coventry Cr...

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'Urgent' Warning Over Fake Vodka Which Could Cause Blindness

PA | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK
Read More: New Year's Eve, Counterfeiting, Counterfeit Goods, Alcohol, Trading Standards, Fake Alcohol, New Year's Eve 2011, Fake Vodka, Drinking, Vodka, UK News

Revellers looking to buy cheap alcohol to see in the New Year have been warned about the dangers of counterfeit vodka. Council trading standard tea...

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Public's Taste Buds Fuels Huge Rise In Lamb Rustling

PA | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Trading Standards, Lamb, Welsh Lamb, UK Food, Black Market, Illegal Trading, Farmers, Christmas Market, UK News

Lamb rustling has rocketed by 250% in the last year as thieves increasingly target mouth-watering black market profits. The public's taste for tend...

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Student Jailed For Selling 'Poisonous' Jewellery

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Trading Standards, UK Students, UK News, UK Crime, UK Universities & Education News

A Chinese student has been jailed for selling "poisonous" jewellery after he was caught with £3m worth of fake goods containing dangerously high leve...

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Watchdog Warns Coloured Contact Lenses Can Lead To Blindness

www.dailymail.co.uk | Posted 12.10.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Trading Standards, Coloured Contact Lenses, Contact Lenses, Eye Infections, Vision Impairment, Corneal Ulcers, Blindness, UK Lifestyle News

Young Britons could be putting their sight at risk by wearing illegally sold cosmetic contact lenses, trading standards watchdogs warned. ...

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