'It's shocking': rise in UK shopping centre staff wearing stab vests as violence soars | Knife crime
Body armour suppliers say demand for protective clothing has risen sharply in past two years
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Body armour suppliers say demand for protective clothing has risen sharply in past two years
Stab-proof vests have been handed to cleaners at a shopping centre in Kent amidst a worrying rise in attacks on members of staff.
Shoppers at County Square shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, said the news was a 'sign of the times' after cleaning staff were told to wear stab-proof vests to work
'Front-of-house' workers at County Square in Ashford have been handed the body armour after it was rolled out to security last year.
Workers at County Square in Ashford have been handed the vests to counter rising violence against shop workers