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
Co-op launches range of plant-based products as it aims to cash in on New Year’s resolution vegans By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 1 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 1 January 2020 Vegan trend: The new Gro brand will be launched in up to 6,000 Co-op and independent stores this … 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 church warden was stabbed to death in a Co-op yesterday as his dementia-suffering wife waited in the car, it has been revealed. Church warden John Rees, 88, left his wife Eunice, 87, in their Honda car while he queued up at a convenience store in Pen-y-Graig, south Wales on Tuesday for their weekly shop. … Read more
An elderly man was allegedly stabbed to death and three other shoppers were injured when a woman went ‘beserk’ with a knife in a local supermarket today. The victim, who was out with his wife, was said to have been stabbed before he died in the aisle of the Co-op in the village of Pen-y-Graig … Read more