East of England
Norfolk TS uncovers car safety failings
Recent inspections of used car sellers found unsafe tyres and unroadworthy vehicles
Farmer given 10-year livestock ban
A farmer guilty of welfare and disease control offences has been prosecuted
Repeat offender car dealer jailed
A car trader who sold faulty vehicles has been jailed for eight months
Suffolk TS seizes unsafe leaf blowers
Hundreds of leaf blowers which posed a fire risk were seized at the Port of Felixstowe
‘Toxic jewellery’ seized at Stansted
Essex TS seized items which contained levels of cadmium and nickel above the legal limit
Dangerous goods intercepted at port
Suffolk TS prevented 349,000 unsafe goods from reaching UK consumers in 2024
Shop fined for vape sale to minor
A Bedford shop has been prosecuted for selling a vape to a 13-year-old
Lincs rogue builder pleads guilty
A rogue builder who charged for unfinished work has been prosecuted by Lincolnshire TS
Suffolk TS takes down rogue trader
A rogue trader who charged for non-existent work has been given a suspended sentence
NE Lincs achieves POCA ruling
North East Lincolnshire Council will recover proceeds of crime from an illegal tobacco seller
Test-purchasing in North Lincs
North Lincolnshire Trading Standards has targeted retailers selling vapes to children
Suffolk TS seizes over 2,000 vapes
Vapes containing more than the legal nicotine limit were confiscated from three shops
Lincolnshire rogue trader jailed
A rogue roofer has been brought to justice by Lincolnshire Trading Standards
Bogus uni website taken down
A website for a fake university had been set up to scam money from overseas students
‘Greedy’ rogue builder jailed
A fraudster in Suffolk used victims' money to pay for holidays and shopping trips
Illicit vapes seized by Suffolk TS
Suffolk Trading Standards seized more than 2,000 illegal vapes from a shop in Ipswich