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6 Dec 2021

Off licence owner pleads guilty to supplying illicit tobacco

A shop owner has been fined by a court after continuing to sell illicit tobacco, despite receiving a simple caution in 2017 for the …

25 Nov 2021

Supplier of illegal cigarettes ordered to pay £200k

A Southall businessman has been told he must pay a confiscation order of nearly £200,000, after earlier pleading guilty to supplying illicit cigarettes. The …

11 Aug 2021

Successful prosecutions on underage sales

Ealing’s trading standards recently achieved two successful prosecutions on underage sales of knives and tobacco to children. The team continuously work to safeguard consumers …

21 Apr 2021

Counterfeit goods seized in Southall worth over £2.5 million

A joint operation led by Ealing Trading Standards and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), with support from representatives from the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), has …

5 Oct 2017

What happens if there is an illegal encampment?

Travellers and gypsies have a long history of living in, and passing through, Ealing, but how can the council respond when unauthorised encampments appear? …

16 Nov 2016

Finding and fining the fly-tippers

There is a dedicated taskforce out on the streets of the borough clearing up fly-tipping reported to the council…and also investigating where it has …

17 Mar 2016

Rubbish behaviour: Tracking the culprits

As you can see in this video, Warren Farm was illegally smothered with waste. The council had to clear more than 160 tonnes of …

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