Working the night shift in a call centre, Michael Campbell thought no one would mind if he helped himself to a biscuit tin in the office. However, the £7 Marks & Spencer selection box belonged to colleague Pamela Harrison, who on returning to work the following day realised her shortbreads had been taken.
The victim, who lives alone in this two bedroom end-of-terrace house, was astounded to discover Romanian couple Mihai and Laura Dediu moving his belongings out of his cupboards.
The veteran BBC boxing commentator, who worked as sports presenter for more than 40 years, died in his sleep at King's College Hospital.
A vast drug and money-laundering operation run by British gangsters which may have links to Premier League football transfers has been uncovered by police in France’s Dordogne region.
A millionaire pay packet and lifestyle to match will not make you happy unless it helps you stay ahead of the Joneses, according to new research.
Michael Black, 62, and John Morgan, complained of unlawful discrimination after they were not allowed to take up their booking at the B&B in Cookham, Berkshire.
The prediction comes from a forecaster with a somewhat better record on the subject than the poor old Met Office.
The 36-year-old double killer was taken from the prison, near Durham, for treatment after he was attacked with a home-made weapon.
Miss Whitehead, 27, had been working on a documentary about the drug-addict singer's decadent lifestyle and his relationship with supermodel Kate Moss.
Chelsea Taylor burst into tears when she logged onto the social networking site to find a letter posted on her page from Cookies cafe saying she was fired from her job for losing £10 on an errand. ...read
The former Cabinet member has asked the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to investigate 'cash for access' allegations.
Sharon Hancox, 40, had drunk up to eight pints of lager and champagne after her gay civil ceremony, a court heard.
Unions plan a second four-day stoppage from next Saturday, grounding flights before the busy Easter holiday period, in a dispute that centres on cost-cutting plans and staffing levels.
The man was wearing a barrister’s wig and a battery strapped to the back of his hand when he boarded a train at Green Park. He exited at Finsbury Park.
Ellie Bland was holding her great uncle's hand when she is believed to have stepped into a car lane that runs across Daytona Beach, on Florida's east coast.
BBC1 has shown a lower proportion of older talent on the channel than its commercial rival ITV1, according to a study released yesterday.
Dr Southall is fighting for right to appeal against decision of Mr Justice Blake who said he had made unjustified accusations that a mother had drugged and murdered her son.
When officials at Swansea Council contacted an in-house department for a translation on a bilingual road sign they believed the email reply was what they needed.
The Prime Minister aims to give everyone their own page within four years in what he claims will save Britain billions of pounds.
Mr Obama celebrated his triumph in ushering through major reforms 'after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration'. But the cost he will pay for victory could cripple his presidency.
Katrin Radmacher, 40, one of Europe's richest women, is seeking to escape paying £6million to her ex-husband because of a contract they signed before their wedding.
The lawsuit did not win back her cheating husband, but it did give her a measure of revenge after a jury ordered the mistress to pay her the equivalent of £6million.
Proactol Ltd is recruiting the new member of staff to test the fat binding properties of its weight loss product 'in the real world'.
Chancellor Alistair Darling has flatly dismissed calls to go 'further and faster' on Wednesday to rein in the unprecedented deficit.
France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, has invited the much-mocked head of the EU's foreign policy on a crash course to brush up on her limited French.
Moray Armstrong, 63, scooped the top prize at Crufts his dog Yogi, a Hungarian Vizsla, but just four days later was hauled before a disciplinary hearing.
Kobina Essel, 19, of east London, was given a life sentence for the murder of Jamie Simpson, who died protecting the takings at his Matalan store.
Ice blown out of the Arctic area by winds can explain the one-third drop of sea ice since 1979, scientists believe.
This extraordinary contraption, a testament to playboy Prince Bertie's insatiable lust, was made to take his weight during lovemaking in a Parisian brothel. It is revealed in a new BBC documentary on the hedonistic life of the future king - dubbed 'Edward the Caresser' - before he ascended to the throne. ...read
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One moment, Rona Williams was driving along the motorway. The next, she was being shunted sideways at 60mph in a terrifying ordeal where she was trapped beneath the front bumper of a tanker whose driver did not even notice she was there.
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Organisers of the exhibition - the largest in the world devoted to telling the story of the murderous elite of the Third Reich - say its principal aim is to ensure that nothing like it can ever come back again.
At first glance, he looks to be a regular corporal in Hitler's dreaded Waffen-SS. The uniform is certainly familiar enough. But look a little closer and two disturbing clues emerge as to his true identity.
Albert Gubay's s current £480million wealth has already been put into a new charitable trust, leaving him with a 'mere' £10million to get by on.
Pasquale Manfredi, 33, was on Italy's 100 Most Wanted List and had been on the run for a year with police wanting to question him in connection with two bloody Mob hits.
The fall in the value of the pound against the euro and the dollar is also pushing up the price of all imports, including food and fashions.
The TV personality has been hired as a consultant to senior civil servants at the department’s Whitehall headquarters.
They are given rewards including Bratz dolls for pushing artists such as the Sugababes and Pixie Lott.
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A surreal golden glow shrouded the city of Beijing today after dramatic sandstorms whipped across China today, turning skies yellow and forcing residents to don masks and scarves to protect themselves from the unhealthy grit. ...read
Police declared a local state of emergency and dispatched rescue teams to evacuate about 500 people living in the thinly populated area near the eruption site.
Scientists could look back to how it appeared 10billion years ago - 'just' three billion years after the Big Bang - due to the length of time its light took to reach Earth.
The 26-year-old man was killed on the orders of the owners who were told by a fortune teller that a human sacrifice would yield highly-prized red bricks, police said.
Four out of ten said they did not want to wed until they had a home of their own. But they were deterred by the cost of property and the difficulty of securing a mortgage.
A study revealed men classed as infertile by IVF doctors were up to 2.6 times more likely to go on to be diagnosed hard-to-treat form of the disease as other men.
The steel cables across the raging Rio Negro in Colombia are the only connection to the outside world for the families who live in the remote community.
Newcastle University experts have discovered that a fibre found in seaweed is more effective than most weight loss supplements.
Armed police had to gun down a wild boar that broke into the offices in Hamburg when a herd of the animals went on the rampage in the city's centre. Officers armed with sub-machine guns were called to the consultancy in Hamburg on Friday night after one of 12 boars smashed through a window to enter the building. Stunned staff were evacuated as it crashed through open-plan office causing £12,000 of damage. It was shot dead next to the office photocopier.
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