
During the pandemic, you weren’t allowed to enter a supermarket without a mask. These days, of course, there’s no need for that. Instead, you need a stab vest, a riot shield and a bulletproof helmet.
Alright, so that’s possibly an exaggeration. But not by much. Our supermarkets really do seem perilously close to anarchy. Shoplifting is surging – and staff are terrified.
It’s got so bad that Tesco is getting staff to wear body-cams, to help catch shoplifters who assault them. This is more and more common: incidents of violent behaviour towards retail employees have doubled since before the pandemic. Sainsbury’s, meanwhile, has started carrying out bag searches at its self-service tills.

A manhunt has been launched for a soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning.








A PREDATOR who tried to rape a sleeping woman at King’s Cross station told police it was “okay because she wasn’t dead”.
A Canadian man arrested by British police at Heathrow Airport last week on suspicion of terrorism offences has now been formally charged.