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Archives for September 2010

Rogue Traders enter a turf war...

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Elham rizi | 14:04 UK time, Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Tonight we're investigating a garden lawn firm who promise luxury quality turf, but deliver grass you'd expect to see cattle grazing on.

Terry Jacobs

Midlands Turf say they're based at Swan Turf Farm at Upton Warren near Bromsgrove, and their website advertises 'premium' quality grass that has been regularly treated for weeds. Customers who'd ordered the product have told Rogue Traders that it was infested with moss and weeds.

Please note: Midlands Turf are nothing to do with other businesses who have similar-sounding names...

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Reoffending rogue finally under lock and key...

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Mariam, web team | 12:03 UK time, Thursday, 23 September 2010

Locksmith, Mark Makowski is well known to us on Rogue Traders. He's one of the very first rogues we ever featured - and one of our most prolific offenders.

Mark Makowski - rogue locksmith

Back in 2002, we'd started receiving complaints about a number of companies Makowski was running. So, we rigged some houses with secret cameras and locked ourselves out...

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Fly-tipping - What a load of rubbish...

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Farin ´óÏó´«Ã½ web assistant prod | 15:26 UK time, Wednesday, 15 September 2010


This week, Rogue Traders looked at the people who don't respect the British countryside and its cities - the fly-tippers.

Every year, we throw away enough stuff to fill 44 Wembley stadiums. This waste should end up in a legitimate waste disposal site, but a lot of it is ending up dumped illegally in the countryside and back streets of Britain.

Nicky Date

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