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According to the Metro website, a group of small business owners in Haslemere, Surrey, have launched a vigilante WhatsApp group to counter the rise in ‘well-off, middle-aged’ shoplifters.

The traders send pictures on the WhatsApp group warning each other that previously identified thieves are in the area.

As reported on the Mirror website, potty thieves have stolen 13 portable toilets in a late-evening raid, leaving a company £12,000 out of pocket.

Amy Philpot – GM of AndyLoos – said their depot in Banbury was broken into, with three vehicles involved in the raid, the third acting as a lookout.

The Kent Online website reports that two asylum seekers went out on a shoplifting spree at Bluewater to steal expensive designer handbags to sell on.

Frans Epentrius and Tobias Iileka – both waiting for their claims for asylum to be processed – went into a John Lewis store armed with a pair of wire cutters.

According the Express website, a paramedic stole an estimated £3,000-worth of medical equipment from the NHS during the pandemic and attempted to sell it on eBay.

Rainer Morgan-Kavanaugh stole items including an oxygen canister and a heart monitor from a storeroom.

According to the Simply Business website, Poundland is cracking down on shoplifters and is issuing staff with headsets – and even bodycams – as part of its Against Retail Crime initiative.

The new initiative will see all staff wearing the headsets, allowing quicker communication between workers.

According to the South Wales Guardian website, an employee of Food Warehouse has pleaded guilty to stealing more than £15,500 from his employer.

Richard Lewis stole from the company over a five-month period during 2021.