RSPCA warns dog owners to look out for dognappers pretending to be inspectors

RSPCA warns dog owners to look out for dognappers pretending to be inspectors from the animal charity A white van with RSPCA signs has stopped dog owners to ask if pets were stolen Charity has stressed you shoud ask to see official ID and look for RSPCA badge It comes amid a surge in dog … Read more

Inspectors slam ‘bleak regime’ at privately-run children’s jail

Inspectors have called for urgent action to prevent the unacceptable treatment of vulnerable children in a ‘bleak regime’ at a privately-run children’s prison. Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have issued a rare urgent notification (UN) to the Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, over the ‘continued poor care and leadership’ … Read more

Care homes are demanding mandatory testing of inspectors to prevent putting elderly ‘lives at risk’

Care homes are demanding mandatory testing of inspectors to prevent putting elderly ‘lives at risk’ after more than 100 reported coronavirus symptoms Care Quality Commission (CQC) had suspended inspections for five months But last month the watchdog took the decision to redeploy its inspectors Coronavirus testing for inspectors visiting homes is not currently compulsory   It is … Read more

City Inspectors peer through letter boxes on the hunt for illegal lock-ins after 10pm Covid curfew

Nosy council inspectors have been peering through letterboxes and windows in an effort to track down pubs and clubs holding lock-ins past the coronavirus curfew. The City of Westminster Council workers were caught in the act peeping into venues in usually-bustling Soho in London. Restrictions currently in place throughout England ban venues from being open … Read more

Iran to allow UN nuclear inspectors to access two suspect sites

Iran agrees to allow UN nuclear inspectors to access two suspect sites – despite ‘extensive sanitization and levelling’ by Tehran rendering any such investigation useless International Atomic Energy Agency said Tehran voluntarily giving access UN-backed agency said it was looking at two unnamed locations in Iran But in a June report, IAEA said that three … Read more

Robbers disguised as health inspectors steal £10,000 from South African supermarket 

Robbers disguised as health inspectors in full coronavirus PPE steal £10,000 from South African supermarket Gang stole 200,000 ZAR, or £9,392, from a pension payout point in South Africa Pretended to be coronavirus health inspectors to carry out the robbery Held manager and staff member at gunpoint as removed all cash from a safe  Here’s how … Read more

Horrified health inspectors shut down chicken shop after finding raw sewage in the sink

Horrified environmental health inspectors shut down fried chicken shop near Clapham Junction after finding raw sewage in the kitchen sink Inspectors found the shop flooded with raw sewage, including faecal matter  Chicken wings were defrosting in a sink next another with raw sewage in   The magistrates declined to view video footage, saying they had seen … Read more