The Co-op has given staff bodycams after more than 2,000 were attacked last year, including a worker who was knocked unconscious. The supermarket has rolled out personal safety gadgets which will record when shoppers become abusive and violent. Workers at more than 500 stores have been given the gizmos – which hang round staff members’ … Read more
Former Co-op exec Pippa Wicks joins John Lewis board to lead department store out of Covid crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 June 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 24 June 2020 Tough task: Pippa Wicks will help lead John Lewis out of the coronavirus crisis John Lewis has appointed … Read more
Shocking moment ram raiders use a pick-up truck to smash open cash machine at Co-Op store Video shows a pick-up being used to wrench open cash machine at Co-Op store Footage shows raiders target shop in Warrington, Cheshire, at 9.10pm on July 15 Police say that three arrests have been made but nobody has been charged … Read more
If what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, then what’s good enough for a former Prime Minister’s chickens has got to be good enough for mine. Which is how, earlier this week, I found myself lying prostrate on the grass attempting to construct the latest, most high-tech hen house on the market. … Read more
If you’ve played every board game and completed every jigsaw puzzle in your house, multiplayer video games might be another great option for some family fun. From Nintendo titles such as Mario Kart to Playstation 4 fan favourites like FIFA and Minecraft, we’ve rounded up 11 of the best family-friendly games to play local multiplayer with … Read more
A brave nurse has sent a heartbreaking apology to a church warden who was stabbed to death on a supermarket shopping trip saying: ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.’ NHS worker Lisa Way, 53, was also injured in the attack inside a village Co-op where grandfather John Rees, 88, was killed as his wife Eunice … Read more
A shopper was stabbed to death and three others injured when a woman ‘went mad,’ with a knife in a busy supermarket. The man in his sixties, who was shopping with his wife was stabbed in the throat as horrified customers watched in horror. A woman in her twenties then attacked three other shoppers, including … Read more
Shocking moment masked robbers burst into Co-op and threaten female worker with an AXE before snatching cigarettes and cash as horrified shoppers look on Robbers raided a Newcastle-under-Lyme Co-Op and waved an axe at a worker They stole cigarettes and cash from the till before running away with their loot Police are asking anyone with … Read more
A trombonist to the stars has been accused of ‘outrageous and despicable conduct’ by his New York co-op for hosting ‘drug-fueled parties’ during the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Seltzer, 52, who has played with Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Bernadette Peters and David Byrnea, is being sued by his fellow shareholders at the Hamilton in Harlem … Read more
People before profit: Murrells has pledged free Co-op wares to food banks As the boss of the Co-op, Steve Murrells finds himself right at the centre of the response to coronavirus. He is in charge of 60,000 staff and around 2,500 stores that are vital for keeping the nation’s fridges and cupboards stocked, but his … Read more