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Mum's huge €200,000 scam rumbled after €43 shopping trip at DIY store

A full internal investigation found that the fraudster had stolen a total of £181,000 from her employer over five years

Irish Mirror

Woman who stole £180k from work discovered by £37 B&Q purchase

Tracy Ellis lavished family members with gifts and 'phoned in sick' when the scam was uncovered

Bristol Post

Woman who stole £180k from work exposed by £37 B&Q purchase

Tracy Ellis lavished family members with gifts and 'phoned in sick' when the scam was uncovered

Wales Online

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Mum's £180,000 'fantasy life' scam rumbled after £37.80 purchase at B&Q

Tracy Ellis 'betrayed' her colleagues, a court heard

Manchester Evening News

Mum's huge £180,000 scam rumbled after £37 shopping trip at B&Q

Tracy Ellis, 52, lived out a "fantasy life" as she lavished family members with gifts, funded by swindling her employer out of huge sums of money over a period of more than five years.

Daily Mirror

Mum's £180,000 scam uncovered after she went shopping at B&Q

Tracy Ellis lived out a "fantasy life" as she lavished family members with gifts

Liverpool Echo

The great non-alcoholic drinks taste test: from the ‘clean and refreshing’ to a ‘bitter mess’

Over two hours, Thomas Carr and sommelier Samantha Payne sampled almost 100 upmarket spritz, sodas and ‘wellness tonics’ – and lived to tell the tale

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Dad went back to growing cannabis after business he set up failed

A crown court judge told James Eedle he was "not a very good role model to those children."

Liverpool Echo

‘We have to do our bit’: the rural Australians campaigning for the Indigenous voice

Kitchen table conversations of no more than 10 people are being held across Australia in the hope that informed citizens will vote yes in the referendum

The Guardian - AU

People are going homeless in this Victorian getaway spot. Could an Airbnb tax be the answer?

Getting a rental on the Mornington Peninsula has become difficult – but some are doubtful a state-imposed levy will help

The Guardian - AU

The Australian drag performers and ‘rainbow angels’ fighting back against far-right vitriol

As queer artists increasingly become political targets, volunteers wielding large wings are swooping in to their defence

The Guardian - AU

Protect ya king! Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA pairs bars and the board in speed chess tournament

A restored church in Melbourne’s north was the venue this week for an evening of chess fused with hip-hop

The Guardian - AU

Thug who got shorter sentence after shotgun loophole went on to murder woman

Stephen McHugh would have been subject to licence conditions, or maybe still in prison, if he had received a mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm

Liverpool Echo

Beginning of the end? Subdued start to duck hunting season at Victoria’s Lake Buloke

Season kicks off with animal rights campaigners outnumbering hunters at one location amid a parliamentary inquiry

The Guardian - AU

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Daily Mirror

Dad caught with £85,000 of heroin and crack in sports bag when he fell off his bike

Craig Byatt was attempting to escape police along a canal towpath when he slipped and was arrested while carrying the illicit class A substances inside a sports bag

Liverpool Echo

Dad caught with £85,000 of heroin and crack when he fell off his bike

He was attempting to escape police along a canal towpath when he slipped and was found with the stash in a sports bag

The Guardian - AU

‘Softer and more gelatinous’: taste testing Australia’s first lab-grown pork

Advocates of cultivated meat say it’s better for animal welfare and the environment, but the jury is out about whether the industry is headed for greener pastures

The Guardian - AU

Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton’s future in their hands

A loss or even a narrow win will spell trouble for the leader and the party as a whole, which has taken a beating in the past year

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Daily Mirror

Incredible moment man hides just one foot away from officer on roof during police chase

Etmond Lika, 32, pleaded guilty to maintaining a cannabis farm but in a desperate move to flee from police, he climbed on the roof and hid from an officer

Wales Online

Man caught in cannabis farm tried to hide from police by standing above skylight on house roof

Etmond Lika has been jailed for two years after being found at a cannabis farm

Manchester Evening News

Man caught hiding on ROOF after police uncover cannabis farm

Etmond Lika pleaded guilty to one count of being concerned in the production of cannabis

Liverpool Echo

Man hid from police on roof after cannabis farm found in home

Etmond Lika was found to be maintaining a cannabis farm

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Australia wins Quill award for investigation into concussion and the AFL

Judges commended the ‘exemplary’ work of the journalists who ‘helped to trigger further inquiries and an apology’ from the league

Liverpool Echo

Messages on dealer's phone 'made it pretty clear' to police what he had been up to

He tried to run but the messages on his phone gave the game away

The Guardian - AU

‘It crucifies you every time’: the ‘crushing’ new tactic the church uses to block claims by abuse survivors

Exclusive: Strategy used to deny compensation is a ‘stark example’ of Catholic clergy prioritising the advice of lawyers over moral leadership

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