{"id":772543,"date":"2026-09-16T13:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772543\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:34:12","slug":"bbc-catches-thieves-in-act-while-filming-shoplifting-report-in-greggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772543\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC catches thieves in act while filming shoplifting report in Greggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoplifting is out of control on high streets, says business ownerpublished at 11:23 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:23 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a860e04a-d60c-4a1b-a45b-7fbc94e8715d.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Louise Hobson<br \/>BBC North East &amp; Cumbria<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man stands outside a shop. He is wearing a pale blue shirt and tie. He has glasses and short, cropped grey hair.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dc0ab50-70d9-4724-bb09-b5fe8b7874a0.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1819\" height=\"1023\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shop owner Stephen Tate (pictured) explains the measures his business has taken to deal with shoplifting, which he calls an \u201cepidemic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some shelves at Addison Newsagents, on Church Road, in Stockton-on-Tees, have reduced stock supplies, a deliberate bid to stop items being stolen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is what it&#8217;s come to: we&#8217;ve had to put a sign up, we sell multiple packs but we only put one out on show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Higher value items, such as tea and coffee, had been moved closer to the till and away from the door, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stephen and his partner Julie have run the business for 38 years and, at 64, he is now looking to retire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shoplifting is &#8220;out of control across the board on the high street&#8221;, he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, he adds he feels very safe in the shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been here 38 years and we&#8217;ve had no serious incidents,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s threatened us with anything, just been a bit verbal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They push you about a bit and grab you by the collar, a bit of rough and tumble.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoplifting is out of control on high streets, says business ownerpublished at 11:23 BST 11:23 BST Louise HobsonBBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-772543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}