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Nashville band Lady Antebellum yesterday announced plans to re-brand themselves ‘Lady A’ because of the word ‘antebellum’ and its association to slavery. However, RollingStone reports that the name ‘Lady A’ has already been in use for over two decades, by Seattle blues singer Anita White the interviewed and was said to be distressed and emotional … Read more
Woman is caught by police for stealing £1,300 from elderly women after one victim told officers she looked like Johnny Vegas Tracey MacDonald, 40, posed as a delivery driver in order to target old women She managed to steal £1,300 from five victims over a two-month period in 2018 Police tracked down MacDonald after her … Read more
A shamed daughter who splashed out on holidays and lingerie after stealing more than £80,000 from her elderly mother has been jailed for two years. Karen Wakeling, 47, took the cash over ten years after being given power of attorney over her mother, Pat Cordon, who is aged in her 80s and has dementia. Norwich … Read more
Care home manager is jailed after fleecing her patients to send £23,000 to conman she fell in love with on Christian dating site Helen Hughes, 56, took money from residents of the Ashton Park Care Home She took £23,000 in total from five different residents in Newport, South Wales She gave the money to a … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Stealing raw meat from hungry lions? Now that’s real bravado! By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:25 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 08:29 BST, 25 May 2020 Walking With Elephants Rating: Britain’s Greatest Comedy Character Rating: Any walk with adventurer Levison Wood is exhausting, and not only … Read more
Two men who targeted one of the Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite fashion designers in a terrifying axepoint robbery, in which her £30,000 watch was stolen, have been jailed for more than ten years. Amanda Wakeley, the British fashion designer who has supplied evening dresses to countless celebrities and royals, was mugged near Chelsea Harbour, west … Read more
Caught bangers to rights: Policeman is kicked out of the force for life after stealing seven fry-up breakfasts from the force canteen in his first week on the job PC Jamie Larman stole seven fry-ups from the canteen in his first week on the job Officers at the facility near Reading get free meals if … Read more
A police officer filmed battering a teenage boy has been suspended after fresh CCTV shows him beating a black cyclist on a police car a day earlier. The emergency worker is seen dragging the 44-year-old man off his bicycle in the middle of the street. The officer, who was not wearing PPE, then yanked down the … Read more
Joyriders wreck £60,000 Range Rover in horror car crash just moments after ‘using cloned key to steal it’ in London The suspected thieves smashed the £60,000 vehicle on Brighton Road in Purley They’re believed to have escaped the wreckage uninjured at 3.30am on Monday They’re suspected of nicking car from Smithams Down Road 15 minutes … Read more
Accounts worker, 65, is jailed for five years for stealing nearly half a million pounds from brewery during 42-year career after her fraud was uncovered following her retirement Lesley Freestone, 65, worked at the St Austell Brewery in Cornwall for 42 years Freestone admitted fraud and was jailed for five years at Truro Crown Court … Read more