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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Property linked to crime issued with closure order
A property linked with crime in the city has been closed by police. The home at an undisclosed road in Cowley was given a closure order for anti-social behaviour. It means that any unauthorised person caught entering the property can be arrested for a criminal offence and charged with a fine or prison sentence. Commenting on Thursday afternoon, a police spokesman said: 'We are cracking down on anti-social behaviour in Oxford. 'Our neighbourhood officers in Cowley have obtained a closure order for a property associated with persistent anti social behaviour. 'You can report anti-social behaviour either online or on 101.' READ MORE: Last month, another flat in Cowley was issued with a closure order due to claims of ongoing anti-social behaviour. And this came after drugs and anti-social behaviour were identified as being among the biggest concerns in Cowley by residents. Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds met with Cowley residents, Thames Valley Police officers and councillors to discuss concerns about crime in the area. Permanent CCTV was installed under Cowley Bridge to help prevent anti-social behaviour from taking place.
Irish Times
18-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Kildare building site closed by court order to ‘reduce risk of injury, or worse'
Work on four blocks of apartments in Kilcock, Co Kildare has stalled after the Health and Safety Authority this week secured an order for the site's immediate closure. The authority said the High Court order was necessary to 'reduce the risk of injury, or worse' at The Mall, Bridge Street. This was despite work on the site already being voluntarily stopped by the operators. The closure order for the site, which includes a protected structure, The Lion's House pub, was secured on consent of the operator company. The order against Cuan Alainn Property Developments Ltd followed complaints from the public, multiple inspections, and a site inspector coming to the view he could no longer rely on assurances from the company's principal, Aristidis Georgakis, court documents show. READ MORE 'This is not a step we take lightly,' the authority's interim chief executive, Mark Cullen, said after the order was made on Wednesday under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. 'But where there is a clear, ongoing danger to workers' lives, we are legally and morally compelled to act.' Planning files show permission was granted in 2020 for 39 studios and apartments in a long-term 'build to rent' residential development on the site, with a shared accommodation development in the former pub. In an affidavit to the court, health and safety inspector Kevin Broderick said he first visited the site in August 2023 following a complaint from a member of the public. Among the matters noted was that many of the workers were not wearing safety helmets or high visibility vests, that shuttering supports for wet concrete were overhanging the public footpath on one block, and 'no protection was provided to members of the public passing by [one of the blocks] under construction which overhung the public footpath'. Mr Broderick arrived at the site at 10.30am and was told Mr Georgakis had the safety file and was on his way. When he arrived at 2.30pm, Mr Georgakis did not have personal protection equipment with him, the inspector told the court. 'He proffered several excuses for the deficiencies on site, and appeared to blame Kildare County Council for same,' said Mr Broderick. A colleague, Eoghan Moylan, visited the site in June 2024, following the receipt of another complaint from the public. As a result, Mr Moylan issued several prohibition notices. However, when the two inspectors visited the site the following month, they found work being carried out contrary to the notices. They decided that not only had the safety situation not improved, 'there had been a severe deterioration,' Mr Broderick said. Over the following period there were various contacts with the company and parties working for it, and multiple visits to the site, Mr Broderick told the court. 'In light of the persistent and repeated failure to comply with the applicable law, the authority is not satisfied that the assurances provided by Mr Georgakis, which are in any event inadequate, are sufficient,' the inspector said. The latest annual report for Cuan Alainn Property Developments, of Longford Road, Mullingar, shows its directors and shareholders are Aristidis (76), Alexander (45) and Philip Georgakis (42), all Canadian citizens, with the same address in the United Arab Emirates. The company, which was incorporated in 2021, recorded a pretax profit of €5,150 in the year to the end of March 2024. There was no response to a request to the company for comment.
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Store closed down for selling bogus tobacco products
A shop that was found to be selling illegal tobacco products has been closed down.H Local Store on Market Street in Hyde, Greater Manchester, was handed a three-month closure order by Tameside Council on shop was found to have sold illicit cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco and 2020, the council's trading standards team has seized 26,860 illegal cigarettes, 7.45kg of illegal hand rolling tobacco and 284 illegal e-cigarettes from the shop, the local authority said. 'A great result' Councillor Laura Boyle, executive member for the environmental services and neighbourhoods said the closure was "a great result". "It will prevent this business from continuing to break the law and having a negative impact on the local community," she said."Trade in illicit tobacco supports crime rings, damages legitimate businesses, undermines public health and facilitates the supply of tobacco to young people."Public protection is a priority for us and our officers will always take enforcement action where necessary to help keep our local communities safe as well as to support local businesses that comply with the law." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
