3 d. ago Stolen jewellery worth £1m waiting to be reunited with owners

Stolen jewellery worth £1m waiting to be reunited with owners  BBC.com

Economics

3 d. ago Stolen jewellery worth more than £1 million recovered by Met

A Rolex watch belonging to a First World War officer, gold necklaces and several engraved pieces among items officers want to reunite with rightful owners

Economics

3 d. ago Thieves and Wooster! Bad butler jailed for stealing more than £200,000 worth of jewellery and luxury goods from his employer

Andrew Stothard, 42, of Market Place, Hull, admitted theft, fraud by false representation and money laundering. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years at Swindon Crown Court this week.

Events

3 d. ago Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was something of a let-down when it was published 100 years ago; his previous books, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned – there had also been a novella, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, and short stories including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – had been more commercially successful and found greater favour with critics. Fitzgerald’s tale of obscure origins, extreme wealth and obsessional romantic desire appeared too unlikely, too contrived and, perhaps, too uncomfortable a reminder of class and financial inequality and its consequent social schisms to be recognised for what it was: a masterly exploration of delusion, self-delusion, myth-making and complicity.Fitzgerald himself died...

Politics

3 w. ago Cleaner ‘stole £1 million of jewellery while working at Jordanian princess’s Belgravia home’

Maria Taborda Henao, 69, of Fulham, is charged with theft by employee

Economics

3 w. ago Colombian cleaner, 69, stole £1m of watches, earrings and diamond rings from Jordanian princess at her £6m Belgravia home, court hears

Maria Taborda Henao, 69, allegedly took diamond rings, bracelets, watches and earrings while working for the Princess Firyal of Jordan (pictured) at her Belgravia home.

Politics

3 w. ago Cleaner ‘stole jewellery worth £1million’ from princess ‘including diamond rings & watches from her London...

Cleaner ‘stole jewellery worth £1million’ from princess ‘including diamond rings & watches from her London...  The Sun

Economics

3 w. ago Hatton Garden cocaine heist: Two criminals who attempted to smuggle £190million worth of drugs into UK and laundered profits through London's jewellery district are jailed

Two criminals involved in a Hatton Garden money laundering scheme have been jailed after attempting to smuggle £190million worth of drugs into the UK.

Economics